All,

I have a MK1 Octavia vRS and it spends the majority of it's time parked up in the car park in the apartment I live. Now the apartments are only small anyway - 6 of us in one block and therefore car park is small, car isn't in anyones way etc and I'm in my designated spot.

I work in Leeds but live in Bradford - so my daily journey is 30+ miles which I don't complete in the vRS (I can't remember last time it came to work). As the car is rarely used, sometimes can go 2 weeks - I get paranoid about my brakes and tyres - especially when I see surface rust on brakes and I don't like just moving it 1 mile down road as the car isn't getting upto temperature and seems waste of fuel to just take it out.

Who actually does the same as me and uses it rarely? What damage will I do? It's only cover 5k since Nurburgring - all of which is long journeys (Scotland, Car shows etc)

Thanks,

Luke

i only drive mine at the weekend, sometimes not for 2-3 weeks, gets a good thrash when it does go out mind no problems at all

It won't do any particular harm, as long as you remember that the brakes need cleaning up and give them a few snubs.

Few snubs?

Anymore?

None needed. Itll be fine.

If you use it for long journeys, I can't see a problem.

Maybe take the handbrake off to stop it binding?

I used to leave mine parked up for a while, then small journeys. Now I use it daily for a 22 mile commute (total journey there and back to work), which it seems to be alright with. Just check the tyres weekly, maybe move it slightly off the same pressure points on the tyre, e.g. avoid parking in exactly the same spot to avoid resting the tyre in the same place.

OK thanks all, really appreciate it.

I did think about leaving handbrake off too.

Few snubs?

Firm taps, to clean the surface corrosion off them.