Chevrolet Corvette 2015 Owner's Manual page 182

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-10
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-11
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-13
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-18
Front Air Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Carbon Fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Active Fuel Management
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-27
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-31
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . 9-35
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-37
Driving and Operating
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Competitive Driving Mode . . . 9-43
Limited-Slip Differential
®
. . . 9-25
(Except Z51 and Z06) . . . . . . 9-47
Limited-Slip Differential
(Z51 and Z06 Only) . . . . . . . . 9-47
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Driver Assistance Systems
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 9-54
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
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