Help your unaware pal jmac

[prog]

Is it Considered Harmful to leave my car buried until I actually need to make it go somewhere? I don't know, I'm asking.

I look up and down the street and see that every other car has been dug out, at least partially, including those that have clearly not moved since the blizzard. Is there a principle, philosophy, or social agreement that I am overlooking?

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[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

lessons learned from the kan:

even if the tempreture does not warm above freezing, the pressure of the snow piled on your car melts the bottom layer, and then it refreezes making it a layer of ice on the bottom. usually it takes vigorous scraping to get this layer off, which is more work than what you would have done if you just cleaned it off with a broom as soon as you could.

it's also good, once you have cleaned up your car, to start it and let it run a little bit, even if you don't plan on leaving your space.

[poetgeek.livejournal.com]

Generally, from what I've read, you want to let it run enough to have things get up to operating temperature and (among) other things cook off any water that's condensed in the oil, etc.

STABIL (the gas additive) will help prevent the gas becoming a lovely thick varnish (this can happen in a couple months..). Run the car for a bit after adding to get the mixture into the fuel lines, etc. Oh and fill the gas tank (water can't condense in the empty space that way).

Now, if it's just for a few weeks, that's one thing, but months and months, that's a horse of a different color.