Skoda Superb Owner's Manual page 150

Switching to manual shifting
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Push the gear selector from position D towards the right, or left in a right-
hand drive vehicle.
Shifting up gears
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Press the selector lever forwards
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Pull the right-hand paddle » Fig. 141
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Shifting down gears
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Press the selector lever backwards
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Pull the left-hand paddle » Fig. 141
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Temporarily switching to manual gear shifting in mode D or S
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Pull one of the / paddles » Fig. 141
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Manual gear shifting is deactivated if more than 1 minute passes after either of
the / paddles was pulled. The temporary switch to manual gear shifting can
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also be deactivated by pulling the right-hand
wheel for more than 1 second.
When accelerating, the gearbox automatically shifts up into the higher gear
just before the maximum permissible engine speed is reached.
If a lower gear is selected, the gearbox does not shift down until there is no
risk of the engine over revving.
Note
It may be beneficial, for example, when travelling downhill, to use manual
shifting of gears. Shifting to a lower gear reduces the load on the brakes and
hence brake wear » page 143.
Starting off and driving
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Read and observe and
Starting off
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Start the engine.
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Firmly depress and hold the brake pedal.
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Press the lock button in the direction of the arrow
keep pressing.
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Move the selector lever into the desired position
the lock button.
1)
This function is only valid for some engines.
» Fig. 141.
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briefly towards the steering wheel.
» Fig. 141.
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briefly towards the steering wheel.
briefly towards the steering wheel .
paddle towards the steering
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on page 145 first.
» Fig. 140 on page 146and
» page 145 and then release
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Release the brake pedal and accelerate.
Stop
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Fully depress and hold the brake pedal and bring the vehicle to a stop.
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Keep holding the brake pedal until driving is resumed.
The selector lever position N does not have to be selected when stopping for a
short time, such as at a cross roads.
Parking
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Fully depress and hold the brake pedal and bring the vehicle to a stop.
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Firmly apply the handbrake.
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Press the lock button in the direction of the arrow
keep pressing.
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Move the selector lever into the position P and then release the locking but-
ton.
Launch control
1)
The launch control function allows the vehicle in mode S or Tiptronic to reach
its maximum acceleration when starting off.
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Disable the ASR » page 154, Brake assist systems.
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START STOP deactivate » page
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Fully depress and hold the brake pedal with your left foot.
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Fully depress the accelerator pedal with your right foot.
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Release the brake pedal.
The vehicle starts off with maximum acceleration.
Reactivate the ASR and START STOP when the desired speed has been
reached.
Kickdown
The kickdown function allows you to achieve maximum acceleration by your
vehicle while driving.
When the accelerator pedal is fully depressed, the kickdown function is activa-
ted in any forward driving mode.
The gearbox shifts down one or more gears depending on the vehicle speed
and engine speed, and the vehicle accelerates.
The gearbox does not shift up into the highest gear until the engine has
reached its maximum revolutions for this gear range.
» Fig. 140 on page 146and
164.
Starting off and Driving
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