That show actually had 12 episodes in its last season. I did the same thing with a different series and regretted every minute.

Remember my buddy's old Polaris that sat behind his shed? He tried starting it on two year old gas and it actually ran, but it smoked like a campfire and smelled like rotten varnish. It made it about a mile down the trail before it started sputtering and died. We had to drain the whole system and the fuel filter was just sludge.

My uncle's garage in Phoenix had a drill motor melt last summer. The heat made the plastic housing so brittle it cracked near the chuck. He argued it was a material defect worsened by the environment, not just use. Some companies have a "storage temperature" clause in the fine print that can actually void things.