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Driving controls and running-in
You have already learnt at the driving school
how to handle a vehicle. Therefore we think it
unnecessary to repeat all of it. With your
BMW Isetta you have acquired a vehicle
which accommodates all these controls in a
convenient arrangement that makes their
handling a pleasure. The lever for the three-
way fuel line control tap, situated behind the
seat squab, is easily reached with your right
hand (figure 6). When starting from cold, pull
choke lever backwards (figure 7), while the
right hand, turning the ignition key, switches on
the ignition and pushing same in with a further
short clockwise rotation operates the starter
motor. As soon as the engine fires, reset the
choke lever into its foremost position.
Starting engine in cold weather:
a) Turn off fuel before stopping engine,
let engine run until carburetor is
empty.
b) Turn on fuel before starting.
c) Switch off headlamps.
d) Depress clutch pedal to the floor until
engine fires.
e) Do not step on accelerator to start the
engine. At very strong frosts and upon
extended parking in the open air
starting will be easier if battery was
stored in a warm place.
The gear change mechanism works
smoothly, specially if you adopt the habit
not to grasp the gear lever with the whole
hand, but to pull it with the fingers and to
push it with the palm of your hand (figure
8). If the first gear does not engage at
once, release the clutch a bit or clutch and
declutch again for an instant. The heating
for the interior is also controlled with the
left hand by moving for or aft the small
lever situated just beneath the choke lever.
The lighting switch, located below the
steering wheel, is at your easy reach, too,
(figure 9), and the switch for dipping and
raising the headlamp beams is shifted by
the middle finger of your left hand while
holding the steering wheel (figure 10). The
same happens with the directional signal
switch which you can operate with the
middle finger of your right hand without
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