Lincoln 1998 Continental - Manual (Page 108)

FUEL CONSUMPTION
Fuel economy can be improved by avoiding:
• lack of regular, scheduled maintenance.
• excessive speed.
• rapid acceleration.
• extended idle.
CHECKING YOUR HIGHWAY FUEL ECONOMY USING THE
ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAY
The following procedure will allow you to accurately monitor your actual
highway fuel economy. Since this procedure requires the vehicle speed
control system to be set to highway speeds, it must be run only on
suitable roadways where long distance speed control can be safely
maintained.
You may notice gradual improvement in fuel economy over the course of
your vehicle’s break-in period (approximately 1 600 kilometers
[1 000 miles]).
1. Set the speed control. Refer to Speed control in the Controls and
features chapter.
2. Press the Distance to Empty
(DTE) Economy (ECON) control
until “Average Miles per Gallon” is
displayed.
3. Press the RESET control to clear
the system memory.
• Actual highway fuel economy is
now displayed. This current average measure will change as the
speed control system changes the engine speed to maintain a constant
vehicle speed. This is most noticeable in hilly environments.
It is important to press the RESET control after setting the speed
control to get accurate highway fuel economy readings.
DTE ECON
RESET
Driving
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