Going For Holiday Abroad Leaving Car Behind

[arak81]

I am going for holiday end of this week for 5.5 weeks. Leaving car at home. this is my first time leaving car for this long. someone told me to disconnect the battery. is their any suggestion or any precaution to get the car back well in order? thank you in advance.   

[twoseefives]

havent you got anyone you trust to start it and give it a run every week.otherwise put more air in tyres and if poss leave hand brake off and disconnect battery have a good holidy  sort probs when you get back!!

[arak81]

Hand Brake off!!! really?

[twoseefives]

 IF Possible!! so youve  never had a siezed h brake, can depend where the car is left  only a suggestion from experience over the years

[paul.h]

I do not think there is anything different to normal you need to do to your car, other than remove anything inside on view if it is being left outside.

 

You should not have any problem with the battery so no need to disconnect it. It is the 2001 to 2008 C5 that flattens the battery over about a month if not used. If you are in the RAC or similar and you found the battery was flat when you come back, they will jump start the car from their battery and it will then be ok.

 

I keep our C5 in a garage and it often does not get used for a few weeks so I leave the handbrake off (but in gear), since the brake discs can rust a bit and the brake pads stick, especially if the car was wet when put away. If I was leaving the car on a slope or on a road I would keep the handbrake on to make sure the car did not move, as well as leaving it in gear. When they have stuck, it takes a few goes at moving the car before they release but I have not caused any damage to the pads/discs, however, I need to make sure the car is not going to jump forward/reverse in to something as the brakes release.

 

Unless your tyres are leaking, they will also be ok - not many people check their tyre pressures evey week or even every month so over your holiday I do not think you need to do anything special.