Originally Posted by bbarbulo

some ridiculous claims in here. 1st of all, if he wants a winter beater, it's his choice. 2nd, i store my car... well really most of the time, it's been driven like maybe 15-20 times since 2002. the tires don't go flat, there are no problems passing emission tests, or whatever. i put it up on jackstands, and I do maintenance on it all the time in accordance to honda recommendations for time intervals (like change the oil, rad fluid, etc etc etc) and hook up a battery trickle charger. i'd rather have a mint rust free car with some varnish on the injectors than a year round rustbucket. but that's just me cuz i prefer old cars to new ones.

to the OP, only store your car and spend money rebuilding it if it's rust free. otherwise, spend that money on a rust free car from arizona or nevada and use your current car as a winter beater, just swap all the parts over to the rust free car.