Here is the link for 16 photos.
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Hello everyone. I am the owner of the RS6 with the low miles. The car is always garaged, inside an insulated reinforced concrete multi-bay garage that is built into a hillside, so there is a stability of the temperature always year round in the 50-55 degrees F.
I read the comments on (this thread) about dry rot and anticipated problems of a new 9 year old car, and I just haven't seen that phenomena, maybe it is the kind of storage I have. I sold my 1995 Porsche 993-C4 with 2,040 (two-thousand and forty) (Speed Yellow 911 AWD) which I bought from Autohaus Porsche of PA new in 1995, and it had no dry rot nor seal leakage issues. I sold it to a Florida man who transported it to a NJ port directly from my house, and on to an eager buyer in Europe. I had an email with the Florida buyer and he reports the European new owner is very pleased with the car. I would be happy to dig out the FL buyer's contact info if someone wants to follow up. The 993-C4 is at:
http://s1089.photobucket.com/albums/i350/hotgrips/
All of the vehicles I own have super low miles because I have accumulated so many, and while getting older (age 61) I lost interest in cars. Not totally, now and then I get bitten, like last summer I picked up a new 2011 Cadillac CTS-V with factory 556 hp. It has under 1800 miles on it now, after 6 months, and I bought it with 1600. My 5 month old 2011 Lexus LS460 AWD I use the most, with just over 1000 miles on it now.
My accumulation of cars (and motorcycles) had shrunk in 2011. I sold 5 cars and 2 motorcycles because keeping up with battery tending and fuel had become too much of a chore. My 1998 Honda VFR800 sold to a Maine buyer with 31 miles (thirty-one) on it (I bought it new in 1998), and my 2003 Honda ST1300 had 70 miles when sold (again bought new in 2003).
http://s1089.photobucket.com/albums/...cpZZ1QQtppZZ16 I still have the contact information for both buyers who can report on whether or not low miles has resulted in failed seals and dry rot issues.
Perhaps simply garaging a car with daily swings of temperature and humidity, along with seasonal swings in temperature and humidity make it worse for rubber seals. I can only speak of my own experience with my underground (bunker) garage and how it has not been an issue. The bunker houses a Rotorway 162F and 12 motorcycles and I haven't spotted any problems with leaking seals. Several of the motorcycles are from the mid-70s, one which I raced in Austria in 1976. It's a 2-stroke 340cc so there is no engine oil, but the gearbox is leak-free.
Jim Hollander
West-Central New Hampshire near Vermont.
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