Right I need to charge the battery on my car as its probably nearly dead after sitting still for a month? What do I connect first, the earth right?

Also would the diesel have gone off, I ran the tank down to empty, so if I just fill it up to the top, should it be ok? It was serviced just before I took it off the road

your fuel will be fine James. yep, connect the earth first. or just get a jump from another car and take yours out for a bit of a drive about. is it completely dead?

no to be honest i tried unlocking it the other day with the handsfree and it worked fine, i jsut reckon its gonna be bloody low gotta take it up to yorkshire so that will be a long run but just wanted to put a bit more in just to be on the safe side kinda thing

once its running it'll be fine mate. give it a go without the charger first mate, should be ok.

If it doesn't start, i think it needs to be disconnected before you start charging it. What ever you do, DON'T jump start it with jump leads!!!!

what happens if u use jump start leads on them?

if you use jump leads you stand a chance of sending a spike down the leads and killing one of your computers usually the abs computer which can be expensive

**** how do the aa start them then when they have a dead battery?

Lol, they will do what the muppet did with mine and jump start it !!!! Nearly a £4k bill later and 3 weeks off the road i got my car back !! Thank fook it was covered under warranty.

i jump start cars all day long i've had no prob.
quick tip, when jump starting maybe put the sidelights on so the power surge can travel to the lights and not the ecu like johnston mentioned. thats what bmw and merc recommend u do but with all the electrics on cars u should probaly do it to all of em.
another one dont use the earth on the vehicle with the flat battery use an earth on the engine.
leave connected for ten mins if battery is totally discharged this can aid recovery of the battery.
turn vehicle off whilst trying to start car with flat battery. if the engine is running and the battery and is larger it can cause the battery to struggle starting cos the bigger one trys to suck the life out of it.
once started drive for about 40 mins and then see how it go's

cheers guys but oddly I went out to the car and it started was working like a treat till I attempted to remove the rear lights to sell them and snapped the stupid clip they are held on by so its now somewhere in my rear bumper

atleast it started mate! didnt think it would be a problem TBH. shame about the rear light though.

well got a mate who reckons he can fix it but i found some blue tack for the moment lol :D