VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2000 Owners Manual

Operate your
The condition of your
ly for changing the brake
Booklet 2.1.
even those sitting in the rear -see Booklet 2. 1.
Passengers not wearing safety belts
but also the driver and other
AND ADVICE
Booklets 2.1 and
3.1.
Booklet 2. 1
at
eye
Booklet 3.1.
rack Booklet 3 . 1 .
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and
after ev­
ery
two hours of driving .
on tire adhesion .
at higher speeds . this happens,
you be
information regarding safety can be found in the and Booklet 2.1.
Difficult operating
conditions
Driving under
brochure are based on
you are
etc.) you may want to make

Various factors consumption: is no longer running smoothly.
impact.
This chapter addresses some of these
points.
Your determine the economy of your
Do not let your vehicle stand and
warm up.
When the engine is
Avoid full throttle.
Depending on the transmissio n you have,
you
can dri ve in the highest gear at
25 to 37 mph to and be
Avoid driving at high speed.
consumption, exhaust emissions and e ng ine noise increase disproportionately at
h igh speeds.
you drive at approximate ly
three quarters
of top speed, tion Never drive
faster than the posted speed
and
weather conditions permitting.
Drive as smoothly as possible
and keep a lookout ahead.
Unnecessary accelerating and brak ing consump tion and dis turb the red uces cons um p- vironment.
tion and eng ine wear, and does not disturb
the environment.
Upshift as early as possible -do not drive at unnecessarily high
engine speeds.
The highest economy and the
turbance to the environment are attained
when you drive at engine speeds and in
the highest
cons umption is twice as high in 2nd gear as it is in the highes t gear.
Switch off your engine if you are caught in a traffic jam. This
saves fuel and reduces emissions.
The
conditions increase
Heavy traffic,
Stop-and-go driving, short
Driving in heavy , moving traffic in

AND
Organize your trips to include several errands and to avoid heavy
traffic.
course . there are some conditions that affect consumption that you can't
consumption increases in
the winter or under conditions (bad
r oads, towing a etc.) .
The
into your attention was paid to the environment. To
retain and make use of these characteris­
tics,
points :
gasoline engines.
Leaded causes damage to the converter and other components of
t he em ission system.
Booklet 1. 1.
Having your serviced by a VOLKSWAGEN and that it does
not disturb the environment, and that it has
a
service
Use the air conditioning only when really needed.
The air conditioning decreases engine
Check your tire pressure once a month.
Low tire pressure increases tion and tire wear, and impairs
accident.
Do not carry unnecessary items
in city traffic where you must
often
consumption.
Remove supplementary roof
sistance caused by the cross bars creases consumption .
ment when no longer needed.
The rear window defogger, ing consume a
of The more you
consume. the higher the
if you keep the rear window defogger on for 1 hours, your sumption increase by about 1 quart (1
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is covered by the
Limited New
Limited
Limited Warranty Against foration
signed to protect your Emissions System Warranty Emission Wa rranty
Warranty
(USA
information regarding your warran­
ties can be found in your Warranty

you plan
to
tow a trailer, please remember that your
vehicle will be perform ing a service it was
not intende d for. The additional load will af­
fect durability , economy and performance.
Trailer towing not only places more stress
on the vehicle,
it also calls for more con­
centration from the driver.
For these reasons, always follow the oper­
ating
and driving instructions given and use
common sense.
hitch_ When doing so, seal all bolt
holes to prevent water and deadly exhaust fumes from entering the
vehicle-
Engine cooling system
Towing a trailer make the engine work hard­
er. is important the the engine cooling
system be up to the job. Make sure that the
cooling system
has enough fluid.
Trailer brakes

TIPS AND
Operating instructions
Maximum
Booklet 3.3.
Do not exceed the gross vehicle weight,
which is the weight of the vehicle, including
driver, passengers, luggage, trailer hitch
and tongue wei
ght of the loaded trailer.
ward. backward or sideways.
Never
Tongue
For best vehicle handling under these
changed conditions, adjust the trailer load
so that the tongue load is at the maximum
allowable or sligh tly lower.
You can get an approximation of the tongue load wit h a
bathroom scale or you can measure the load
at a trucking company or weighing station.
Tire pressure
When towing a trailer, inflate the tires of
your vehicle to the cold tire pressure listed
under
on the sticker on the right
doorjamb.
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Driving instructions
To obtain the best and
A rig is easier to operate and
as
as transfer some cargo to
the
considerations.
The higher the speed, the more
weather
or wind conditions-
when going
speed
are
brakes
gear
Use of the brakes
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perfor­
mance and economy
depend on how you an d oper ­
ate your rig .
Befo re you
tow your
yo u and un it.
Backin g u p is and requires pract ice. oppo­
site
of that when back ing your
and the one in front of you. need more room to stop .
T o compensate for the
need
a than turning radius.
When passing , remember that you cannot
be­
cause of the added Make sure you
have enough room to pass.
After passing, of room for your
of both Do not park with a
on a after doing the
Have someone chocks under both
With ch ocks in
brakes
Turn to cur b .
parking brake.
automa tic transmission in transm ission in first or reve rse gear .
you move the
before the parking brake and before the you may require more force
position .
When restarting after parking on a
re­
verse the procedure :
the engine.
the parking brake an d
Notes
you tow a
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