Driving And Operating - Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 164
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 165
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . 171
Front Air Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . 172
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Active Fuel Management . . . . . 178
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 180
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . 185
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 188
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 190
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 192
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . 196
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . 199
Driving and Operating
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Driver Assistance Systems
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Reversing . . . . . . . . 202
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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