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ironchef82 · 11-10-2003, 05:35 AM

Hello,

I have a 02 Volvo S40 with 14K miles on it. I'm making my travel plans to go home for winter vacation soon and I would like to know what to do about my car. I go to school in Ithaca (upstate New York) and home is Atlanta, so I'm flyin.

Basically, I have two options. I can leave my car here at my apartment and fly out here or I can drive to NYC and leave it with a friend and fly out there. It will be pretty darn cold, but if it's in NYC, my friend would drive it around occasionally. If I leave it here, it's essentially leaving the car exposed outside for a month in the harsh Ithaca winter.

So my question is how risky is it to leave my car here for a month exposed to cold temperatures and probably covered in snow? Is this a good idea and will it affect my car if idle for such a long time in the cold? Friends here have said that if I left it here, to see if someone could come by to start it up every once in a while... not really sure if I can arrange that though.

The motivation behind my question is that if I fly out of NYC, I'll have to pay $100 more to change the plane ticket plus it'll be 4 hours driving each way. Common sense tells me not to leave my car out here exposed for this long, but I just wanted to ask for everyone's opinion.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance for replying.

11-10-2003, 05:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
ironchef82 Banned Location: Tucson	Leaving car out in cold for extended time (advice requested) Hello, I have a 02 Volvo S40 with 14K miles on it. I'm making my travel plans to go home for winter vacation soon and I would like to know what to do about my car. I go to school in Ithaca (upstate New York) and home is Atlanta, so I'm flyin. Basically, I have two options. I can leave my car here at my apartment and fly out here or I can drive to NYC and leave it with a friend and fly out there. It will be pretty darn cold, but if it's in NYC, my friend would drive it around occasionally. If I leave it here, it's essentially leaving the car exposed outside for a month in the harsh Ithaca winter. So my question is how risky is it to leave my car here for a month exposed to cold temperatures and probably covered in snow? Is this a good idea and will it affect my car if idle for such a long time in the cold? Friends here have said that if I left it here, to see if someone could come by to start it up every once in a while... not really sure if I can arrange that though. The motivation behind my question is that if I fly out of NYC, I'll have to pay $100 more to change the plane ticket plus it'll be 4 hours driving each way. Common sense tells me not to leave my car out here exposed for this long, but I just wanted to ask for everyone's opinion. Any advice would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance for replying.