User manual OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA 1993

[. . . ] Table of Contents The Power of Intelligent Engineering . How to Use this Manual . Part 1 Seats & Safety BeZts . Customer Assistance Information. Includes "Reporting Safety Defects '' on page298 I . Last Page a Index. . . . . , . Service Station Information . . . . . . This manual includes product afterthat time without further notice. T h eP o w e r o f I n t e l l i g e n tE n g i n e e r i n g Engineering with a purpose. [. . . ] to Switch on yourturn signal, check your rearview mirrors as you move along, and glance over your shoulder often as as necessary. Try to blend smoothly with the traffic flow. 10 6 Driving on the Freeway Once you are on the freeway, adjust your speed to the posted limitor to the prevailing rate if it's slower. Stay in the right lane unless you want to pass. If you are on a two-lane freeway, treat the right lane as the slow lane and the left lane as the passing lane. If you are on a three-lanefreeway, treat the right lane as the slower-speed through lane, the middle lane asthe higher-speed through lane, and the left lane as the passing lane. Before changing lanes, check your rearview mirrors. Just before you leave the lane, glance quickly over your shoulder to make sure there isn't another vehicle in your "blind" spot. Leaving the Freeway If you are moving from an outside to a When you want to leave the freeway, move to the proper lane wellin advance. center lane on afreeway having more Dashing across lanes at the last minute than two lanes, make sure another vehicle isn't about to move into the same is dangerous. If you miss your exit do not, under any circumstances, stop and spot. over and watch for telltale signs: turn signals flashing, an increasein speed, or At each exit point is a deceleration lane. Be Ideally it should be long enoughfor you prepared to delay your move. to enter it at freeway speed (after signaling, of course) and thendo your Once you are moving on the freeway, bralung before moving onto the exit make certain you allow a reasonable ramp. Unfortunately, not all deceleration following distance. Expect to move lanes are long enough-some are too slightly slower at night. If you must brake on the through lane, and if thereis traffic close behind you, you can allow a little 161 Your Driving and the Road Leaving the Freeway (CONT. ) extra time and flash your brake lights(in addition to your turn signal) as extra warning that you are about to slow down and exit. The exit ramp can be curved, sometimes quite sharply. Reduce your speed according to your speedometer, not to your sense of motion. After driving for any distance at higher speeds, you may tend to think you are going slower thanyou actually are. For example, 40 mph (65 km/h) might seem like only 20 mph (32 km/h). Obviously, this could lead to serious trouble on a ramp designed for20 mph (32 km/h)! Driving a Long Distance Although most long trips today are made on freeways, there are stj many 11 made on regular highways. Long-distance driving on freeways and regular highways is the same in some ways. The trip has to be planned and the vehicle prepared, you drive at higherthan-city speeds, and there are longer turns behind the wheel. You'll enjoy your trip more ifyou and your vehicle are in good shape. [. . . ] . 71, 109 Shifting Into P (Park) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Shifting Out of P (Park) . . 75 Shifting the Transaxle Automatic Transaxle . If You're Caught in a . . . . 169 Sound Equipment, Adding . ll9 Sound Systems (see Audio Systems) Spare Tire, Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Specifications & Capacities . [. . . ]