Driving And Operating - Pontiac 2008 G8 Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Starting and Operating
Your Vehicle
New Vehicle Break-In
Ignition Positions ................8-2
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) .....................8-3
Starting the Engine
Engine Coolant Heater
Automatic Transmission
Operation ..........................8-6
Parking Brake .....................8-9
Shifting Into Park
(Automatic
Transmission) ..................8-10
Shifting Out of Park
Parking Over Things
That Burn ........................8-11
Engine Exhaust .................8-12
Running the Vehicle
While Parked ..................8-12
Driving Your Vehicle
Defensive Driving
Drunk Driving
Control of a Vehicle
Braking
Antilock Brake
System (ABS)
Electronic Stability
Program
.........8-2
Steering
Off-Road Recovery
Passing
Loss of Control
.............8-4
Driving at Night
.......8-5
Driving in Rain and on
Wet Roads
Before Leaving on a
Long Trip
Highway Hypnosis
Hill and Mountain Roads
Winter Driving
..........8-11
If Your Vehicle is Stuck
in Sand, Mud, Ice,
or Snow
Rocking Your Vehicle to
Get It Out
Loading the Vehicle
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Driving and Operating

Fuel
Fuel ..................................8-32
Gasoline Octane ...............8-33
Gasoline Specifications
California Fuel ..................8-33
Additives ...........................8-34
Fuels in Foreign
........................8-34
Countries
Filling the Tank .................8-35
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container ........................8-36
8-1
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