Smart Forfour I 1 owners manual page 137

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Driving notes Driving notes 2. Full speed ahead 6. Under pressure The following tricks will help you to save Driving off expends considerably more Correct tyre pressures help save fuel, in- a substantial amount of fuel with your energy than driving at a constant speed. crease tyre service life and improve car. So when starting off, drive for no more braking safety. Tyre inflation pressures Not only will you reduce your operating than two vehicle lengths in 1st gear and are given on the inside of the fuel tank costs; you also will be helping to protect accelerate briskly with the throttle at flap for various tyre types and load con- the environment. least three quarters of the way down.ditions. 1. Take five 3. Please shift 7. Travelling light The following holds true for traffic Shift gears in good time when the gear Unnecessary articles stored in the lug- lights, rail barriers and when sitting in indicator in the display advises you to do gage compartment will also increase fuel tailbacks: always switch the engine off, so. consumption. We would therefore advise as you only need to be stopped for ten 4. Keep on running, look aheadyou to check the luggage compartment seconds to save money. Frequent braking followed by accelerat-from time to time and remove any unnec- >Important for vehicles with automated ing will cause your car to use up dis-essary articles. manual transmission (softouch plus)*!tinctly more fuel than otherwise. For this 8. The perfect setting Make sure when you are about to drive off reason you should keep your distance Have your car checked regularly by a again that from the vehicle in front and ease off the qualified specialist workshop, e.g. in a - the selector lever is set to position N.accelerator in good time whenever possi-smart center. Do not exceed the scheduled - the footbrake is applied.ble. service intervals. - the gear indicator is displaying an N.5. Letting go It is always better to let the vehicle roll Environment! with the transmission in gear and to ap- You will save energy and help to ply no gas than to roll in neutral. This protect the environment if you refrain way, fuel consumption is zero (decelera-from warming up the engine before tion fuel shutoff). driving off and switch the engine off when stationary due to a traffic-in- duced delay. On the move 6-21

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