Deploying.... Storing car?

[lovecheese]

So, I'm deploying for upwards 6-7 months... I don't really want to leave my SI outside in the elements and not be touched.

Are there actual trustworthy places you can store your car, started up weekly, oil changed at 3rd month, and driven around the lot once in a while so the tires don't get dry rotted?

haven't done to much research yet as I still have three months.

[thephenom]

Brothers? Parents? VERY trustworthy friends?

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

lovecheese, someone else had asked about this a couple weeks ago and I pointed them in the right direction, let me find it and I will post a link.

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Here ya go

Deploying... Sell or Store

Read my posts on there, let me know if you have an other questions.

[lovecheese]

Thanks, my Dad lives 6 hours away and really doesn't like my exhaust. The garage he has is for the dog now.

The last very trustworthy friend tried sueing me for 12K dollars for damages to his house that happened while he was deployed and had another person living there... I got "stuck" with the keys because I was his only friend... I agreed to MOW the lawn, not upkeep on the house.

He lost because there was no legally binding contract, definatly couldn't trust him with my car now.

[lovecheese]

Originally Posted by ImTheVoiceOfGod

Here ya go

Deploying... Sell or Store

Read my posts on there, let me know if you have an other questions.

Thanks! now jackstands.... Think I could keep it at the passenger terminal on jacks without it getting messed with or should I just rent a lot where I will be storing all my household goods?

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Best bet is just to wrap and store, Just like my girl, id rather have her sit there and get dusty, than have someone start her up once in a while to make sure she runs good.

[lovecheese]

Definatly will do, it's perfectly fine to leave the brakes open/uncovered for that amount of time? I guess it wouldn't matter to much, I'll have 10K saved up for nicer brakes when I get back.

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

You will get a little rust on the exposed rotors, but once you use the brakes a couple times, it will wear itself off.

[lovecheese]

Awesome... I'm selling 30 days of leave Monday so I think I'll get a few upgrades... Perfect FTAC job opened up for me and I really want in... so I cant use leave before I go to the Deid.

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

You are speaking french to me.

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[lovecheese]

FTAC is like a little class you do when you go to your first assignment on an Air Force base, right after the tech school. My bosses wife is in charge there and she's getting me in there as a teacher for two months.

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Nice!

[lovecheese]

I'll make a decent 2K selling my 30 days of leave.... but then I wont get to take it!

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Well, Im assuming you arent highly deployable, since you ar going to be teaching. So leave isnt really as big of an issue. If I ever get to a unit where Im not going to deploy every other year I might sell some leave.

I like how it works. You save up 30 days, and its like taking out a free $2k loan that you already paid off.

[lovecheese]

Oh I'm highly deployable. I'm a 2T2... Passenger Terminal, ATOC, the guys who load your gear on the plane...

2 deployments in 13 months. 12 months gone, 12 months home.

I just never use my leave because we're on 8 hour shifts and I have been use to 12's... these guys here have it so easy!

[leonphelpss11]

Originally Posted by lovecheese

Thanks! now jackstands.... Think I could keep it at the passenger terminal on jacks without it getting messed with or should I just rent a lot where I will be storing all my household goods?

Rent a storage room if you don't have a garage. Prob the car up on jack stands there and cover it up and do all that good stuff. stuff the exhaust, cover up all holes where bugs can potentially make a nest

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Wow, I totally missed that post. Good answer
Airport terminal is a really bad place to keep a car for an extended amount of time.
Go with leonphelpss11's answer.