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in Cruise control operation on
page 251
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page 250
Gearbox lever
Manual gearbox
Gear shift pattern of a 5 or 6-speed
Fig. 51
manual gearbox.
The position of the gears is indicated on the
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gearbox lever
Fig.
51.
Press the clutch pedal and keep your foot
●
right down.
Move the gearbox lever to the required po-
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sition.
Release the clutch.
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The essentials
Selecting reverse gear
Press the clutch pedal and keep your foot
●
right down.
With the gearbox lever in neutral, push it
●
downwards, move it to the left as far as it will
go and then forwards to select reverse
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Fig. 51
.
R
Release the clutch.
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in Driving with a manual gear-
box on page 232
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page 232
Automatic gearbox*
Automatic transmission: selector lever
Fig. 52
positions.
P
Parking lock
R
Reverse gear
N
Neutral (idling)
D/S
Drive (forward)
+/–
Tiptronic mode: pull the lever forwards
(+) to go up a gear or backwards (–) to
go down a gear.
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in Selector lever positions on
page 234
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page 233
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page 40
Manual release of the selector lev-
er
Selector lever: manual release from
Fig. 53
position P.
Should the power supply be interrupted,
there is a manual unlocking device located