Is there any substantiated truth to this topic? That it's better for a vehicle to "run every day", than it is to sit for days on end? I've had two vehicles in the past, a Indy Pace Car Corvette, and a Buick Century that was literally driven very little by a, "Little Old Lady". Both developed leaks, (coolant in the Vette, and a cylinder head gasket in the Buick), after I purchased them and starting driving them on a regular basis.
I ask this because I just retired this past December, and we don't drive as much as we used to when I was working. We recently purchased a new 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 5.7 HEMI, that we don't drive very much. We bought it last April, and thus far it's only accumulated a total of 850 miles on it in the past 5 months. And most of that was just to start it and take it for a ride to warm it up, and circulate the fluids. Because I didn't want to "let it sit".
Is this really that necessary? How often is a vehicle required to be run, in order to maintain dependability, along with, "leak protection"? If there even is such a thing. I've heard all kinds of stories over the years about, "seals drying out", and that sort of thing. I live in Arizona, so my vehicles don't see extreme cold. I think cold poses more of a problem than how often it's run.
Back when I lived in Chicago, every leak I ever had in a vehicle happened in the dead of Winter. I think an engine that goes from extreme Winter cold, (as low as -10F), to 195F in just a few minutes, is harder on seals and gaskets than the desert climate I'm now faced with, because of such extreme expansion and contraction.
How long would you be comfortable with leaving a car sit on a regular basis? I often wonder how often these guys like Jay Leno, who own hundreds of expensive cars, allow each one to sit without running them up to operating temperature?
I ask this because I just retired this past December, and we don't drive as much as we used to when I was working. We recently purchased a new 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 5.7 HEMI, that we don't drive very much. We bought it last April, and thus far it's only accumulated a total of 850 miles on it in the past 5 months. And most of that was just to start it and take it for a ride to warm it up, and circulate the fluids. Because I didn't want to "let it sit".
Is this really that necessary? How often is a vehicle required to be run, in order to maintain dependability, along with, "leak protection"? If there even is such a thing. I've heard all kinds of stories over the years about, "seals drying out", and that sort of thing. I live in Arizona, so my vehicles don't see extreme cold. I think cold poses more of a problem than how often it's run.
Back when I lived in Chicago, every leak I ever had in a vehicle happened in the dead of Winter. I think an engine that goes from extreme Winter cold, (as low as -10F), to 195F in just a few minutes, is harder on seals and gaskets than the desert climate I'm now faced with, because of such extreme expansion and contraction.
How long would you be comfortable with leaving a car sit on a regular basis? I often wonder how often these guys like Jay Leno, who own hundreds of expensive cars, allow each one to sit without running them up to operating temperature?
