Hibernated my cabby tonight

[Topblag]

Well, it's that time of the year again, cabby gets tucked up in it's winter wonderland until 1 April 2011.

I've been using it as a daily for the last 5 weeks and it's been bloody marvellous.

Anyone else hibernating an E30 over the next couple of days ?

[Alex]

my cabby is coming out in Feb

[Jim320i]

I'm trying to pick up a cheap 316 for the winter so my chromie can be tucked away and taken topeices, so the sooner I find one, the quicker she can go to sleep for the winter...

[Alex]

A lad i know has a mint tech 1 sport, ive seen it with the kit off and its like new behind it.

Dolphin grey with black leather he uses it as his winter car oppose to his 1987 Porsche 911. kind of a shame to use such a mint original tech 1 sport in the winter i thought

[TPS]

I just put the hardtop on mine or use the Touring on really cold days.

[kieran325]

I've had mine out today, the sport has not moved since Gaydon and the M3 since Tatton Park

I got back from Mexico yesterday and I decided to take them both out to put some life back into them

I'm off to Benidorm in Nov so I can see them not turning a wheel until the new year.

[M3Jim]

Yep mine is all tucked up!

What fooks me off more than anything is the fact that there will still be a good few days of sunshine before the salt hits the road, but I REFUSE to give the fing government another 6 months worth of tax for those few days!!!!

[Ziggy]

Very tempted to - but I want to get a few things done over the winter that'll mean driving it... So I guess I'll have to pay £££ in tax for that. So be it!

[BMWE30325]

i wish i could put my gold cabby in the garage but my garage is busy have to figure something out

[Blitz]

My cabby is my only car. I wish I could afford to insure a E34 touring as well.

[paul1985]

my tax is up next month then mines getting put away under lock and key

[BMWE30325]

i just got a new tax today

[Clarkyboy]

i will be taxing my e30 next week!!! just in time for the winter, however i figure its worth it for the nice weather we usually get in november....

[johnt0709]

Yip mine away tomorrow night, put the e46 in for it's mot - fecking £500 2 tyres, 2 shocks, 2 control arms, hanbrake and brake pipes

[clig]

cabbys should be out all the time.it does more damaged putting them in a damp concrete shed,wash them right and they last just as long as a tin top.

[BMWE30325]

whats the best thing to do when you put the cabby in the garage put a cover on it? disconet the battery? polish and wax it anything else?

[grantfk10]

My cabby will be in the garage tomorow night.
Just taxed and insured the E36 touring for my "winter runner" although the MOT is due on it next week If it needs money spent on it, I reckon I have 2 choices:
1: Tax the cab, and run it through the winter
2: Sell the E36 touring as an MOT failure, and buy a cheap car with at least 6 months MOT & tax

What do you reckon?

[TouringTash]

a breathable cover, get loads of the silica jel packs and place them over the dash to help soak up any moisture, more air in the tyres, lift and turn all wheels every couple of weeks.
If you want to go nuts cover all the panels underneath with petroleum jelly and it'll stay perfect.

Then again we used to do that on all the bright-work (stainless steel) before a yacht does an Atlantic crossing. Is a nightmare to get it all off again and all the stainless cleaned up.

[lukescott]

Mine lives in a dry garage under a dust cover. It will get driven on dry winter weekends (if they happen this year). Tax runs out tomorrow but in Ireland its not the big crime that it is in the UK. And our insurance companies view road tax for what it is....... revenue for the government. It has nothing to do with insurance.

[e21Jason]

I be taking the m3 down to silverstone then tucking it away till the spring

Jason

[nickso]

mine is already tucked up. borrowed a strange rover for a runabout til i get a winter hack.

i'll probably start pulling the e30 apart next week.

[SeymourCake]

i might just keep my cabby out this winter.

depends if i can clear all the junk in my garage.

thing is my garage gets a little damp, so don't know if it will make any difference.

[sajad09]

wish i could put mine in the garage but my brother hogs it with his subaru impreza, its been in there 3 months now, it only went in cuz he said he wanted to park it there till the end of the month, and that was ages ago!! so cabbys been on the drive with cover over it But on the upside iv bought a E39 525i sport, hopefully this should see me through the winter

[DaveD]

Mine goes into hibernation too ....going to get half a respray over the winter ....if the insurance company coughs up!

[bmwsport]

My tax runs out today on the H so its going to get a bath at the weekend and put away for the winter, inclusive with my gay ass breathable cover so it doesn't get dusty

I must get a decent mains trickle charger too to keep the battery in tip top condition, i tried a solar one last year and it was completely useless so i sent it back.

I've decided to sort out and keep my Alpenis touring now that i've got a little more time and have come across a decent garage who can fix her up for a song and MOT it

So i'll still be in an E30 this winter

[Dezzy]

Has anyone tried a dehumidifier in the garage

[ImysE30]

When i had a garage, i used to use one once a week. Keep the damp out.

No garage now so cabby on the drive

[TouringTash]

a dehumidifier would need a run off for the water, also check the wattage before you buy so you can work out the running costs.

[TouringTash]

group buy for the winter garage queens http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?Sea ... lCategory=

[e30kev]

wish i could afford a winter hack if we get anything like the winter we had last year

wish i had a garage too

i'll just have to wash it more and get the salt off as soon as possible

[grantfk10]

I hate washing cars in the middle of winter

[gooner1]

I do 12 hour shifts through out the winter, outside, days and nights.
If my cabby thinks it,s staying tucked up nice and warm while i freeze my nuts off,
it better wake up and smell the Waxoyl.

[grantfk10]

I just filled my tank too!

[mineralblue]

One more winter of discontent for my cab,still my only car until next autumn hopefully,then it goes into semi retirement.On the plus side, I am moving into my mates soon who has a lovely large garage.The hard top is on standby to go on real soon too.

[johnt0709]

Quite lucky - ive got in integral double garage with an insulated door and boiler in it so even in the winter its still quite mild - was planning on a 2.8 build over the winter but the bellend called tim sands sold me a 2.5 crank claiming it was a 2.8 - got everything else.