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have become comp letely familiar with the way
your vehicle-trailer combination behaves and
responds.
Backing up is difficult and requires practice.
Backing up with a trai ler genera lly requires
steering action opposite to that when backing
up your vehicle without a trailer .
Maintain a greater distance between your ve-
hicle and the one in front of you. You will need
more room to stop . To compensate for the
trai ler, you will need a larger than norma l
turning radius.
When passing, remember that you cannot ac-
celerate as fast as you normally would be-
cause of the added load . Make sure you have
enough room to pass. After passing, allow
plenty of room for your tra iler before chang-
ing lanes aga in.
Avoid jerky starts, sharp turns or rapid lane
changes.
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Tips
- Do not tow a traile r during the break-in
period of your vehicle.
- If you tow a trailer, your Audi may re-
quire more frequent maintenance due to
the extra load
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Parking on a slope
Do not park on a slope with a trailer. If it can-
not be avoided, do so only after doing the fol-
lowing:
When parking:
.. Apply the foot brake .
.. Have someone place chocks under both the
vehicle and the trai ler wheels .
.. With chocks in place, slowly release the
brakes until the wheel chocks absorb the
load .
.. Turn the wheels towards the curb .
.. Apply the parking brake .
.. Move the selector lever to P.
When restarting after parking:
.. Apply the foot brake.
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.. Start the engine.
.. Move the selector lever to D.
.. Release the parking brake and slowly pull
out and away from the wheel chocks.
.. Stop and have someone retr ieve the wheel
chocks.
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Tips
If you move the selector lever of the auto-
matic transmission to P before applying
the parking brake and before blocking the
whee ls, you may have to use more force
later to move the lever out of the
P
posi-
tion.
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