yaris for long storage

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I through the years have parked my sedan for what you would consider really long periods of time. (addressed to OP). Case in point was when I was in Afghanistan for a year. Unfortunately the gent that allowed me to store the car was the one that placed it in the building it was in so I had no control over him not disconnecting the battery as asked. I did end up having to purchase a new battery. Not sure if Scott will chime in here however I believe the ECU has a 500mA draw when parked so it will indeed slowly and painfully destroy your battery life. Weather will be a big factor as well. of course the the colder or the hotter then the larger the impact on the battery. This is the long winded way of confirming as others have...the investment in a battery tender is the way to go. Cheap and saves in the long haul. This is of course dependent upon where the car is parked as well. If you live in an apartment complex or have the car in a parkign garage, etc getting power to the charger will be tough or nonexistent right? Doing a disco on the battery would be a good choice, but if it were me I would also brig the battery into shelter and set it up on something...not on a floor where there could be elements in the construction that could cause the battery to drain...example concrete. In this case you could then now place the batter on that tender because you would be close to a power source I would think.