Daily driver for me. Most it goes is 3 days without running.

 

What are your concerns?
1. Battery - get a CTEK battery maintainer.
2. Fuel - use STA-BIL fuel stabilizer
3. Tires - increase pressure to 45 lbs.
4. Engine lubrication - I wouldn't start it unless it ran for several minutes after reaching normal operating temperature. You're in Chicago and winter will be over soon.

 

Never start an engine unless it will be warmed to full temp with a good drive.

 

Once a week for me or everytime I get in it

 

My car gets started daily as it is my daily driver. I don't think there is a day that goes by that it is not getting cranked over and run somewhere.

 

Same as above, I think it’s only had a handful of days off in 7 years.

 

My wife doesn't drive and we own three late model vehicles, of which the XJL is the oldest. I drive them interchangeably, depending on where I'm going and what I'm doing. The Jaguar seldom sits neglected for more than three days at a time, nor do the others although the 2015 Mustang convertible is driven a bit less this time of year but more frequently in summer, and vice-versa for the 4WD 2017 Lincoln Navigator. Stuart pretty much nailed it with his list of concerns and remedies above.

Dwayne

 

I've got collector cars and more cars than I need and unfortunately not enough time as I am not retired. I try to drive each about once every month to two months at the longest. I once went six months after a back surgery and had some serious flat-spotting of tires, but that was the only ill effect.

I can't say how long you can go before bad things happen, but it will have more to do with where and how the car is stored than anything, and maybe a little to do with the engineering of the car itself, the materials and quality, etc. If its just parked outside, things will deteriorate and corrode a lot quicker than if its parked inside a nice, dark, insulated garage. But Stuart and Mikey give great advice for cars that will be parked for an extended period.