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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: SteveS on 18 March 2008, 12:10
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a question i have always asked myself but dont know the answer, i usually end up going with yes.
when you go on holiday for instance and leave you car at home for two weeks (or so) is it a good idea to ask someone to drive it. i.e familiy member, instead of leaving it sat there....?
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Shouldn't hurt it one bit. :cool:
Just pump a few extra psi into the tyres. When you come back and start it up, let it sit at idle for a few minutes, check the tyre pressures. Sorted.
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maybe during the winter months its worse than summer..?
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I used to have a mk IV 1.6 SE (99T plate), when I was working away from home it would be sat there from Monday morning until Friday eve.
Invariably the battery would run flat in that time.
Spoke to a couple of dealers about it and they just said 'It's designed to be driven' :huh:
M
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i went away for 5 months when i had my impreza, just disconected my battery, put it back on and brum brum we were of :smiley:
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I worked month on month off for 5 years and drove an S3 and BMW in that time and they would both have a flat battery when I came home.
This was over both winter and summer (in Aberdeen so it got very cold during winter).
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Best garaged if you can. Leaving it outside in the damp UK weather causes the brake discs to rust up. Couple of weeks should be no problem. Anything over 4 weeks you should consider laying it up.
Cass
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hum, mixed opinion then. im still leaving towards askin my farther to take it out. the disks is a good reason, didnt think of them!
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Chock the tyres and then release the handbrake.