Who Has A Weekend Car?

[Yo-Yo]

Hey peoples,

Just a quick question for people who have a weekend car.

Do you keep the fuel tank full & put fuel additives later on, or do you keep the tank mostly empty with just enough to get to the servo when you want to drive it?

just bought a cheap daily driver so my car will really only be driven on the weekends, so a full tank of fuel would probably last 1-2months before re-fill

pic of my new daily, decided to keep it in the nissan family, actually a fun little thing to punt around

I decided to name it Panda because of the colour scheme, I'll probably spray the wheels black when I have a lazy weekend

[GTRKat]

I try to keep my tank mostly empty with enough to get to the servo before I drive it. I would add octane booster and whatnot if I was too worried about how long it's been sitting there. It's not hard to empty the tank on the GTR

I have a little NX coupe as my daily. It's white too, I like how it's my little mini car! It's fairly zippy for what it is.

[NISMO]

If it's every weekend then not a big deal. Mine is lucky to be driven once every month or two so keep the tank full. All car storage advice says to keep it full as the tank can rust if sitting empty for long periods and condensation will also build diluting the fuel. Keeping it full prevents both.

[HOT_R33]

Try keeping it full, plus I have a built in battery charger that runs off mains to maintain battery life.

My daily kinda doubles as my towing car so sometimes my GTR doesn't even get driven on the road so I can keep the tune fairly non-ozone friendly as well

All the more reason to ensure that the fuel remains as untainted as possible while it's payed up in the garage.

[evil_weevil]

the MX5 hardly gets driven now, and I nornally fill it up before a race meet and then fill it up before the next one...so every 1-2 months haha

[DannyzGTR]

its not good to keep ur tank lower than half coz it can dry up ur fuel pump can damage ur pump insides. kept it full incase you have no cash lol

i also have a weekend car, r32 gtr.

my everyday car is r31 ti turbo. i love it, it has 4 doors for space, big boot space for baby's pram and stuff, towbar for towing, good on fuel, power to smoke most standard cars including evos lol (full sleeper), full pwr option including cruise for the freeway and easy to drive so my wife can drive it coz we share the car.

Edited August 7, 2011 by petersr34

[Yo-Yo]

cheers for the advice everyone, so looks like I'll just keep it at 3/4 full & add octane booster if needed

also a drip charger sounds good to keep the battery fresh

cheers

looks like I've kind of started another 'post your daily driver thread'

[GTRKat]

My car never goes more than 2 weeks without getting driven. Too long without a GTR makes for a cranky Kat!!

I also have a battery charger, when i know it's going to be more than just a few days I hook up the C-Tek to the battery and it's awesome. Although before I had it and had to get jump started it would give the NRMA guys a bit of a shock when they realise its my car!

[D_I_F]

I'd be using the V36 as a daily..

[MBS206]

I have a daily and a once a year car.

It came out last in January 2010... I hope to bring it out again by December 2011...

As for fuel... I don't even know if it'd still ignite TBH...

[DannyzGTR]

I have a daily and a once a year car.

It came out last in January 2010... I hope to bring it out again by December 2011...

As for fuel... I don't even know if it'd still ignite TBH...

how can u leave it that long! i couldnt look at it more than 20 mins without finding a reason to drive it!

it stays at my inlaws and i only see it on the weekends.

[evil_weevil]

its cause his is always brokenedededed!!

cept when LS1 powah arrives..it'll be more reliable!

[evil_weevil]

daily/tow + weekend/racer + trailer

[Cassbo]

I put fuel in my Skyline when ever I need to put fuel into it.

Last time I put fuel in it was 3 or 4 weeks ago in Goulburn. I'll probably fill it up next time I drive it as it probably only has 50km worht of fuel left

[friction_point]

My daily's a '98 Civic hatch...hilarious to drive and not too bad on fuel, plus its manual so its fun. I don't reckon fuel would go off in a week would it? More likely in a month or so

[oweban]

my "daily" is a VT 5.0L

by daily i mean weekender

the r33 is a "when i feel like it-er"

[MBS206]

how can u leave it that long! i couldnt look at it more than 20 mins without finding a reason to drive it!

it stays at my inlaws and i only see it on the weekends.

Cause this car uses more big end bearings then fuel...

[Yo-Yo]

I'd be using the V36 as a daily..

So would I

I train it into the city for work & parked my car at the station, someone already put a dent on the passenger side door & some dropkick pinched my tire caps, seriously who the hell pinches tyre caps?!

at least now with the pulsar it won't matter as much if things like that happen

Incidentally I also watch people park at the station while I'm waiting on the platform, fkn hell people in general can't park...

saw one person literally take around 7 minutes attempting to park front first then give up & take another 3 minutes trying to reverse out of the lane as it is a dead end on the other side, almost scraping the adjacent cars as they went along. No way I'm parking my car in the same lot as those muppets

[evil_weevil]

those valve caps look good on my car, thanks!

[Yo-Yo]

^ahaha at least now your car will have a little bit of class. enjoy