If The Car Is Laid Up For Long Periods - Maserati Spyder Owner's Manual

Briar parts
Remove any dirt with a deerskin
leather or damp cloth.
WARNING Do not use alcohol, gasoline
or solvents to clean the instrument
panel's and top's glass.
Do not keep aerosol cans in
the car. Risk of explosion.
Aerosol cans should never be
exposed to a temperature above 50°C.
The temperature inside the car when
exposed to the sun may easily exceed
this threshold.
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If the car is laid up for long periods

If the car is laid up for
long periods
If the car has to stand idle for several
months, take the following
precautions:
– Wash and dry the car thoroughly.
– Park the car, with the top closed, in a
covered, dry and possibly ventilated
area.
– Engage a gear.
WARNING Before disconnecting the
battery, lower the side windows by
about 4÷5 centimeters, in order to
avoid damaging the top strips when
opening and closing the doors. When
the battery is connected and loaded,
this operation is carried out
automatically upon opening and
closing the door. The windows must
remain lowered until the battery is
connected once again. If the battery
runs flat when the windows are fully
raised, open the door only if necessary
and taking utmost care. Do not close
the door as long as the window cannot
be lowered.
– Disconnect the battery using the
battery master switch found in the
right-hand box of the luggage
compartment.
– Check the battery charge condition.
This check should be carried out
monthly while the car is idle.
Recharge the battery if the load-free
voltage is below 12.5 V.
– Verify that the handbrake is not
engaged.
– Clean and protect the painted parts
applying protective waxes.
– Clean and protect polished metal
parts with specific products available
on the market.
– Talc the windshield wiper blades and
raise them from the windshield.
– Cover the car with a long cloth in
transpirating fabric (available at the
Maserati Service Network). Do not
use thick plastic sheets, which do not
allow the humidity on the car surface
to evaporate.
– Inflate the tires up to a pressure
which must be 0.5 bar higher than
the normally prescribed one, and
check it at regular intervals.