If you drive regularly in steep country, or
if
you’re
planning
to
visit there, here are some tips that can make
your trips safer and more enjoyable.
Keep your vehicle in good shape. Check all fluid
levels and
also
the brakes, tires, cooling system
and transaxle. These parts can work hard on
mountain roads.
Coasting dc nh in
NE1
.L
(N)
or with the
ignition
off
is dangerous. Your brakes will have
to do all the work
of
slowing down. They could
get
so
hot that they wouldn’t work well. You
Know how to go down hills. The most important
would then have poor braking or even none
thing to know
is
this: let your engine do some of
going down
a
hill. You could crash. Always
the slowing down. Shift
to
a lower gear when you go
have your engine running and your vehicle in
down a steep or long
hill.
gear when you go downhill.
If
you don’t shift down, your brakes could get
so
hot that they wouldn’t work well. You would
then have poor braking or even none going
down
a
hill. You could crash. Shift down to
let
downhill slope.
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