1998 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 205

0 Keep your vehicle in good shape. Check all fluid levels and also the brakes, tires, coolingsystem and transaxle. These partscan work hard on mountain roads. Know how to go down hills. The most important thing toknow is this: let your engine do some of the slowing down. Shift toa lower gear when you go down a steep or long hill. 0 Coasting downhill inNEUTRAL (N) or with the ignition off is dangerous. Your brakes will have to do all the work of slowing down. They could get so hot thatthey wouldn't work well. You would then have poor brakingor even none going down a hill. You could crash. Always have your engine running and yourvehicle in gear when you go downhill. 0 If you don't shift down, your brakes could well. You get so hot that they wouldn't work would then have poor braking or none going even down a hill. You could crash. Shift down to let your engine assist your brakes onsteep a downhill slope. Know how to go uphill. You may want to shift down to a lower gear. The lower gears help cool your engine and transaxle, and you can climb the hill better. 0 Stay in your own lane when driving on two-lane roads in hills or mountains. Don't swing wide or cut across the center of the road. Drive at speeds that let you stay in your own lane. As you go over the top of a hill, be alert. There could be something in your lane, a stalled caror an accident. like 0 You may see highway signs on mountains that warn of special problems. Examples are long grades, passing or no-passing zones, a falling rocks areaor winding roads. Be alert to these and take appropriate action.