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Battery - How long can you leave it?
This is a discussion on Battery - How long can you leave it? within the Fabia I forums, part of the Skoda Model Discussion Area category; Going away for about 10 days will Fabia VRS start when I get back? Should I disconnect it? Should I ...
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16-02-2006, 23:41
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sussex, UK
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| Battery - How long can you leave it? Going away for about 10 days will Fabia VRS start when I get back? Should I disconnect it? Should I leave the Alarm off? |
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16-02-2006, 23:48
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| Re: Battery - How long can you leave it? I'd leave it personally. Left mine parked up for 3 weeks when I was in Canada last summer. When I got back home, jumped in - started first time  Steve
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17-02-2006, 00:44
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| Re: Battery - How long can you leave it? Mine was fine after a 4 week trip away in the icy cold of December. Should be fine.
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17-02-2006, 08:56
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| Re: Battery - How long can you leave it? should be fine - if you are worried about it might be worth making sure you give it a decent run before you go |
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17-02-2006, 09:12
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17-02-2006, 18:44
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| Re: Battery - How long can you leave it? Will definitely upset your insurance company so I'd go with the others and just leave it  Chris
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