Pontiac G8 manual Starting and Operating Your Vehicle, Driving Your Vehicle, Fuel

Driving and Operating 8-1

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	8-4
Engine Coolant Heater	8-5
Automatic Transmission
Operation	8-6
Parking Brake	8-9
Shifting Into Park
(Automatic
Transmission)	8-10
Shifting Out of Park	8-11
Parking Over Things
That Burn	8-11
Engine Exhaust	8-12
Running the Vehicle
While Parked	8-12

Driving Your Vehicle

Defensive Driving	8-13
Drunk Driving	8-13
Control of a Vehicle	8-14
Braking	8-14
Antilock Brake
System (ABS)	8-15
Electronic Stability
Program	8-16
Steering	8-19
Off-Road Recovery	8-20
Passing	8-21
Loss of Control	8-21
Driving at Night	8-22
Driving in Rain and on
Wet Roads	8-23
Before Leaving on a
Long Trip	8-24
Highway Hypnosis	8-24
Hill and Mountain Roads ....8-24
Winter Driving	8-25
If Your Vehicle is Stuck
in Sand, Mud, Ice,
or Snow	8-27
Rocking Your Vehicle to
Get It Out	8-28
Loading the Vehicle	8-28

Fuel

Fuel	8-32
Gasoline Octane	8-33
Gasoline Specifications	8-33
California Fuel	8-33
Additives	8-34
Fuels in Foreign
Countries	8-34
Filling the Tank	8-35
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container	8-36