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Originally Posted by Teilo1979
Morning all,
My V70 (2013 D4) sits on the drive Monday to Friday and is only used
at the weekends.
my query is, should I leave it parked every week with the handbrake on or off?
when I took it out on Saturday morning I engaged the parking brake on an incline after driving about 5 miles and as the brake took the strain the nsr of car lifted higher than the right, suggesting an imbalanced braking force.
this has only happened once but I worry that leaving the parking brake on all week will have an adverse effect on its function but then again so might leaving it off all week.
Any suggestions, apart from going out every night and putting it on / off again to keep it exercised.
Terry
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It is illegal to leave a car without the parking brake on It will do no harm , sometimes the pads may rust to the disk if the car is put away wet but it soon frees with a jerk … your weekend journey will keep the discs in good condition .. as with most cars , not using them makes them deteriorate more than when using them.