If I have a ten year old Honda Civic with 40,000 miles, is it considered a 'newish' car, or just old?

Question

I am wondering if I should store a car, or will it deteriorate?

Answer 1

40,000 miles is nothing. I would say keep it in storage until you need it.  

Answer 2

It will deteriorate. My car sat almost unused for a few months and the neutral safety switch would prevent the car from starting some times afterwards. At the time we blamed the starter and replaced that for a good $100 only to realize that the problem was the switch. So my dad showed me that I could turn the key to 3 and without starting it move the shifter and if I moved it in and then out of gear it would start. Eventually it worked right again thank goodness but I will NEVER let a car sit like that again.

If I ever get a car I don't feel like driving I will leave a quarter tank of gas in it, put in an additional quarter tank in it every 2 months and use that up just to keep the car running.

Answer 3

An old low mileage car.  You can store it but it needs to be started and driven occasionally.

Answer 4

Its not considered new but it would be considered to be in "mint" condition.  Meaning it looks as if it were new at the time it was released.  Low miles and a nice exterior will put it in this condition.  Hondas will last you forever though as long as you keep up with oil changes and things like that.  I've got a 93 honda civic with almost 300,000 miles on the original motor and it runs great and it is in perfect condition on the outside and inside.  

Answer 5

Why would you 'store' it. It will NEVER be a 'classic'. If you don't need it, SELL it.

Answer 6

Its considered an old car, but unless theres any damage, due to the low mileage, its probably still a relatively valuable car.  

Answer 7

Its an old car with low miles.

sell it and buy a jet=) lol

Answer 8

id just keep it maintained really well and drive it ,setting is harder on one than driving it is,storing it at this point would do it more harm than good unless it was in a really good controlled environment,i got one in storage and went to look at it,time is getting to it badly,good luck.

Answer 9

maintain it drive it once in a while start it once a week and it will be fine