The rain sensor is behind the driving mirror in contact with the windscreen and has the purpose of automatically adjust, during the intermittent operation, the frequency of the windscreen wiper strokes as to the rain intensity.
The sensor has a range of adjustment that gradually varies between wiper stationary (no wiping) when the windscreen is dry, to wiper at first continuous speed (continuous slow) with heavy rain.
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Driving style
Starting
Do not warm the engine with the car at a standstill or at idle or high speed:
under these conditions the engine warms up much more slowly, increasing electrical
consumption and emissions ...
Parking
Switch off the engine, pull up the handbrake and engage a gear (1st gear or reverse,
according to whether the vehicle is facing up or downhill) and leave the wheels
turned. If the vehicle is left ...
Recommended Shift Speeds
To use your manual transmission for optimal fuel economy, it should be upshifted
as listed in the following table
...