[f30dean]

how do you properly store an f30 for winter? cant really find any info i have to leave it outside in the cold december to april so i bought a battery charger from amazon probably the wrong one. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
do you plug it into the front or rear battery? thanks for any help

[Billfitz]

There is no front battery. There are charging posts under the hood, that's where you'd attach the charger. If in doubt RTFM

[Canadian eh!]

Originally Posted by f30dean

how do you properly store an f30 for winter? cant really find any info i have to leave it outside in the cold december to april so i bought a battery charger from amazon probably the wrong one. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
do you plug it into the front or rear battery? thanks for any help

If you are literally parking it outdoors to be untouched for 5 months with no driving of any kind. I would do the following,

inflate the tires to 5 lbs below max pressure listed on the sidewall.

Pull the battery and bring it indoors connected to a proper trickle charger with sensing to ensure it does not try to overcharge it continuously

Invest in a proper car cover

Check all the fluids and top up as needed, fill the gas tank full and add a fuel preservative at time of fill up, so It mixes and goes through the lines while you drive it home

When you pull it out of storage get an oil and filter change done.

[MochiEater]

Get a CTEK automatic battery charger with maintenance mode.

Put STA-BIL in the tank and run the car so the stabilized fuel circulates through the fuel lines and injectors.

Cover openings where rodents can get into the car i.e. air intake, exhaust. Place socks with mothballs under the hood.

Put a tub of desiccant inside the passenger compartment (silica cat litter works really well).

[Kwando]

Why not just continue driving it? Really no need to stop driving it in the winter..it's a entry level luxury sports sedan that's quite capable in the snow not a Ferrari.

[f30dean]

Originally Posted by Kwando

Why not just continue driving it? Really no need to stop driving it in the winter..it's a entry level luxury sports sedan that's quite capable in the snow not a Ferrari.

definitely not a ferrari lol but its the rwd model kinda sucks and i daily an sti in the winter we get a lot of snow here

[f30dean]

Originally Posted by MochiEater

Get a CTEK automatic battery charger with maintenance mode.

Put STA-BIL in the tank and run the car so the stabilized fuel circulates through the fuel lines and injectors.

Cover openings where rodents can get into the car i.e. air intake, exhaust. Place socks with mothballs under the hood.

Put a tub of desiccant inside the passenger compartment (silica cat litter works really well).

thanks for all the tips!!

[f30dean]

Originally Posted by Canadian eh!

If you are literally parking it outdoors to be untouched for 5 months with no driving of any kind. I would do the following,

inflate the tires to 5 lbs below max pressure listed on the sidewall.

Pull the battery and bring it indoors connected to a proper trickle charger with sensing to ensure it does not try to overcharge it continuously

Invest in a proper car cover

Check all the fluids and top up as needed, fill the gas tank full and add a fuel preservative at time of fill up, so It mixes and goes through the lines while you drive it home

When you pull it out of storage get an oil and filter change done.

thanks for the help will do!

[Kwando]

Originally Posted by f30dean

definitely not a ferrari lol but its the rwd model kinda sucks and i daily an sti in the winter we get a lot of snow here

RWD in montreal winter. Yikes lol.

[Canadian eh!]

Originally Posted by Kwando

RWD in montreal winter. Yikes lol.

I would do it on snow tires no problem.

[2000Z3M]

its about tires awd on summer vs rwd on winter

[f30dean]

Originally Posted by 2000Z3M

its about tires awd on summer vs rwd on winter

makes sense i drove it last winter with brand new tires not the best ones i guess but it sucked had to use gravel bags to get around on most days.. but its on expensive coilovers now wouldn't want to put the extra load on them

[Climb Mode]

Just drive it every now and then. My car is in a cold climate (Mass), outside 100% of the time, and can go weeks at a time without being driven due to my work schedule. No problemos.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Kwando

Why not just continue driving it? Really no need to stop driving it in the winter..it's a entry level luxury sports sedan that's quite capable in the snow not a Ferrari.

Exactly.

My RWD F30 335i with snow tires is my winter beater (Minnesota). It is a perfectly capable car in even heavy snow.

[crono06]

I don't think the op is debating awd with all seasons/summers vs rwd with winters in the snow. They're from Montreal, where winters are mandated no matter how many driving wheels you have.