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Old 05-25-2005, 08:56 PM
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Well, my wife and I are having problems selling our isuzu trooper. Its been run on egay twice, and right now, its in the local auto trader magazine, and no one seems to want the thing. I think the miles scare the people away. No one has even called about it.
We leave in 2 weeks...and the way it looks, we arent gonna sell it. (its been for sale for almost 2 months now) The military will pay to store the vehicle, which will work in our favor....


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has anyone stored a vehicle before for a long period of time? what should I do? put it on blocks, drain the gas tank, put mice repellent around it....any tips from anyone
we are gonna store it inside. thats about all we have goin right now...
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Old 05-25-2005, 09:01 PM
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make sure the gas tank is full, since then it wont sweat inside and rust
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Old 05-25-2005, 09:02 PM
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search the interweb.
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Old 05-25-2005, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Spenser
search the interweb.
I would rather give you something to do.
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Old 05-25-2005, 09:20 PM
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thats funny, cause I did waste about 5 minutes looking for a certain write up on storing your car, I found it, but now that I've seen your reply, I"m not gona post it. bitch.
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Old 05-25-2005, 09:32 PM
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only thing i can think of is d/c the battery.. other than that, maybe a few mice/spider/bug traps inside of it just in case
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Old 05-25-2005, 09:36 PM
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disconnect the battery, put it on jack stands (but not lifted) incase the tires go flat, full tank of gas to prevent rust, and there are some additives for the other fluids. Other than that some mouse killer couldn't hurt.
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Old 05-25-2005, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Spenser
thats funny, cause I did waste about 5 minutes looking for a certain write up on storing your car, I found it, but now that I've seen your reply, I"m not gona post it. bitch.
I really wouldnt want your $.02 anyways.


but thanks for the other advice. I will use it all.

anyone wanna buy a '94 isuzu trooper?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEUS%3AIT

we owe $2560 on it. I will let it go for $2,000. if anyone knows, the 4x4 alone, in the corn belt is worth $2g alone.
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Old 05-25-2005, 10:02 PM
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i would say donate it. but i dunno if you can if you owe money
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plug the exhaust pipes, one summer i noticed a funny smell and with some investigating a mouse seemed to have been living in the pipes
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