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In three months I'll be flying off to start my gap year - volunteer teaching in South America! (www.marksprojecttrust.co.uk if anyone's interested)
While I'm out there, my car will be declared off the road (there's no one here to use it), so my question is... any advice for keeping her in good condition while I'm gone? Ideally I'd like to get back and only have to take care of paperwork and an MOT to get her back on the road.
So far the plan is to store it in a garage to keep it safe from the elements, up on axle stands to stop me getting flat spots on the tyres and with the wheels taken off to stop the suspension getting damaged (read this somewhere, can't recall where). Apart from that all I'm planning to do is leave the windows open a crack to stop it getting musty and stuffing in a few mothballs to keep insects at bay.
Apart from the above, what else can I do to make sure my car stays alive in my absence?
Thanks
In three months I'll be flying off to start my gap year - volunteer teaching in South America! (www.marksprojecttrust.co.uk if anyone's interested)
While I'm out there, my car will be declared off the road (there's no one here to use it), so my question is... any advice for keeping her in good condition while I'm gone? Ideally I'd like to get back and only have to take care of paperwork and an MOT to get her back on the road.
So far the plan is to store it in a garage to keep it safe from the elements, up on axle stands to stop me getting flat spots on the tyres and with the wheels taken off to stop the suspension getting damaged (read this somewhere, can't recall where). Apart from that all I'm planning to do is leave the windows open a crack to stop it getting musty and stuffing in a few mothballs to keep insects at bay.
Apart from the above, what else can I do to make sure my car stays alive in my absence?
Thanks