[Patriot Motorsports USA]

There is an alternative...

Our 3000 sq/ft warehouse behind the shop can store lots of Snowbird cars that might wish to join us for track days in December through March... days at amazing tracks like Road Atlanta, VIR, CMP, Roebling, Sebring or even Daytona!

Just a thought... but free Winter Storage is an option here in SOUTH Carolina just 45 minutes away from the race track.

[texSSin]

Originally Posted by bishopts

Move south. Winter is like 2 weeks here in Texas.

This. It’s 82 today here.

[TransamGTA350]

Originally Posted by NYTMARE23

Was wondering about the battery myself. I have been disconnecting the Negative each winter, because was "told" to...but not REALLY sure if it truly makes a difference or not if I didn't disconnect it.
What are benefits of not disconnecting or disconnecting?
What are the negative effects of disconnecting or not?
Just wondering if I'm truly wasting my time by disconnecting the negative or if it ACTUALLY does good to disconnect it?

No real benefit to disconnecting if it's on a tender. As others have said, if you disconnect the battery, you'll lose memory, trunk release won't work, stuff like that. The parasitic draw of the electrical system of the car is very minimal and the tender will keep up with it and maintain the battery charge no problem.

I've been storing my offseason cars and motorcycles for 20 years. If an outlet is available where I store, I leave the battery connected and use a tender. If no power available, I'll disconnect the battery and leave it with no tender. Sometimes I would take the battery out and bring it to my garage where I could leave it on a tender, but sometimes I didn't and it was fine in the spring.

[TransamGTA350]

Originally Posted by Patriot Motorsports USA

There is an alternative...

Our 3000 sq/ft warehouse behind the shop can store lots of Snowbird cars that might wish to join us for track days in December through March... days at amazing tracks like Road Atlanta, VIR, CMP, Roebling, Sebring or even Daytona!

Just a thought... but free Winter Storage is an option here in SOUTH Carolina just 45 minutes away from the race track.

I like this idea!

[speedyink1]

Originally Posted by Patriot Motorsports USA

There is an alternative...

Our 3000 sq/ft warehouse behind the shop can store lots of Snowbird cars that might wish to join us for track days in December through March... days at amazing tracks like Road Atlanta, VIR, CMP, Roebling, Sebring or even Daytona!

Just a thought... but free Winter Storage is an option here in SOUTH Carolina just 45 minutes away from the race track.

Dude, that is an awesome offer (Makes me wish I lived closer!)

[ember1205]

Originally Posted by NYTMARE23

Thank you for the information!
Maybe next year I'll just hook the tender/maintainer up to the negative and positive without Disconnecting.

While disconnecting the battery will cause the ECU to "forget" adjustments it has stored, those are typically re-learned fairly quickly. The bigger frustration (for me) is losing your radio settings / presets and things like that.

I connect my tender under the hood. There are a variety of ways to route the wiring so you can completely close the hood if you want, but I can leave my hood popped open slightly even with the car cover on. If I want to close the hood completely, I will route the wire through the grille.

[Bad Anvil Garage]

A lot of good advice. I just don't understand the desire for some people to disconnect the battery. Just leave it on a tender.

[bishopts]

If your garage doesn't have a lot of wind coming in from doors that open regularly, i would suggest sprikling powdered Gain laundry detergent under the car and near the garage door seal. Its pretty much the same rodent deterrent as laundry sheets and moth balls. Just makes the whole garage smell better too.