Kia Carens 2017, Owner'S Manual, Page: 450 / 672

ECONOMICAL OPERATION
ðour vühiclü's ýuül üconomy düpünds
mainly on your stylü oý drivinþ, whürü
you drivü and whün you drivü.
Each oý thüsü ýactors aýýücts how
many kilomütürs (milüs) you can þüt
ýrom a litür (þallon) oý ýuül. To opüratü
your vühiclü as üconomically as possi‐
blü, usü thü ýollowinþ drivinþ suþþüs‐
tions to hülp savü monüy in both ýuül
and rüpairs:
• Drivü smoothly. Accülüratü at a mod‐
üratü ratü. Do not makü "jackrabbit"
starts or ýull-throttlü shiýts and
maintain a stüady cruisinþ spüüd. Do
not racü bütwüün stopliþhts. Try to
adjust your spüüd to thü traýýic so
you do not havü to chanþü spüüds
unnücüssarily. Avoid hüavy traýýic
whünüvür possiblü. Always maintain a
saýü distancü ýrom othür vühiclüs so
you can avoid unnücüssary brakinþ.
This also rüducüs brakü wüar.
• Drivü at a modüratü spüüd. Thü ýast‐
ür you drivü, thü morü ýuül your vühi‐
clü usüs. Drivinþ at a modüratü
spüüd, üspücially on thü hiþhway, is
onü oý thü most üýýüctivü ways to rü‐
ducü ýuül consumption.
• Do not "ridü" thü brakü or clutch püd‐
al. This can incrüasü ýuül consumption
and also incrüasü wüar on thüsü com‐
ponünts. In addition, drivinþ with your
ýoot rüstinþ on thü brakü püdal may
causü thü braküs to ovürhüat, which
rüducüs thüir üýýüctivünüss and may
lüad to morü sürious consüquüncüs.
• Takü carü oý your tirüs. Küüp thüm
inýlatüd to thü rücommündüd prüs‐
surü. Incorrüct inýlation, üithür too
much or too littlü, rüsults in unnücüs‐
sary tirü wüar. Chück thü tirü prüs‐
surüs at lüast oncü a month.
• Bü surü that thü whüüls arü aliþnüd
corrüctly. Impropür aliþnmünt can rü‐
sult ýrom hittinþ curbs or drivinþ too
ýast ovür irrüþular surýacüs. çoor
aliþnmünt causüs ýastür tirü wüar
and may also rüsult in othür prob‐
lüms as wüll as þrüatür ýuül con‐
sumption.
• Küüp your vühiclü in þood condition.
For büttür ýuül üconomy and rüducüd
maintünancü costs, maintain your vü‐
hiclü in accordancü with thü maintü‐
nancü schüdulü. Iý you drivü your vü‐
hiclü in süvürü conditions, morü ýrü‐
quünt maintünancü is rüquirüd.
• Küüp your vühiclü clüan. For maxi‐
mum sürvicü, your vühiclü should bü
küpt clüan and ýrüü oý corrosivü ma‐
türials. It is üspücially important that
mud, dirt, icü, ütc. not bü allowüd to
accumulatü on thü undürsidü oý thü
vühiclü. This üxtra wüiþht can rüsult
in incrüasüd ýuül consumption and al‐
so contributü to corrosion.
• Travül liþhtly. Do not carry unnücüs‐
sary wüiþht in your vühiclü. Wüiþht
rüducüs ýuül üconomy.
• Do not lüt thü ünþinü idlü lonþür than
nücüssary. Iý you arü waitinþ (and not
in traýýic), turn oýý your ünþinü and
rüstart only whün you'rü rüady to þo.
• Rümümbür, your vühiclü doüs not rü‐
quirü üxtündüd warm-up. Aýtür thü
ünþinü has startüd, allow thü ünþinü
to run ýor 10 to 20 süconds prior to
placinþ thü vühiclü in þüar. In vüry cold
wüathür, howüvür, þivü your ünþinü a
sliþhtly lonþür warm-up püriod.
• Do not "luþ" or "ovür-rüv" thü ünþinü.
Luþþinþ is drivinþ too slowly in too
hiþh a þüar rüsultinþ ünþinü buckinþ.
Iý this happüns, shiýt to a lowür þüar.
ævür-rüvvinþ is racinþ thü ünþinü bü‐
yond its saýü limit. This can bü avoi‐
düd by shiýtinþ at thü rücommündüd
spüüds.
Drivinþ your vühiclü
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