Drive economically
Drive as instructed below and you
can save fuel and drive longer dis鄄
tance.
音 Run the vehicle steadily. Acceler鄄
ate the vehicle slowly after starting.
Never start or change throttle harsh鄄
ly. Drive at steady speed. Never race
against a traffic light. Adjust the
speed to the traffic rules to avoid
frequent change of speed. Avoid
blocking the road and keep space
between vehicles.
音 Run your vehicle at ordinary
speed. The higher speed, the more
fuel consumed. Run at ordinary
speed except on expressway. This is
the best method to save fuel.
音 Unless necessary, do not keep
your foot on the braking pedal during
driving, as this will cause unneces鄄
sary wearing and even damage to
the brake and increased fuel con鄄
sumption.
音 Adjust the tire pressure to the val鄄
ue recommended by manufacturer.
This can help extend the service life
of tires and get the optimum fuel
consumption.
音 Excessive rolling of wheels when
not properly positioned will result in
rapid wearing of tires and waste of
fuel.
音 To save fuel and reduce mainte鄄
nance cost, have the vehicle ser鄄
viced as per the maintenance sched鄄
ule in the following section. The ve鄄
hicle will need more completion
maintenance when it often runs on
roads other than normal highway.
音 Clean the vehicle frequent and
keep it clean. Pay special attention to
thoroughly remove the deposited
mud, dirt or ice. Such things will in鄄
crease the weight of your vehicle,
consume more fuel or cause corro鄄
sion.
音 Never run the vehicle with unnec鄄
essary objects loaded. A lighter ve鄄
hicle consumes less fuel.
音 Never keep the engine idling over
long time. During wait time (exclud鄄
ing wait at red light), turn off the en鄄
gine and start the engine again when
running the vehicle.
音 Avoid idling for warm-up purpose
over long time. The vehicle can be
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run just when the engine is running
smoothly. The warm-up time may be
longer only in cold days.
音 Never overload the engine, as this
will force the engine to rotate at ex鄄
cessively high speed. In this case,
shift to a lower gear. Running the en鄄
gine over speed will render it unable
to function normally.
音 Use the air conditioning properly.
The power for the air conditioning
system is provided by the engine,
therefore using the air conditioning in
an economic way can save fuel.
Turning
Avoid using brake or shifting gear at
turning. Except in rainy condition,
make turns at ordinary speed when鄄
ever possible. Following this sug鄄
gestion can minimize the wearing of
tires.
Driving in snow
Driving in snow may accelerate tire
wearing or cause other faults.To mini鄄
mize faults when driving in snow, fol鄄
lowing the instructions below.
Methods to deal with snow and
ice
To drive in deep snow, anti-slip tires
must be used, or chains have to be
fitted on tires. When an anti-slip tires
are to be used, those with size and
structure conforming to the tire pres鄄
sure specification must be selected.
Improper installation may affect driv鄄
ing safety. Driving at extra high
speed, sudden acceleration, emer鄄
gency braking and turning are ex鄄
tremely dangerous. Make full use of
engine braking function at decelera鄄
tion. Emergency braking on a road
with snow or ice may cause slippery.
Keep a proper space from the vehi鄄
cle in front to avoid emergency
braking. When chains are fitted, step
on the braking pedal slightly, to keep
your vehicle balanced, but this can鄄
not prevent slipping to the side.
Use high quality ethylene glycol
cooling liquid.
High quality ethylene glycol cooling
liquid should be used for the cooling
system of your vehicle. This cooling
Note院
音 Please use the tire chains
with caution.
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