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Originally Posted by Accumulator The gas in the Jag sits there for a *lot* longer than a month...actually a month is nothing for my vehicles, many of them sit for that long at a stretch. I've *never*, not once, had a problem with gas in an auto going bad and I've never used any stabilizer additives. |
Yeah, the doctor that I detail the vintage 450 SEL for lets his car sit and never starts it or add stabilizer. The gas has got to be at least a couple years old (refreshing a few gallons like once a year). The car always starts on the first crank after a little priming. We fired it up last weekend to pull out to snap some photos for him so he can send them in with his application for antique plates.
He does use stabilizer for his vehicles at his vacation home that just sit there unused for years like an old Honda Prelude, Buick station wagon and a 1948 Lincoln Cosmopolitan with suicide doors.
As far as my cars, I never allow to drop below a 1/3 of a tank. I just sold my 12 year old Honda Civic that was getting 30 mpg on the highway with no additives or cleaners. The only thing I would do is change the fuel filter a bit earlier.