Driving In An Economical Driving - Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual

If you do not pull one of the rocker switches
ual shifting of gears is deactivated. You can also deactivate the temporary
switch to manual shifting by pulling the right rocker switch
steering wheel for more than 1 second.
Note
It may be beneficial, for example, when travelling downhill, to use manual
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shifting of gears. Shifting to a lower gear reduces the load on the brakes and
hence the wear of the brakes » page
When accelerating, the gearbox automatically shifts up into the higher gear
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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
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risk of the engine overrevving.
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
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Move the selector lever into the desired position
the lock button.
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Release the brake pedal and accelerate.
Stopping (while the car is moving)
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Depress 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.
Kickdown
The kickdown function allows you to achieve the maximum acceleration of
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.
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This function is only valid for some engines.
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Driving
/ for more than 1 Minute, man-
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towards the
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on page 130 first.
» Fig. 131 on page 130 and hold.
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» page 130 and then release
The gearbox does not shift up into the highest gear until the engine has
reached its maximum revolutions for this gear range.
Driving in neutral position in mode E (freewheel)
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Move the selector lever into the position D/S.
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Select the Eco driving mode or Individual (Eco Engine)
of travel mode (Driving Mode Selection).
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Take the foot off the accelerator pedal.
The vehicle moves without the braking effect of the engine.
The gear is selected again automatically, when you briefly depress the acceler-
ator brake pedal or pull the left rocker switch
wheel » page 131, Manual shifting of gears (Tiptronic).
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 TCS » page 135, Braking and stabilisation systems.
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START STOP deactivate » page
system.
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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 TCS and START-STOP when the desired speed has been
reached.
WARNING
Rapid acceleration, particularly on slippery roads, can lead to loss of control
of the vehicle – risk of accident!

Driving in an economical driving

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Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Driving in
tips for economical driving
» page 157, Selection
towards the steering
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157, Manually deactivating/activating the
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