Hello all,

I'm garaging my car for the winter and want to know if what I'm doing is ok. So the evo will be kept clean and away from salt, underneath a cover in my garage. I plan on driving it around the block and letting it run for 10-15 minutes about once a month to keep fluids from clogging my lines.

Can anyone confirm if my car will be ok like that for the winter? Or am I missing anything while i keep it in the garage.

Thanks, Nick

 

Battery tender on the battery. Some stabile in the tank and call it a day. That's what I do with my motorcycle. With bikes you either fill the tank, add stabile and let it run for a few minutes; or just keep the tank completely empty. Key is you don' t want moisture from condensation to be inside the tank. I wish I had a garage to store the evo.

 

Garaging one of the best cars in the world to drive around in the winter¿?¿

Does not compute :P

 

Throw it on a trickle charger. Put something under the tires (carpet squares, cut up a box) so the tires don't rot on the cement/get flat spots. Put fabric softener sheets inside the car and in engine bay to keep pests out (bugs, spiders, mice if in an area where mice may be a problem). Stabil in the tank & then fill it up, drive it home & park it. No need to start it until you start it for the first time in the spring. I have read that starting it up periodically or taking it for super short drives is actually a really bad thing. I store mine every year & this has never failed me.

I store my car because I have daily driven evos all winter previously & they all turned to rust buckets. Additionally, the motor in my evo is worth more than a lot of other cars on the road. Not to mention all of the other parts on my car that any insurance company would not pay me back for. If there were no other drivers on the road I wouldn't worry as much but still wouldn't DD it in the salt. I DD an Audi Quattro & you should see the underside of it due to salt. If you plan to keep your evo forever then it is a no brainer to store it. If you plan to sell it or trade it in then I guess who cares right?

 

You're missing everything while you keep it in the garage, IMO.

Winter driving is so much fun!

Tough to sacrifice ~6 months of driving in a lesser car while your Evo sits in the garage. Didn't you buy this car to drive it? You enjoy driving?

It's an Evo, designed to be driven in all weather conditions, an every-day, all occasion super car!

I had my 2003 for 7.5 years, driving it as a daily. Only rust was a small spot on my left rear wheel arch, FYI.

I guess I could see your point more if you were talking about storing a high HP RWD car, but not an Evo. Do as you wish however, just sharing my $.02.

 

Yes people keep doing this. There will be more more demand for clean evos is the future then il keep mine tucked away and clean lol you can argue that the evo was made for those conditions and that's true. But preserving a car that will be very rare in a few decades is more important IMO

 

Everybody uses/cares for their car differently. While I totally get the argument of using it, it does protect your investment more to preserve it. Who wouldn't rather buy a garage queen than a DD in the used marketplace?

I wouldn't recommend running it or driving it during the storage time. After heating up it will condense moisture as it cools down, leaving that corrosive moisture inside the engine, exhaust, etc. None of your fluids are going to "clog" any lines.

 

Say that in ten years when yours is a rusty piece of crap and the garaged Evo sell's for quadruple the price your car.Hahahahah

 

But he would've had way more fun driving it

 

+1

I don't understand the logic of "babying" your car and barely driving it so you can resale it at a better value later. Then you get another car to baby it and another and another and wash, rinse repeat and then you die.

Might as well get a minivan.


Cars are meant to be driven.

 

I'd much rather enjoy this car to it's fullest potential compared to dry humping it in a garage all winter

To me its just a car. I'll be buying something better within 10 years

Also this:

And this:

I can see people garaging their cars if they are show cars or race cars. That I have no issues with.

The EVO is one beast of a car.....especially in the winter. It would kill me having to drive some turd for the winter while I sit, staring at the EVO wondering what it's really capable with.

Hell I might even ice race it this year considering our winters are really long here. It would really teach me how to control this car in the winter even though it's the most controllable car I've ever driven in the winter.

 

8+ years 8+ winters

(Looks Outside)

No rusty piece of crap to speak of.

I drive the EVO more in winter than any other season. AWD cuz haha



One would be foolish to buy this car thinking they are going to get some sort of ROI. Especially the Evo X and its mass production numbers


Im all for garaging the car if one does not want to drive it in winter. But not because one is protecting an investment of a low budget Mitsubishi. That is just silly

 

I don't understand this logic.

Do you typically purchase cars for other/future owners to enjoy?

If so, please buy a GT-R now and I'll call you in 5 years.

 

loool!

 

So...what was the question? How to store your Evo?

A couple of months are not a big deal. A battery tender and some fuel stabilizer and you are done. Don't drive it around, as someone indicated.

For the race car we put it on jack stands and pull the wheels, drain the radiator and fill it w antifreeze, all the wheels and tires are wrapped and stored. Go to sleep...