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Hi all who replied, thank you. I tried TerFar's tip, parked on a quiet side road, not mud, but could only get into 1st gear, will have another try but I reckon that it's 2nd gear that I really want when stuck on mud? I tried to move it to 2nd via the '+ ' sign on D/S but no luck.

Automatic gears, this has happened twice now, get stuck in mud on farm track and wheels just skid, is there a way to lock it into 'first gear ' to get some traction? I had to get the car pushed out. When I had manual, it was easier, I just started off in 2nd gear and eased clutch out gently and off I went, but auto just spins the wheels. Of course, the more you accelerate the deeper in the mud you get! Looked in manual but don't understand the advice. Can anyone give me a simple, easy to understand set of instructions here please? Thanks

Hi all, I've no need to use my car in the Coronavirus lockdown, but thought I better start it every now and again to keep battery from going flat. Its a MK 3 fabia 67 plate, automatic, parked on the driveway,my question is should I let the engine tick over for say five minutes every week, and is leaving it in Park with handbrake on the way to run it, or should I put it into neutral whilst I run it this way? Stay well everyone.