I've done this before - I took off insurance & plates for 6 months while I was away. But it took up space in my mom's garage, and of course she couldn't drive it anywhere. We learned about the battery tender then. But now I think I'm going to be gone for two years, and I can't imagine wanting the concern of thinking about an unused car back home for that long, all along making car payments. I'd just as soon sell it, pay off the loan, and buy another when I return. It might cost me more $$ that way, but less headache I think.
I will be waiting until January to sell - and I think I might already have a potential buyer. I'm heading to the middle east and then Turkey, and don't really want to bring a car along. well, I wouldn't mind having it along, but I don't think it's financially feasible because I'd have to pay for it myself.
Thanks for all the advice... R.
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Originally Posted by Robert_Detjen
I've done a lot of extended business trips. They ranged from 2 weeks to 2 years. If you liked the vehicle and planned on keeping it many years - or to have one like it - then it's cheaper to keep it.
Change the oil, wax it, put a battery tender on it and turn off the insurance. You'd lose more to sell it and then later buy another.
Where are you going, what will you be using for transportation? I've shipped vehicles between North/South America, and Europe. My company would pay for a rental car - or pay mileage. For longer trips they paid for or subsidised the cost of shipping a vehicle..
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