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Old 05-02-2008, 12:00 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by igo View Post
Why even own a car if that's the case? It is bad for car to sit unused for long periods of time. Plus your wasting money on insurance.

If you are only using a car a few times a year you would probably be better off just using rentals.
I have heard this many times before.

What all will be damaged by letting a car set to long ?

I try to drive my car at least two or three miles every two weeks or so.

Every three months or so, I run down to Houston to visit my folks - a 280 mile round trip.

This last trip, I had a flat ( valve stem leak ) on one tire and another of the tires developed a split at the valve stem. I had the valve stem replaced.
Could this sort of thing be due to having the car set too long ?

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