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Battery Tender -Fuel treatment-Mouse traps/poison-Tire inflate 1 14.29%
Battery Tender-Fuel treatment-Jack Stands-Rodent prevent 2 28.57%
Battery Tender-Change engine oil-tire inflate- rodent prevent 2 28.57%
Nothing it will be fine when I return. 2 28.57%
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      08-11-2023, 06:45 AM   #1
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Poll Winter or long term storage

Just some data from people who know things.
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      08-11-2023, 07:50 AM   #2
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I picked the last one but my situation is a bit different.

I park both the Exige and M2 when the general temp is under 42° (the temp at which micro-cracking damage occurs to Summer tires if you drive on them), so sometime in December to sometime in March. But I park them in my climate controlled basement. Both are hooked to a maintainer (Battery Minder and CTEK), not a tender, and I've never seen any use to do anything to the fuel or the oil, but both cars get driven very little.
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      08-11-2023, 01:17 PM   #3
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In the frigid north here. Oil change, CTEK battery maintainer, tires over inflated, a few dryer fabric softener sheets scattered around. Going on six winters this way.

1 car into climate controlled storage, 1 in detached garage.
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