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Title: What to do,
Post by: paulm007 on 06 December 2007, 11:38

Am off on my Govt sponsored holiday to Iraq in Jan for four months which means my car will be sat doing next to f**k all for that time.  :sad:  Now I was just going to get the missus to take it out once a week to keep it ticking over but is this the right thing to do?

Its insured and taxed etc but is this a unnecessary waste of cash, would I be better off taking it off the road for the 4 months?  The wife has her own car so doesn’t need to drive mine :undecided:

Your views, advice??

Ta

Title: Re: What to do,
Post by: Makaveli on 06 December 2007, 11:55

I worked month on month off and got my wife to take the car out at least twice a month as if it is left for a month the battery dies.  That was in an S3 though as I have not left the Golf for that long so can't comment.

Not much help to you as you are leaving for a far longer period than I ever did.

Personally I would get her to take it out once in a while.

Title: Re: What to do,
Post by: cohiba on 06 December 2007, 12:38

I would drop it of at my home and i will do 2 or 3 track days for you, for free. :grin:

Title: Re: What to do,
Post by: Hurdy on 06 December 2007, 13:35

Let JoesGTI look after it for you :wink:

Title: Re: What to do,
Post by: speedynz on 06 December 2007, 18:19

If you're unhappy about 'er indoors fanging around in it and kerbing the alloys etc then just leave it as is, keep the battery connected but put 45+psi in the tyres to avoid flat spots. Also fill it with fuel to avoid condensdation in the fuel tank.

I leave all my cars like this every winter and 9 times out of ten they just start straight back up again. The worst scenario is that you have to recharge the battery, no downsides, no problems, no big deal.