Tilt Steering Wheel; Cruise Control With Resume Feature; To Engage At Cruising Speed; To Change Cruising Speed - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

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T STEERING WHEEL
The'
,optJonal.-tilt
steering .wheeI can be
tilted. up.
above normal
posi1ion
to
provide ,additional room
lor
-entrance and exit as-
well
as
selected·
driving
positions
below
normal height. T he
lift
control lever-
is located
on
the lett side
of.
the,-steering
coIumo just behind
the
turn
sq.1
lever. To operate pull
the
lever towards
You
and move the steering
wheel
to
yolI""
desired position
then
release
the
lever. T his
permits incIM:1Jal selection
01,
the
most
00/1'lIQrtabIe
positions
fOf
aU driving conditions.
On .k>nger
trips
the
steering
whee!
:pc)SiUon
ma~
be
changed
to help minilllize tension
and, f8tigu~.
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CRUISE CONTROL WITH RESUME FEATURE ·
Cruise Control is
811
optional
speed
controi
" 5 Ystem.
It
lets
you
k88p
a
~
fOfWard speed _ during most normal driving without
keeping
)'OJ
foot . o n
the
acce\et'ator
pedal,
tolls.
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ycu cOn:lk)rt on
long
drives.
Within the
limits
Qf
your
~ngine"
you c<0
~Id
8.Speec;I of abolrt'3b mph (50 kml h) ,o r
h~er.
'(ou can
also
re~'~a pr~set
c;;iulslr.g
speed
attei"
braking, without
using the
~k>rpedal.
The
cor'rtrtMs'
ars: part'"ot
I~ un
sign8J
_lever.
The
:"Cruise" switch
on
the
boHom edge of the turn signal lever rn.Jst
be
I1lO'Ied to
"On"
before the system
will , wor~.
The 'engagement button Is
in .the
end
01
thE> tum signal lever.
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To E _ at
Croiling
Speed
Accelerate to -the desirec:t speed, push
iri
the engagement button
all
the
way
and
release
it
slowly. Take your
foot off
the acc::elerator pedal-- and .U)e
set
speed
will
be
maintaihecl up or -down' hill. The' Cruise Control is designed to
disengage
when
you
apply'
tjle
brakes. (To
disengage the
system without
oomng
to
a' COf11)Iete stop. push
the
brake pedal
~
use
just
enough
force
todsengage the
systerp,
withou t
stopping the
vehict&.)
To
Change' Cruising SPeed ' . '.
To
reset the
Cruise
Control
to
8
taster
speed,
accelerate
to
the
sp8ed-you
wish.
Push in
th6
engagement
~
aI
the
way,
then
release
it
slowly.
To reset to
a_ slower
speed, push
In
the
button all
the -way
and hold it
there.
Wait until
·the
vehicle slows' to·.the '.desired speed, then release' the button
SlOWly.
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