Need to store my 911 over winter in Aberdeen

[daveinscotland]

Hi Folks, I havent posted on this part of the forum before, just once or twice on the Porsche section, but thought I would give it a try as Ive noticed there is a fair presence of Aberdeen based folks posting now and again.

As the title suggests I am trying to line up some kind of lockup / garage / storage for my 993 over our chilly winter months in Aberdeen, and just wondered on off chance if anyone had any ideas.

Ideal would be somewhere in a fairly good part of town where I could 'forget' about the car, and maybe take it out once every 2 or 3 weeks for a spin.

Maybe a long shot, but thanks alot, Dave

[GetCarter]

daveinscotland said:

maybe take it out once every 2 or 3 weeks for a spin.

993's eh?

[daveinscotland]

he he, yeah, wanna keep it in pukka condition so it handle abuse round knockhill come the spring!

[whatnext?]

Dave,

993's don't like to be left locked up, they want to be used!

But if you must, make sure you have some sort of trickle charger on the battery, otherwise you will find it flat when you come to take it out.

[emicen]

Have you considered trying one of those estate agenty type places

Granted I dont know aberdeen at all really but I was surprised to find some council lock ups in Glasgow were actually in decent area's and cost buttons (£17/wk springs to mind).

Outside that, small industrial units are usually quite cheap (again, in Glasgow but I'd imagine much the same would apply in Aberdeen). I found one in a secured compound with secuirty guard and cameras and access barrier security that would easily fit 2 cars length ways for £100/month.

[a7see]

Try the council Dave. I rented one before and it was in Bridge of Don. Not a bad garage for £22 a month. Its a bit of a pot luck though where you get allocated. You have to go in there personally and see what they have got available. Good luck.

[daveinscotland]

thanks for that folks. i musta been feeling a bit dense when i posted that, but i hav now
lined up an ideal garage right in the centre of town from an advert in the press and journal. nice n secure !

trickle charger - sounds like a good idea ! would i need anything else as i will
prob leave it parked up for a few weeks / months ?

cheers
dave

[daveinscotland]

a7see - cheers for that, i actually went to the council a few weeks. was hoping they might have something close to me, nr queens cross, but they were mostly across town in bucksburn. cheap though!

[peterh2]

daveinscotland : could you tell me roughly how much the council were charging? I might be needing one soon in Aberdeen.

Thanks

[daveinscotland]

peter - i am sure they were about 35 quid a month. there is old chappy in the council building above the st.nicolas centre who looks after the rentals etc

[peterh2]

daveinscotland : thanks that's very reasonable actually when I compare it to the £70 a month I pay for a parking space in a dump of a car park on riverview drive!

[anglebox10]

daveinscotland said:

thanks for that folks. i musta been feeling a bit dense when i posted that, but i hav now
lined up an ideal garage right in the centre of town from an advert in the press and journal. nice n secure !

trickle charger - sounds like a good idea ! would i need anything else as i will
prob leave it parked up for a few weeks / months ?

cheers
dave

Dave,

Make sure you leave the handbrake OFF, or you might have a problem getting the car to move again !!
Also if you leave it for months I think it's recommneded to lower the tyre presures.
If you don't have power for a battery charger I'd either leave it disconected, or maybe check it starts ok every week.
Check antifreeze in the washer bottle etc.

[daveinscotland]

Dave,

Make sure you leave the handbrake OFF, or you might have a problem getting the car to move again !!
Also if you leave it for months I think it's recommneded to lower the tyre presures.
If you don't have power for a battery charger I'd either leave it disconected, or maybe check it starts ok every week.
Check antifreeze in the washer bottle etc.


.......

thanks for that. i got lined up with a garage a couple of streets from my pad, so ideal. planning on checkin on it once a week or so to turn it over. will bear in mind about the anti-freeze. well chuffed to have it off the road while the weather is crap, as i wanna keep the car in really good nick. roll on spring ! cheers, dave

[extreme-detail]

nice 1 dave i love the 993`s and i might be getting 1 myself next year

mike

[gofasterrosssco]

Thinking on this also in Aberdeen. What sort of size we talking here, and any come with a light? Reason being, I wouldnt mind somewhere where I could get a bit of work done on the car in my spare time......

Ta, Ross

[daveinscotland]

Ross, I rent my garage from a local guy call Angus (cant rember his surname) who owns a number of garages around town. his moby no. is 07909 996029. He may have one available at the moment or coming up. mine doesnt have electricity however. hope this helps

[gofasterrosssco]

Cheers Dave, might give him a bell. Ross