Cars Q&A

Congratulations on your new car ownership/driving! Like all new experiences, car driving can be exciting and irritating.

Firstly, learn to be in control at all times. With experience you will be able to drive faster, turn harder and make the car obey you completely. But you should give utmost importance to driving smoothly. No jerks, no sudden stops and starts, and if you have a passenger, that person should not even realize you are changing gears. It takes time, so just be patient and if you need, ask someone to show you how to shift smoothly.

Smooth driving is the best compliment for any good driver, even at high speeds. If you drive smoothly, you will get the best mileage too, providing you don't rev the engine too high or drive at over 80kmph all the time! It is not just your vehicle speed, it is also the engine speed that determines your mileage.

Also, please don't drive too slow. It irritates people, slows down traffic, leads to traffic snarls, and keeps you on the road for longer, again wasting fuel. Drive at a speed that goes with the rest of the traffic flow.

Cheers.

The best speed and to get a good average drive in the range of 50 to 60 kms per hour. Regarding the gear you have to move from 1st to 5th gear one at a time and not directly from 1 to 5. I hope you have understood i.e from 1 to2 and then 3,4 and 5

Hi Sudhakar ji,

WHY do u even try to shift from the 1st to 5th gear and vice versa.....
its a strict NO NO NO.
as Mr. satish explains, 1-2-3-4-5 ... thats the way to go... always down shift gear to gear, 1 level at a time. u'll just run ur car at the soonest.
seriously, u need more time at the driving school
cheer, and safe driving

Gear shifting in Alto is little tricky. You need to get used to it.
Happy driving...