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Message: <blockquote data-quote="saat" data-source="post: 46666" data-attributes="member: 77">For a long time I was faced with a situation of 4 cars with only 2 drivers in the family.  So 2 of the cars ended being hardly driven.Good practise is to drive the car at varying speeds for at least 30 minutes at least once every 2 weeks.  This will not only prolong the battery but also prevent damage to other parts especially rubber ones e.g. tyres (flat spot).Disconnnecting the battery results in the hassle of reseteing so many things and I do not recommend it for the current generation cars that requires some power all the time to maintain the circuit and memory.  To further prolong the battery, as mentioned it is advisable to attached a charger that will perovide a trickle charge.  Obviously this will be dependent on your parking situation.  How many of us can park our spare car with a power source nearby.  At the end, of it all, this will prolong the battery but not the other parts which require the regular drive.I didnt have the time to even do the regular drive and so I ended up with 2 dead batteries so often that I gave up and replaced the battery very year.I even loaned the car out to my siblings so that they can keep driving them.Final solution - Sold both cars, bought another for my daughter who now has a drivers licence and now start another whole set of problems.</blockquote>