| Most antique car owners constantly ask themselves | | | | the responsibility of ensuring that the car is well kept |
| whether to store their antique cars themselves or | | | | should know that fuel usually goes bad after three to |
| whether to locate a storage facility for this purpose. | | | | four months. This makes fuel treatment during the |
| This is because some antique car owners find it quite | | | | storage period extremely important because it |
| hard to part with their cars, hence for them a | | | | determines the overall performance of the car. The |
| storage facility does not to a certain extent work for | | | | car may be good to look at externally, but if its |
| them. Thus, if they have some personal storage | | | | performance does not match the aesthetics, then it |
| space set aside, they use this to store their antique | | | | will not only disappoint the owner, but admirers too. |
| cars. Conversely, others may be experiencing this | | | | Cleaning the car both inside and outside is another |
| problem but since they lack personal space to store | | | | aspect that the owner should consider when deciding |
| their antique cars, they have to be contented with | | | | whether to store the car personally or store it in a |
| finding and subsequently storing their antique cars in a | | | | storage facility? Nothing beats owner inspected |
| storage facility. It is also important to note that some | | | | cleaning. |
| antique car owners may have some storage space | | | | However, seeing that storage facilities have |
| that they could use to store their cars, but since | | | | sophisticated equipment and different methods to |
| they lack the necessary facilities required to protect | | | | perform the cleaning process, one would have to |
| the car from the eroding factors presented by the | | | | carefully weigh the benefits against the detriment of |
| ever changing weather and other human related | | | | both options. Removing the battery also ensures that |
| activities, they are unable to properly store their cars. | | | | the corrosion that may occur on cables is avoided. |
| Thus, they are forced to find a storage facility with | | | | Professional storage facilities may also use trickle |
| the necessary facilities to store their cars. | | | | chargers to prolong the life of the battery during the |
| However, if the car owner does not have the basic | | | | period that the car will be in storage. Prior to making |
| maintenance facilities required to store the car and | | | | the decision on where to store the car, one should |
| still retain its worth, then its best if she/he consider | | | | consider the kind of facilities availed in both options. |
| getting a storage facility for it. However, like in | | | | In areas where the weather gets extremely cold, |
| everything else, information on how to store an | | | | ensuring that none of the parts in the car can be |
| antique car can be acquired. For first timers, basic | | | | damaged by the freezing temperatures is important. |
| knowledge on what best suits the cars and what | | | | Whether at home or in storage, the caretaker should |
| would erode the value or even performance should | | | | ensure that as temperatures change, the car is well |
| be top among the things that they should seek to | | | | maintained to help various parts adjust to the |
| understand. To start with, the person charged with | | | | temperature changes. |