2006 BMW 6 Series Owner's Manual - Page 69

Driving fares. 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 maintaining a steady cruising speed, active cruise control will, within the scope of given possibilities, adjust your vehicle's speed automatically if you encounter slower vehicles ahead, thus allowing you to flow with the traffic without having to make frequent interventions. For example, if, 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 distance setting between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead. You can vary the distance, which is also speed-dependent. Based on your selected distance setting, the system automatically decreases the throttle setting and lightly applies the brakes if necessary. The vehicle brake lamps will automatically illuminate to signal a following driver to take action. In addition, it may be necessary for the vehicle or the driver to downshift, depending on the kind of transmission your vehicle is equipped with, to maintain the distance setting selected. If the vehicle ahead speeds up or when the lane ahead becomes clear, your vehicle will accelerate to the speed you have selected by increasing the throttle setting and shifting gears automatically or with the aid of the driver as needed. Your selected speed will be maintained when driving downhill, too. Active cruise control is not and must not be used as a collision avoidance/warning system.< Since this active cruise control system is a new technology and operates differently from conventional cruise control systems which you may be accustomed to, you are strongly urged to read all of the pages relating to this system before use. Pay special attention to the information contained in the Things to know about active cruise control section beginning on page 71.< Professional* navigation system If there is a navigation DVD in the player, refer to page 120, then the system adapts the acceleration and deceleration behavior of the vehicle to the road on which you are currently driving. The influence exerted by the navigation system is canceled when the vehicle position is unknown, e.g. when it has left the mapped region. Manual transmission You can shift gears with the cruise control activated. If you drive for extended periods at very high or very low engine speeds, then a shifting command is issued or the system is deactivated. SMG If you drive for extended periods at very high engine speeds in Sequential mode, then a shifting command is issued or the system is deactivated. In the Drive mode, the SMG acts similarly to an automatic transmission in the D position. Operating active cruise control 1 2 3 4 5 Store and increase desired speed Store and decrease desired speed Deactivate system, refer to page 70 Resume stored desired speed and distance, refer to page 70 Select following distance to vehicle ahead, refer to page 69 68 Online Edition for Part-No. 01 41 0 159 709 © 09/05 BMW AG