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owners manual BMW 3 E21 - year of production: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 - BMW 3 E21 316 318i 320 323i owners manual EN
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The'TenCommand-
ments'forenergy-
• consciousdriving
1. Donotwarmuptheenginetoopera- 3. Shiftuptoa highergearingoodtime, 5. Avoiddrivingatfullthrottleforlong
tingtemperatureat idlespeed,and and try to drivein the higherand periods.
neverleavethe engineto idlefor more economical3rd, 4th or 5th Themaximumpowerpotentialofa caris
longperiods. gears. oneofitsmostimportantsafetyreserves.
Drivingyourcar awayimmediatelyafter 50km/h(30
startingis thequickestwayofwarmingup Example:Drivingatasteady However,if you alwaysuse maximum
the cold engineto its normaloperating mile/h)in 2ndinsteadof4thgearconsu- poweron busymainroads,you willbe
temperature.Andtherightoperatingtem- mesup to 100%morefuel. constantlybraking from maximum
peraturemeans greaterfuel economy. It can stillbe as muchas 30%moreifyou' speeds.Thatcostsenergy.Steadyaver-
Switchofftheenginewhenyoustopfora use 3rd gearinsteadof 4th at thesame - age speedshelp save fuel, nervesand
prolongedperiod.Onlythreeminutesat speed.BMWengineshavesuchexcellent wearand costsonlyverylittleextratime.
idle speed costas muchas 1 km (3/4 torquethattheycan be drivenwithout
mile)on the open road. hesitationat lowspeedsin highgears,e. g.
at 50 km/h(30mile/h)in towntraffic.
6. .checktirepressuresregularly.
Ifthetireinflationpressureis only0.5bar
2
2. Donotdriveuptomaximumspeedin (7 Ib/in) lessthanspecified,rollingresis-
1stgear- useitonlyforstartingoff. 4. Adopta moderatedrivingstyleand tanceis increasedby 15%andyourfuel
avoidextremes. consumptiontoo.
Firstgearconsumesmorefuelthanany Donotacceleratewhenyou can see that
othergear at a givenroad speed. Fu1I- you will have to brake in the nextfew
throttlegetawaysresultin unnecessarily
highfuel consumption. moments.Drivequicklybutsmoothlyand
steadily.Tryto keep offthe brakes,allow
yourcar to coastand avoidtrafficjams 7. Do not carryunnecessaryweight
whereverpossible. (ballast)or usea roofrack.
Everybit of extraweightwastesenergy.
Do notcarryyour'weekendluggage'with
you all thetime.A roofrackincreasesair
resistanceandfuelconsumption.Remove
• roofor ski racksimmediatelyafteruse.
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