3 month break - any tips?

Wasserpest

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Joined
Nov 17, 2004
Location
Monterey, CA
TDI
'10 Jetta SW 6MT, '15 Jetta DSG
I am going to park my 2010 TDI for 3 months. It will not be moved. Do you have any tips for me that may help to make that easy on the car?

• Planning to leave it in the garage
• Raise it up a bit to keep the tires perfectly round?
• Windows down so it doesn't get stinky? Cover windows so it doesn't get dusty?
• Disconnect battery? Or put a trickle charger on it, perhaps with a timer, to keep it topped off?
• Fill 'er up to minimize condensation?

Anything else I am overlooking? Or overthinking?
 

Lightflyer1

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Joined
Sep 13, 2005
Location
Round Rock, Texas
TDI
2015 Beetle tdi dsg
I would just fuel it up, check the tire pressure and park it in the garage with a trickle charger on it (a very small one). Maybe throw a dryer sheet or two in there to make it smell good.
 

Yblocker

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Sep 1, 2010
Location
Oakland, CA
TDI
1997 Passat
Agree with the above. I leave cars and trucks of all fuel types sitting for months on end without issue. 2 years would be a diffewrent story.
 

Wasserpest

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Joined
Nov 17, 2004
Location
Monterey, CA
TDI
'10 Jetta SW 6MT, '15 Jetta DSG
Thanks for the replies! I thought tires might get out of shape if the car isn't driven for a while. Probably overthinking this!
 

casioqv

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Location
California
TDI
2009 Touareg TDI
3 months is no big deal, all you need is a trickle charger, or disconnect the battery.
 
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