Driving – BMW M5 Sedan 2007 User Manual

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Driving

Displays in instrument cluster

1 Gear 1 to 7, R, N engaged
2 Selected driving program,

matches the number of illuminated fields,
refer to Drivelogic on page

3 The currently engaged gear is displayed,

followed by a D in the Drive mode

A flashing gear display indicates to you
that the driver's door is open with the

engine running.
N is automatically engaged after just a few sec-
onds when you open the driver's door or the
hood with the engine running and the vehicle
stopped, and do not operate either pedals, shift
paddles or the selector lever.

Gear changes

Using selector lever

To upshift, pull the selector lever back.

To downshift, push the selector lever for-
ward.

Using shift paddles on steering wheel

To upshift, briefly pull the right shift
paddle +.

To downshift, briefly pull the left shift
paddle –.

Drivelogic

With Drivelogic various driving programs are
available to you.
Each time you change between the Sequential
mode and the Drive mode, the respective last
program is active. Exception: after the first
change from the Sequential to the Drive mode,
driving program 3 is active.

In Drive mode

Five driving programs, from relaxed 1 to sporty/
highly dynamic 5 are available for selection.

In Sequential mode

You can choose from six driving programs from
balanced/dynamic 1 to sporty/purist 6.
Each time the engine is started, driving pro-
gram 3 is activated.
Program 6 is only available when the DSC
Dynamic Stability Control is deactivated, refer
to page

. If DSC is activated, program 6

switches over to 5.

To maintain vehicle stability, always acti-
vate DSC whenever possible.

Selecting driving program with button

in center console

Press the button repeatedly until the desired
driving program is displayed in the instrument
cluster, refer to page

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