Miata Mailing List: June 1994, Message #171
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   From: "Robert Cohen" 
Subject: Re: winter storage
   Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 14:36:46 -0400

        Reply to:   RE>winter storage
Ed McGee writes:

>When you store your Miata for the winter how often do you start er up? 

If you've ordered the back issues of MCA mag (as you noted in a
previous post),  you'll find an article discussing this.  I don't recall
all the details at present, but I think in involves (optimally) removing
the battery and connecting to a trickle charger, putting the car
on stands, putting a sock in the air intake and exhaust (to keep
small animals out), and perhaps removing the plugs.

Personally, I try to use it at least once every 1-2 weeks, even in the 
dead of winter in Buffalo -- preferally, when there's as little salt on 
the roads as possible.

In any event, if you don't run it for maybe 10-30 minutes every
1-2 weeks, your battery will probably die.  As you probably have
heard, the battery seems to be the Miata's link to Lucas electronics
and the electical problems of the old British sportscars.

Bob

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