MG RX8 - Load Carrying; Trunk Loading

StartingandDriving
LoadCarrying
DONOTexceedthegrossvehicleweight
orthepermittedfrontandrearaxleloads.
Failuremayresultinvehicledamageor
seriousinjury.
T runkLoading
Ensurethattherearseatbackrestsare
securelylatchedintheuprightpositionwhen
loadsarecarriedintheloadspacebehind
theseats.
Ifthebootlid(ortailgate)cannotbeclosed
duetothetypeofcargoloaded,besureto
closeallwindowsduringdriving,selectthe
facedistributionmodeoftheaircondition,
andsettheblowertomaximumspeed,so
astodecreaseexhaustfumesenteringthe
vehicle.
Whenluggagecarriedintheboot,alwaysensureheavy
itemsareplacedaslowandasfarforwardaspossible,so
astoavoidthecargoshiftintheeventofanaccidentor
suddenstop.
Drivecarefullyandavoidemergencybrakingormaneuvers
whenlargeorheavyitemsarecarried.
Drivingwiththebootlid(ortailgate)openisvery
dangerous.Iftheloadbeingcarriedrequirestheboot
lid(ortailgate)tobeopen,pleaseensurethecargoand
thebootlid(ortailgate)aresuitablysecuredandevery
measureistakentopreventexhaustfumesenteringthe
vehicle.
IMPORTANT
T rafcregulationsmustbeobservedwhenloading
cargo,ifthecargoextrudestheloadspace,appropriate
warningmeasuresmustbetakentowarnotherroad
users.
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