[pct-l] long term parking; was [PCT FORUM!]

[Tortoise]

A reminder to those planning to leave a vehicle parked for weeks / months --

check your owners manual and/or dealer for proper storage.

also what about the tires -- will they get flat spots or such?

Tortoise

<>  Because truth matters.<>


On 02/12/11 23:02, Jason Moores wrote:
> Last year I shopped around and found the least expensive storage unit in my
> area and just parked it inside. I was able to negotiate 6 months for $240
> with the owner of the lot.
>
> It doesn't handle the desire to have the car started or moved but it could
> be the least expensive. There must be thousands of storage unit lots in the
> San Diego area.
>
> Jackass
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:40 PM, David Lippke<lippke.list at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> It's complex but, yes, it's sort of a yoyo.  My wife's hiking north while I
>> solo cycle on a mountain tandem bike all around her position, meeting up as
>> much as practical.   At the end (hopefully in CA) she throws her pack on
>> the
>> BOB trailer and hops on as stoker.  Then we tour mostly south and
>> ultimately
>> back to San Diego just before Thanksgiving.
>>
>> That's the plan, anyway.   We've got other options but they generally put
>> undue load on various relatives and the vehicle has got to get stored
>> anyway.   We travel full time and so we've got vehicles, RV, trailers, etc
>> scattered all over the country.  That experience has taught us that we need
>> to keep the vehicles under cover, enclosed, occasionally started up, moved
>> around, etc.
>>
>> /David  - White Jeep
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:55 AM, eckert<jape1 at cox.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> If you're going to leave a car in San Diego and hike north, how would
>>> you get back to San Diego to pick up the car?  Are you both trying for a
>>> yoyo?
>>>
>>> On 2/12/2011 8:23 PM, David Lippke wrote:
>>>> We're in the same situation and haven't selected a place yet, but there
>>> do
>>>> seem to be a good many options in San Diego -- probably due to the
>>>> combination of both the military and the $s generally available in
>> area.
>>>> Here's one I'm giving a hard look at: http://www.aaaastorage.com/.
>>> I'm
>>>> going to ask someone to go buy for me to check it out in advance, but
>>> that
>>>> one seems to get high marks from folks.
>>>>
>>>> We're still looking, tho .. (advice?)
>>>>
>>>> /David
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Cameron Szakall<cszakall at hotmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Please add this to the forum.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Long Term Parking
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> my name is Cam, I'm from Toronto Ontario.
>>>>> I plan on doing the thru hike this spring.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only problem is a safe place to leave my truck for the hike!
>>>>> I will be driving down to Califoria.
>>>>> I've been searching all over the place for a safe place to park and I
>>> cant
>>>>> find one!
>>>>> I looked into the airport parking and it's too much $$$,
>>>>> Does anyone have any good ideas? Has anyone had this same problem when
>>>>> getting to the PCT from far away?
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