Clio unused - deterioration?

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Sun 25 Apr 2004 20:02
Clio unused - deterioration? - FP
My "other half's" father is likely to be in hospital for some weeks, during which his Clio automatic will sit in the garage unused unless someone intervenes. What's the best way of preventing deterioration? Take it out for a long enough journey to reach operating temperature every fortnight? More frequently? Leave the handbrake off when garaged? Suggestions welcome.
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Mon 26 Apr 2004 00:32
Clio unused - deterioration? - Blue {P}
I would just leave the handbrake off and it should be fine.

Modern cars don't seem to deterioate as much as they used to, we have a Clio Auto parked at work that hasn't moved for weeks and it started fine when it needed moving.

At home we parked our Nissan Micra on the drive in early Novemeber and then left it untouched until the beginning of this month, that's about 5 months without moving it. We jump started the car as the battery was flat and it started first time and ran fine, brakes are seized of course as we left the handbrake on, but other than that it is fine. That's particularly impressive when you think that the car was outside with no shelter through the winter for so long...

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