Abarth 500C, Руководство пользователя

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PARKING THE CAR
To park safely, keeping a foot on the brake
pedal, the
1
st
or reverse ( R ) gear must be
engaged and, in case of parking uphills/
downhills, the handbrake must be en-
gaged. Wait until the indication of the gear
engaged disappears on the display before
releasing the brake pedal.
IMPORTANT NEVER leave the car with
the gearbox in neutral ( N ).
GENERAL WARNINGS
❒
With car stationary and gear engaged,
always keep the brake pedal pressed
until you decide to set off, then release
the brake and accelerate gradually.
❒
During prolonged stops with the en-
gine running, it is advisable to keep the
gearbox in neutral (
N ).
❒
In order to safeguard the efficiency of
the clutch, do not use the accelerator
to keep the car stationary (e.g. when
stopped on an incline); if the clutch
overheats it could be damaged. Use
the brake pedal or the hand brake and
press the accelerator pedal only when
you decide to set off.
❒
Use the 2
nd
gear only when you need
more control when setting off for ma-
noeuvres on surfaces with poor grip.
❒
If, with reverse ( R ) engaged, you need
to engage the 1
st
speed or vice versa,
change gear only with vehicle station-
ary and brake pedal pressed.
❒
Although it is highly inadvisable, if you
are driving downhill and, for unex-
pected reasons, you let the car move
forward with the transmission in neu-
tral (
N ), when there is a request to en-
gage a speed, depending on the actu-
al speed of the car, the system will
automatically engage the best speed
for the correct transmission of drive
torque to the wheels.
❒
When necessary, with the engine
switched off, it is possible to engage
the
1
st
speed, reverse ( R ) or neutral
( N ) with key in AVV position and
brake pressed. In this case, it is advis-
able to change allowing at least 5 sec-
onds to elapse between one gear
change and the next to safeguard the
operation of the hydraulic system and
the pump in particular.
❒
Fully and quickly depressing the accel-
erator pedal activates a function that
allows a “lively” departure.
❒
For departures on a hill, accelerating
gradually but fully immediately after
having released the handbrake or the
brake pedal allows the engine to great-
ly increase the number of revs and
tackle the steepest gradients with
more torque at the wheels.
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