Originally Posted by Cissy
Oh, that's a nice thing to read while I am sitting here perusing the forum. I bought my '04 just this past September because it had been sitting on a lot. My car seems to perform beautifully so far. Let's hope you are wrong with your assumptions. Let's hope I don't have scored pistons, cracked rings or multitude of valve and lifter problems. :P Think I will go to bed now. Don't wanna think about it.
Ahh, the uplifting feeling of coming to my favorite forum.
LOL Uh, anyone going to take him up on his wager? :-P
Cissy: I'm sure it's fine... We just do certain things to engines when they are being stored for long periods of time. Over fill the oil, add fuel stabilizer to prevent water build-up...
The issue is that metal likes lubrication. If it sits without, it gets brittle and some micro cracks can occur, or oxides / hydro-oxides (rust). But I'm a little tougher on engine performance than the daily driver...