Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual page 176

If the vehicle is in Automatic mode, on
movement of the selec tor lever to
Ea sy tronic shifts to Manual m od e and
changes up or d ow n. The transmission
display shows the currently selected gear.
Mov e selector lever tow ards R
Reverse gear. Engage only when vehicle is
stationary.
Dep ress the footbra ke, release the
handbrake and m ov e the selector lever to
R. Rev erse gea r is eng aged. "R" ap pears on
the transmission display.
The v ehicle begins to "creep" when the
footb rake is released .
It is also p ossible to start-off in reverse
+ -
or without depressing the footbrake if the
accelerator pedal is opera ted directly after
moving the selector lev er. If there is no
immed iate acceleration or the footbrake is
not depressed, no gear is enga ged and "R"
flashes. After a few seconds, the display
reverts to "N". Repeat p reviously d escribed
starting procedure.
Driving and o peration
Electronical ly cont rolled driv ing
pr og ramm es
z By m eans of delay ed gear cha nging
(higher engine speed s) following a cold
start, the opera ting temperature
programme in Autom atic mode quickly
and automatically brings the catalytic
conv erter to the tem perature required
for optim um polluta nt reduction.
z Adaptive programmes autom atically
adapt gearshifting in Automatic mode
to suit the driving conditions, such as if
the vehicle is towing a caravan/trailer,
ha s a high pa yload, or is being driven on
inclines.
z Winter programme: Press button T –
see next pa ge.
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