Saturn 2009 ASTRA - Manual (Page 147)

Driving and
Operating
Starting and Operating
Your Vehicle
New Vehicle Break-In .........8-2
Ignition Positions ................8-2
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) .....................8-3
Starting the Engine .............8-3
Engine Heater ....................8-5
Automatic Transmission
Operation ..........................8-6
Manual Transmission
Operation ..........................8-9
Parking Brake ...................8-10
Shifting Into Park ..............8-11
Shifting Out of Park ..........8-12
Parking the Vehicle ...........8-13
Parking Over Things
That Burn ........................8-13
Engine Exhaust .................8-14
Running the Vehicle
While Parked ..................8-14
Driving Your Vehicle
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy .........................8-15
Defensive Driving ..............8-16
Drunk Driving ....................8-16
Control of a Vehicle ..........8-17
Braking .............................8-17
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) .................8-18
StabiliTrak ® System ..........8-19
Steering ............................8-20
Off-Road Recovery ............8-21
Passing .............................8-22
Loss of Control .................8-22
Driving at Night .................8-23
Driving in Rain and on
Wet Roads ......................8-24
Before Leaving on a
Long Trip ........................8-25
Highway Hypnosis .............8-25
Hill and Mountain
Roads .............................8-26
Winter Driving ...................8-27
If Your Vehicle is Stuck
in Sand, Mud, Ice,
or Snow
..........................8-29
Rocking Your Vehicle to
Get It Out .......................8-29
Loading the Vehicle ..........8-30
Fuel
Fuel ..................................8-34
Gasoline Octane ...............8-34
Gasoline Specifications .....8-34
California Fuel ..................8-34
Additives ...........................8-34
Fuels in Foreign
Countries ........................8-35
Filling the Tank .................8-36
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container ........................8-37
Driving and Operating 8-1