I've had my '02 simply setting for several months now. It has 160K hard miles on it, all put on by me since I bought it new. But after the death of my Father-In-Law, who lived with us, my wife wanted to 'downsize' and all my garage stuff went into storage. Everything I did was done in the parking lot of this apartment. PIA. Because of the hassle involved, I tended to put off work, with the necessary parts piled at one end of my desk in boxes.
Several years ago, on a Saturday, just before going racing, I had to replace the alternator. The only source was Autozone---and you know the rest. The one in it is, now, unless I've lost count, the fifth. Lifetime warranty simply means that you get good at changing them without being further out-of-pocket. The last time I drove the car, the alternator packed up five or six miles from home and it came home on a roll-back. I've let it set since then; moving it simply by giving the battery a charge so I can put it in a different place in the parking lot.
Day before yesterday, we charged it up one more time, put it on the trailer, and I moved it to a better storage place. I probably won't ever use it as a daily driver again. I may do the electronics by focusing on engine management and worry about the rest of the !@#$#@! controls afterward. It's not a massive job to re-do the wiring to control everything necessary separately. I can add another gauge/switch panel to the roll-cage overhead for the necessary items.
And maybe none of this will come about because right now I'm fighting side effects from a new bunch of prescribed medication. We'll see!
KS