2007 BMW 6 Series Owner's Manual - Page 70

Driving Maintaining speed, storing speed, and accelerating Press lever to resistance point, arrow 1: The system maintains and stores the current vehicle speed. The display 1 in the speedometer, see below, indicates this regulated speed. Every time you press the lever, the vehicle's speed increases by roughly 1 mph/1 km/h. Press the lever to the resistance point and hold it: The vehicle accelerates without pressure on the accelerator pedal. The system maintains and stores your current speed as soon as you release the lever. Press the lever beyond the resistance point: Increase speed each time to the next fives place on the mph speedometer or to the next tens place on the km/h speedometer. If, on a downhill grade, the engine's braking effect is not sufficient, the controlled speed can be exceeded. Speed can drop on uphill grades if the engine output is insufficient. Deactivating system When the ignition is switched off, the system is deactivated and the stored speed is deleted. Displays in instrument cluster 1 2 Stored speed Selected speed is displayed briefly Active cruise control* The concept With active cruise control, you can select a desired speed which is not only automatically maintained when driving on open roadways, but also varied to maintain a selected distance setting as slower traffic is encountered. Active cruise control is a technological advance over the familiar cruise control and is a welcome relief from the constant adjustment of speed that can accompany driving in traffic on freeways or other high-speed thoroughfares. Especially on longer trips, the system can reduce fatigue and tension, while increasing your enjoyment of driving. Please use it safely and responsibly. In addition to holding a steady cruising speed, if you do encounter slower vehicles ahead, active cruise control will, within the scope of given possibilities, adjust your vehicle's speed automatically so that one can flow with the traffic without frequent intervention by the driver. If, for example, while cruising at the selected speed, you begin to approach a slower vehicle ahead of you in the same lane, the system will reduce your vehicle's speed to the same as that of the vehicle ahead to maintain your selected Maintaining speed, storing speed, and decelerating Pull the lever, arrow 2: Functions are the same as 1, only the vehicle speed is reduced. Interrupting cruise control Press the lever up or down, arrow 3. Cruise control is also interrupted automatically: > When you apply pressure to the brake pedal > When you depress the clutch pedal or shift the automatic transmission/SMG into position N > When DSC controls Resuming stored speed Press button 4: The vehicle accelerates to and maintains the stored speed. 68 Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 0 013 312 - © 02/07 BMW AG