Operation Manual

9
Driving
119
Gear effi ciency indicator
The s
y
stem adapts its
g
ear chan
g
e
recommendation accordin
g
to the
drivin
g
conditions
(
slope, load, ...
)
and
the demands of the driver
(
power,
acceleration, brakin
g
, ...
)
.
Th
e s
y
stem never su
gg
ests:
- en
g
a
g
in
g
f
irst
g
ear,
- engaging reverse gear,
- en
g
a
g
in
g
a lower
g
ear.
S
y
stem which reduces fuel consumption b
y
advisin
g
the driver to chan
g
e up.
With an electronic
g
earbox, the s
y
stem is onl
y
active in Manual mode.
O
p
eration
Dependin
g
on the drivin
g
situation and
y
ou
r
ve
hi
c
l
e
'
s equ
i
pment, t
h
e s
y
stem ma
y
a
d
v
i
se
y
ou to skip one
(
or more
)
g
ear
(
s
)
. You can
f
ollow this instruction without en
g
a
g
in
g
the
intermediate gears.
The
g
ear en
g
a
g
ement recommendations must
n
ot be considered compulsor
y
. In fact, the
c
onfi
g
uration of the road, the amount of traffic
and safet
y
remain determinin
g
factors when
c
hoosin
g
the best
g
ear. Therefore, the driver
remains responsible
f
or decidin
g
whether or not
to
f
ollow the advice
g
iven b
y
the s
y
stem.
Thi
s
fu
n
c
ti
o
n
ca
nn
o
t
be
deac
tiv
a
t
ed
.
Example:
- You are in third
g
ear.
The information appears in the instrument
panel in the form of an arrow.
O
n vehicles with manual
g
earbox, the arrow
c
an
b
e accompan
i
e
d
by
t
h
e recommen
d
e
d
gear
.
- You
p
ress the accelerator
p
edal.
- The s
y
stem ma
y
su
gg
est that
y
ou en
g
a
g
e a
high
er
g
ear.