storing clio for the winter

[hipwell]

Im going to store my clio on the drive for the winter under a cover untill i can be bothered to take my box off and send it away to agency due to whining bearings.

Is there anything i should do to prep the car before hand?

Ie, hand brake off
should i jack it up to take some pressure off the springs shocks and tyres?
Run the fuel as low as possible so it doesnt go bad in the tank and pipes etc?

its only going to be for 6 months tops so it wont be stood for too long.

 

[Fletcher]

I left mine outside on the drive for 16 months. All I did was leave the handbrake off.

It was fine.

 

[Cup_Phil]

I store mine in a garage every winter, in fact it only moves 5 or 6 times a year

Leave handbrake off as they seize pretty easy, I'd also at least roll it back and forth every month to rotate the tyres and make sure the brakes haven't seized.
I like to start mine up each month too and just let it tick over till it's hot - get some fluid and oil circulating around and a bit of charge in the battery.
But other than that it'll be fine

 

[hipwell]

cool cheers guys.

yeah, i may have to start it every now and again to hear some exhaust noise lol, ill be fed up of this tractor sounding 307 hdi soon enough lol.

 

[Cup_Phil]

Good god - 307 hdi. You'll be lucky to make it through winter without the wiring melting and the flywheel shattering lol

 

[hipwell]

lol yeah i know but it only cost me 800 quid and it had a solid flywheel and clutch conversation last year as the dmf was shot.