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Originally Posted by RWebb View Post
My question is why you need to winterize in Alabama? You could drive all year (well, maybe not in the summer if you don't have A/C).

I've never been able to figure out why you need to put in fresh oil over the winter. A good long drive should remove all water, and oil additives have buffers for the acids. It ought to be ok if the oil is not really old.

But I do put in fresh oil myself - it is cheap insurance.

A search using "storage" will yield numerous other ideas and debates on tires, suspension, etc.
Whooops.....need to change my location to Upstate New York, or as some say, Southern canada

There is no electricity for the heating, and as long as the roads are dry, she will breathe fire and brimstone....I intend to visit her regularly as the place of hibernation is on my way to and from my workplace....

I am going to miss her badly.....
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