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Driving and the Environment224
Shifting gears and saving energy
Shifting up early saves on fuel.
Manual gearbox
– Drive no more than about one length of your vehicle in first
gear.
– Always shift up into the next higher gear at approx. 2 000 to 2
500 revs.
Automatic gearbox
– Depress the accelerator pedal slowly. Do not depress it
beyond the kickdown position, however.
An effective way of achieving good fuel economy is to shift up early. You
will consume more fuel if you drive at unnecessarily high revolutions in
any given gear.
The ⇒ fig. 183 shows the ratio of fuel consumption to the speed of your
vehicle for the individual gears. Fuel consumption in 1st gear is the
highest, while that in 5th or the 6th gear is the lowest.
Only depress the accelerator pedal slowly if your vehicle is fitted with an
automatic gearbox in order to automatically select an economic driving
programme. You will achieve good fuel economy by shifting up early and
shifting down late.
Note
Also use the information supplied by the multi-functional indicator*
⇒ page 18.
Avoiding full throttle
Driving more slowly means saving fuel.
Fig. 183 Fuel
consumption in
litres/100 km. and
speed in km/h.
Fig. 184 Fuel
consumption in
litres/100 km. and
speed in km/h.
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Thursday
,
November
24
,
2005
12:27
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