Driving On Grades; Parking On Hills - Buick 2000 Century Owner's Manual

Driving On Grades

Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear before you start
down a long or steep downgrade. If you don't shift
down, you might have to use your brakes so much that
they would get hot and no longer work well.
On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your
speed to around 45 mph (70 km/h) to reduce the
possibility of engine and transaxle overheating.
If you are towing a trailer, you may want to drive in
THIRD (3) instead of OVERDRIVE (
need to, a lower gear).
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Parking on Hills

You really should not park your vehicle, with a
trailer attached, on a hill. If something goes
wrong, your rig could start to move. People can
be injured, and both your vehicle and the trailer
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can be damaged.
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But if you ever have to park your rig on a hill, here's
how to do it:
1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't shift into
2. Have someone place chocks under the
3. When the wheel chocks are in place, release the
4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking
5. Release the regular brakes.
CAUTION:
PARK (P) yet.
trailer's wheels.
regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load.
brake, and shift to PARK (P).