Skoda Citigo Owner's Manual page 97

96 Driving and the Environment
Note
We recommend you have an authorised ŠKODA service partner carry out regular
maintenance on your vehicle.
Avoid short distances
Short trips cost relatively more in fuel than longer ones.
Avoid driving a distance of no more than 4 km if the engine is cold.
The engine and catalytic converter must first have reached their optimal operat-
ing temperature in order to effectively reduce fuel consumption and pollutant
emissions.
The cold engine vehicle consumes approx. 15 - 20 litres/100 km of fuel immediate-
ly after starting. Fuel consumption drops to 10 litres/100 km after just 1 kilometre.
The engine reaches its operating temperature (outside temperature and engine
dependent) only after about 4 to 10 kilometres and the fuel consumption then
stabilizes. You should therefore avoid driving short distances whenever possible.
An important factor in this connection is also the ambient temperature. This im-
⇒ F ig. 87
age shows the fuel consumption after driving a certain distance, on the
one hand at a temperature of +20 °C and on the other hand at a temperature of
-10 °C. Your vehicle has a higher fuel consumption in winter than in summer.
Fig. 87 Fuel consumption in litres/100
km at different temperatures
Checking tyre inflation pressures
Tyres which are correctly inflated save fuel.
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Always ensure that your tyres are inflated to the correct pressure at all times. The
rolling resistance will be increased if the tyre filling pressure is too low. This will
not only increase fuel consumption but also tyre wear and the driving behaviour
will worsen.
Always check the inflation pressure of the tyres when cold.
Do not drive with winter tyres all year round for this costs about 10 % more fuel.
Winter tyres are also louder.
Avoid unnecessary ballast
Transporting ballast costs fuel.
The fact that every kilogram of extra weight increases your fuel consumption
means that it is worth taking a look in the luggage compartment to avoid trans-
porting any unnecessary ballast.
It is particularly in town traffic, when one is accelerating quite often, that the vehi-
cle weight will have a significant effect upon the fuel consumption. A rule of
thumb here is that an increase in weight of 100 kilograms will cause an increase in
fuel consumption of about 1 litre/100 kilometres.
The increased aerodynamic drag of your vehicle causes it to use about 10 % more
fuel than normal at a speed of 100 - 120 km/h, even when you are not carrying a
load on the roof.
Saving electricity
Generating electricity costs fuel.
Switch off electrical components as soon as you no longer need them.
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When the engine is running, the alternator generates and supplies electrical pow-
er. If more electrical components of the electrical system are switched on, more
fuel is needed to operate the alternator.
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