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Originally Posted by Jungerishere
I agree that not driving the car isn’t good for the car but how much damage it causes due to not driving the car is bit exaggerated. Ferrari owners keep their Ferraris as garage queen for most of its life so most have very low miles but they don’t have issues with all the seals failing. And I wouldn’t hesitate on purchasing F40 or Enzo with only 2k miles if I had the money.  I have few cars that spends most of it life in storage and have very low miles. None of them have single leak. Car is low mileage once... |
My dad is a street rodder and only takes his rods out when it's not raining, which in Seattle is about 3 months out of the year.
He recently had some serious engine troubles in his '39 which turned out to be from the engine sitting while the car was being built and also sitting in the garage when the car was completed. Various seals had failed and there was some surface rust in the cylinder walls. He wound up needing to rebuild a Chevy 350 which had just been rebuilt a couple years prior because of it.
So now, even in the winter, he fires up all his cars to let them idle to full temperature. Then revs the engines for a little bit so that they run a little more. It's not as good as driving, but better than just plain sitting.