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Hey guys!
I've had my Vette sitting in my garage for about 4months now, and haven't driven it. I can't drive the car for 6months, and have been going out periodically to fire it up and let it run for a bit....then drive it around my apartment complex and put it back in the garage for a while. After asking for advice on what to do for temporary storage like this, members here said to just go out there periodically and fire it up since 6months wasn't a very long time. I've been doing that and all has been fine.
Well...I hadn't fired it up in probably a month now and went out to do just that a few minutes ago. I was hoping to get it cleaned up this weekend and spent a lot of time on it. Anyway...car won't start. It just makes a loud clicking sound repeatedly. It tells me Low Voltage on the digital readout.
I'm assuming the battery is dead at this point. Am I correct in this assumption?
What can I do to keep this in storage for a little longer (until September) and not have any issues like this? Should I go out there every weekend and fire it up for a while to keep the battery charged, or what should I do differently? This is only my second time with a dead battery ever, I'm guessing I can just jump it and it should be fine.
What do you guys think?
edit: I also haven't put any new gas in the car since 2/17/2007. Is everything going to be ok with the fuel in the car for so long? It still is probably at 1/2 tank.
I've had my Vette sitting in my garage for about 4months now, and haven't driven it. I can't drive the car for 6months, and have been going out periodically to fire it up and let it run for a bit....then drive it around my apartment complex and put it back in the garage for a while. After asking for advice on what to do for temporary storage like this, members here said to just go out there periodically and fire it up since 6months wasn't a very long time. I've been doing that and all has been fine.
Well...I hadn't fired it up in probably a month now and went out to do just that a few minutes ago. I was hoping to get it cleaned up this weekend and spent a lot of time on it. Anyway...car won't start. It just makes a loud clicking sound repeatedly. It tells me Low Voltage on the digital readout.
I'm assuming the battery is dead at this point. Am I correct in this assumption?
What can I do to keep this in storage for a little longer (until September) and not have any issues like this? Should I go out there every weekend and fire it up for a while to keep the battery charged, or what should I do differently? This is only my second time with a dead battery ever, I'm guessing I can just jump it and it should be fine.
What do you guys think?
edit: I also haven't put any new gas in the car since 2/17/2007. Is everything going to be ok with the fuel in the car for so long? It still is probably at 1/2 tank.