It's recommended you always use the brake when parking my leccy car. I gather it's not a true electrical brake but it's applied by pulling on a small switch not a big handle.
Also the knowledgeable people on the forum suggest you don't release it before pulling away as it releases automatically and this goes a small way towards preventing the inevitable rust build up due to lack of use of the brakes in normal running (due to high "engine" braking effect, like KERS).
There are some long layup routines for my car which include disconnecting the 12v to avoid parasitic drain, put a trickle charger on, and discharge the main battery to less than half full. There is a Transport Mode for longer layoffs but I've no idea what it does.
No recommendations for the ICE, which doesn't run very often anyway on my car. In fact a couple of times it has started when it usually wouldn't , to run a "service mode" for about 10 miles which I think it to ensure stale petrol is cleared out and maybe more.
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