Leaving for 10 weeks - how to properly store a 996?

I know 10 weeks is not such a long time, but is there anything i should do with the car before i go? Things i am thinking about : 1. Tire flat spots 2. Gas tank 3. Oil??? 4. Batter disconnect? 5. Anything else? any tips or advice will be great. thanks. or is 10 weeks nothing and i should leave it as it is?

Your remote key entry wont work, and you'll need to open the car with the key. Other than that I think you should be fine. I wouldn't do anything drastic.

inflate ur tires above normal and disconnect the battery (and ur hood latch to make sure u don't lock the hood by accident) and u'll be fine. where are you going?

Loan it to your friend...who owns a Mustang.

^ if u want empty 40's, mullet grease, and used condoms left inside for when you back then sure, do that

Or loan it to me and I promise to keep it well exercised

I would fill up the gas tank! and disconnect (or trickle charge) my battery...but for the rest.....it should be fine!

Yeah Right! Coz' when you come back the price of premium gas would probably be $4

be happy you don't live in Europe.....my parent (the Netherlands) pay 1.50 (Euro is about $1.70US) per LITER!!! So they pay about 6 bucks a gallon (give or take a couple of pennies!!)

According to Prev owner of our 2000 as well as, I believe, the owners manual the battery will be used up by the electronics in a few days. Disconnecting batt does mean the hood latch is disabled AND the radio will go into it's "I've been stolen" mode and you will need to find the code in your papers to reset it. I intend to use a "float-charger" which are supposed to be smarter than trickle chargers as that is best for the battery. Oh yes, there is a connection stud in the engine compartment to jump or simply power up the car if the battery is disconnected. jVm

You can leave them for weeks - no problems. trickle charger for the battery might be the only thing I'd do Or, leave the car unlocked if it's garaged, that way the alarm system isn't active, and you don't get the same battery drain. The quotes that your car can only stand for a few days before the battery dies are wrong - unless you have an electrical fault or leave the lights on! Chris.

Yes, tell me about it. Am in The Netherlands now to see some family and I just filled up my crap rental for about $100!!! Talking about sticker shock!! But at least it is in the sixties and raining all day...

Drive it to my house and leave it in the garage along with the keys. She will get her exercise daily, I promiss.

Excellence magazine had an article in a recent issue about the danger of storing a Porsche for a long time with an ethanol blended gas in the gas tank. The fear is that the alcohol will separate from the gasoline over time, and that could cause damage to your gas tank and fuel lines.

I stored my Boxster in my garage for 5 winters, each time was for 3 to 4 months. Aside from an oil change, which you should not need to do, I did the following... - Inflated the tires to 45-50 PSI to minimize flatspotting - I filled the gas tank (oh, and I added gas stabilizer) - Plugged in a Porsche Battery Maintainer (the door closed on the thin lead wire from the transformer with no damage to the weatherstripping) - Put the lightweight (indoor type) Porsche car cover on the car Every spring the car started on the first turn of the ignition key and the original battery was still working when I traded the car after 5 years and 3 months.