Drivingtips21
Fueleconomydriving
I-Shiftisoptimizedtoprovidethebestfuel
economyforthevehicle'ssituation.To
achievebetterfueleconomy,driveinmode
automaticwheneverpossible.Onlychose
modemanualwhendrivinginconditionsthat
requiremanualshifting.
I-Roll
Duringnormaldriving,theI-shiftgear
selectorpadshouldbesetonD(automatic),
andtheauxiliarybrakeshouldbeinposition
AsothatI-Rollcanbeaccessed.UseI-Roll
wheneverpossible:forexample,ongentle
descents.
Setthecruisecontrol'sspeedslightlylower
andinsteadincreasetheoverspeed.This
givesmoreopportunitieswhenI-Rollcanbe
activatedandtherebysavefuel.
Avoiddownshifting
Insomecases,itmaybebettertostayina
highergeariftheenginespeedislow.For
example,immediatelybeforereachingthe
topofanincline,it'sbettertoreachthetop
withoutdownshifting,whichsavesonfuel.
Whendriving,holdthe+buttondownuntil
thevehiclestartstoaccelerateagaintoavoid
downshifts.
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