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Opening rear beverage holders
• To open the rear cupholder, press on the sym­
bol~ @¢
fig. 86.
Holding beverages at the rear
• To adjust the arm@, swing it in the direction
of the arrow.
• Place the beverage in the holder and release
the arm. The arm swings back by itself and au­
tomatically secures the beverage.
Closing the rear cupholders
• To close the rear cupholder, press on the center
section between the two arms and push the cu­
pholder in the slot as far as it will go.
The holding arm must be adjusted such that it lies closely against the cupholder.
A maximum of two beverages can be placed in
the center armrest.
A WARNING
Spilled hot liquid can cause an accident and
personal injury.
- Never carry any beverage containers with
hot liquids, such as hot coffee or hot tea, in
the vehicle while it is moving. In case of an
accident, sudden braking or other vehicle
movement, hot liquid could spill, causing
scald ing burns. Spilled hot liquid can also
cause an accident and personal injury.
- Use only soft cups in the cupholder. Hard
cups and glasses can cause injury in an acci­
dent.
- Never use the cupholder or adapter as an
ashtray -risk of fire.
(D Note
Only drink containe rs with lids should be car­
ried in the cupholder. Liquid could spill out
and damage your vehicle's electronic equip­
ment or stain the upholstery, etc.
Seats and storage
Climatized cupholders
Applies to vehicles: wit h climatized beverage holde rs
The driver side beverage holder can keep your
beverage warm or cold.
Fig. 87 Center console: cl imatized cupho lder
" Press button @¢ fig. 87 to keep your beverage
cold. The button will light up blue.
" Press button ©¢
fig. 87 to keep your beverage
warm . The button will light up red.
• To switch between the two functions, press the
appropriate button .
.,. Press @ or© to switch off these feature. The
light in the button will go out.
When cooling, the temperature of the beverage holder base will go down to approximately 41 °F
(5
°(). When warming, the temperature will be
approximately 136 °F (58 °(). At 104 °F (40 °()
the warming display will come on @. This is re­
minder not to touch the base because it is hot .
The display goes out if the temperature falls be­
low this value.
A WARNING
- Never touch the beverage holder base when
the warming display is on. You can burn
yourself!
- Do not use breakable beverage containers
(for example made out of glass or porce­
lain). You could be injured by them in case of
an accident.
(D Note
Make sure your beverage holder has a lid. If
not, your beverage could spill out and cause
damage to the vehicle electronic or stain the
seat covers.
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Driving and th e environment
consumption by 10-15 percent. This section will
give you some tips on how you can help the envi­ ronment and your pocketbook.
(D Tips
The consumption estimates as published by ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
and Transport Canada may not correspond to
your actual consumption on the road, wh ich
w ill vary depend ing upon vehicle load and
speed, road and weather conditions, trip
length, etc .
Drive smoothly and keep a lookout ahead
Vehicles use the most fuel when they are acceler­
ating .
"'Avoid unnecessary accelerating and braking.
Vehicles use the most fuel when they are acceler­
ating . If you anticipate what is going to happen
next, you will need to brake less and, thus, accel­
erate less. Let the vehicle coast whenever possi­
ble -for example when you see that the next traf­
fic light is red .
Avoid full throttle
Driving at moderate speeds saves fuel and im­
proves your mileage.
"' Try and keep well be low your car's max imum
speed.
Accelerating gently reduces fuel consumption,
engine wear, and does not disturb the environ ­
ment.
Fue l consumption, exhaust emissions and engine
noise increase disproportionately at high speeds.
If you drive at approximately three quarters of
top speed, fuel consumpt ion w ill be reduced by
one half. Never dr ive faster than the posted
speed lim it and weather conditions permit .
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· Reducing unnecessary idling
Even when your car is just idling it burns up fuel .
"'Shut the engine off when you are not driving
the vehicle.
"' Do not warm up the vehicle by letting the en-
gine run at idle .
The idling phase is automatically reduced for
vehicles with the Start-Stop-System*. It is effi­ c ient to sw itch off the eng ine in vehicles w ithout
the Start-Stop-System* when stopped at railroad
crossings and long red lights. Turn ing the engine
off for just 30-40 seconds saves more fuel than is
burned by start ing the eng ine again.
It takes a long t ime for the engine to warm up
fully when it is runn ing at id le . However, wear
and noxious emissions are especia lly high when
the engine is warming up. So you sho uld drive
away as soon as you start the eng ine and avoid
running at high rpms whi le the engine is s till
warming up.
Q) Note
Do not leave engine id ling unattended after
starting. If warning lights should come on to
indicate improper operation, they would go
unheeded. Extended idling also produces
heat, which could result in overheating or oth­
er damage to the veh icle or other property.
· Regular maintenance
A badly tuned engine unnecessarily wastes a lot
of fuel.
"' Have your vehicle serviced at regu lar intervals.
By having your veh icle reg ularly serv iced by an
authorized Aud i dea le r helps to ensure that i t
runs proper ly and economica lly. The condition of
your vehicle not on ly affects its safety and ability
to hold its value, it also affects
fuel consump ­
t ion .
Chec k your oil ea ch t ime y ou fill your tank.
The amount of o il used is re lated to engine load
and speed. .,.

Fuel and Refu elin g
Many gasoline grades are blended to perform es­
pecially we ll for winter or summer driving . Dur­
ing seasona l change-over, we suggest that you
fill up at busy gas stations where the seasonal
adjustment is more likely to be made in time.
@) Note
-Fuels containing a high percentage of etha­
nol such as ESO and E85 may only be used in
vehicles with flexible fuel* engines. Using
high ethanol fuel in vehicles not equipped
with flexible fuel* engines can cause severe
engine damage.
- Methanol fuels which do not meet these re­ quirements may cause corros ion and dam­
age to plastic and rubber components in the
fuel system.
- Do not use fuels that fail to meet the spec i­
fied criter ia in this chapter.
- If you are unable to determine whether or
not a particular fue l blend meets the speci­
ficat ions, as k your service station o r its fuel
supplier.
- Do not use fuel for wh ich the contents can­
not be identified.
- Fuel system damage and performance prob­
lems resu lting from the use of fue ls differ­
ent from those specified are not the respon­
sibility o f Audi and are not covered unde r
the New Vehicle or the Emission Control
System Warranties .
- If you experience a loss of fue l economy or
driveability and performance problems due
to the use of one of these fuel b lends we
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recommend that you switch to unblended
fuel.
Ethanol fuel (Bio -ethanol)
App lies to vehicles: with flex ible fuel engine
You con recognize vehicles with a flexible fuel
engine by looking at the label on the inside of
the fuel filler flop.
Vehicles with flexible fuel engines may be operat­
ed with bio-ethanol fuels such as E85 (85% etha­
nol and 15% gasoline) or with unleaded gasoline
(91 AKI/ROZ 95). The vehicle may also be operat­
ed w ith a m ixture of these fuels.
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Your fuel consumption wi ll increase when using
bio -ethano l fue ls due to the lower amount of en­
ergy contained per unit volume in ethano l.
Warming up the fle xible fuel engin e in low
t e mperatu res
Due to the chemical composition of bio -ethanol,
a certain amount of fuel ends up in the engine oil
when driving short distances in very low temper­
atures. This fuel evaporates again when the en­
gine is warmed up.
II Please war m up e ngi ne .
If the driver message appears in the instrument
cluster disp lay, drive with a warm engine to re­
duce the oil leve l.
(D Note
-Never fill with methanol or with a h igher
percentage of bio-ethanol than 85% (E85).
A higher percentage of bio-ethanol in the
fuel can cause damage to the engine or to
the fuel system.
- If you use only E85, it is recommended to
fill the fue l tank comp lete ly with unleaded
premium grade gasoline every 5,000 miles.
- If you experience starting, rough id le or hes­
itat ion driveab ility problems, fill the fuel
tank comp letely with unleaded premium
grade gasoline and drive it normally until
the gaso line is used. See your author ized
Audi dealer if the problem persists .
- Inform your author ized Audi dealer that you
are operating or have operated the vehicle
with E8S.
- Read and follow the information and t ips
about gasoline~
page 213 .
(D Tips
It may take longer to start the engine when
the outs ide temperature is very cold. If poss i­
ble, use winterized fue l if tempe ratures are
below freezi ng.