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| I store my car every winter and have for many years. Like others, start with a full tank of premium. I add a bottle of Sta-Bil for safe keeping. I will also wash/wax the exterior, clean the interior, and treat all the interior surfaces with a vinyl protectant and leather conditioner on the seats.
I unhook the battery, check the cells, and keep a charger hooked up. It's a bit of a pain, but about once a month I'll hook up the battery and run it until the thermostat opens and it blows heat on the inside.
Never had a problem with bad gas or anything in the spring, even after sitting for 6 months. I usually drive it pretty easy in the spring until I go through the old tank of gas and change the oil, and then back to normal driving after that. I get a fair amount of carbon out of the tail pipe on the first run @ wide-open-throttle, but after that it runs like it always has.
About the only thing I will do differently this year is jack it up once and spin the tires, because after 6 months of sitting on concrete they are a little rough in the spring. Also this year I now have a heated garage, so that should help some too.
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