Gibolsky

Hi, I'm a newbie and would like some help to work out how I go about leaving my rota in my garage whilst I'm at work for a week. This will be a constant event as I have a new job.
Is it bad to leave sit for long periods of time?
Is there anything I should do when starting 1st time when back after a week? I have nobody to start while I'm away.

RIWWP

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You should only worry about precautions when it's like a month. 1 week at a time between drives is how lots of 8's spend their lives and is nothing to worry about. Just make sure the battery doesn't go dead.

naze

My dad used to have a salvaged 07 RX8 with around 130K miles on it. We left the car in the garage for about 10 days. When we got back it wouldn't start. I don't know how to explain this in words that make sense but he would turn the key and the engine would stutter and rev a little bit, but once he stopped holding the key to the ignition the car would turn back off. So what we did was he put it in neutral and i pushed him out the garage, (we live on a hill) i pushed him down the hill while he twisted the key. Once he got to the bottom the car eventually turned on.

Thats just my experience from what happened to me. I don't know if this will apply to you but I'm just trying to help

Rykielz

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I've left mine sitting for over a week when I went on vacation, but that was only once, it started up fine. But I had replaced my coils and battery 6 months prior. Maybe that helped? I'd probably only be worried about the battery dying.

kevinande

^ This. A week is nothing. Mine goes two to three weeks without use,although I do try to start and run it for about 15 minutes once a week. This is mostly to keep the battery healthy.