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Driving and the Environment
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.
⇒ page 179, fig. 147
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. This applies in particular if you make use of the manual
mode (Tiptronic) for shifting gears.
Note
Also use the information supplied by the multi-functional indicator
⇒ page 18.
shows the ratio of fuel consumption to the
Avoiding full throttle
Driving more slowly means saving fuel.
Sensitive use of the accelerator will not only significantly reduce fuel
consumption but also positively influence environmental pollution and
wear of your vehicle.
You should avoid fully exploiting the top speed of your vehicle wherever
possible. Fuel consumption, pollutant emissions and vehicle noises
increase disproportionally at high speeds.
⇒ fig. 148
The
shows the ratio of fuel consumption to the speed of your
vehicle. You will cut your fuel consumption by half if you only make use
three-quarters of the possible top speed of your vehicle.
Fig. 148 Fuel
consumption in
litres/100 km. and
speed in km/h.
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