Control, Driving – BMW M6 Coupe 2006 User Manual

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Driving

Do not use the cruise control under driv-
ing conditions that do not permit a con-

stant speed, e.g. when driving on winding
roads, in heavy traffic or in poor road conditions
such as snow, rain, ice, and loose road surface.
Otherwise, you could lose control of the vehicle
and cause an accident.

One lever for all functions

1 Maintaining speed, storing speed, and

accelerating

2 Maintaining speed, storing speed, and

decelerating

3 Interrupting cruise control
4 Resuming stored speed

Maintaining speed, storing speed, and
accelerating

Press lever to resistance point, arrow

The system maintains and stores the current
vehicle speed. The display

1 in the speedome-

ter, 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 by 5 mph/10 km/h.
The vehicle may accelerate beyond the regu-
lated speed on steep downhill stretches where
the engine's braking action alone may not be
sufficient to slow the vehicle. Speed can drop

on uphill grades if the engine output is insuffi-
cient.

Maintaining speed, storing speed, and
decelerating

Pull the lever, arrow

Functions are the same as

1, only the vehicle

speed is reduced.

Interrupting cruise control

Press the lever up or down, arrow

Cruise control is also interrupted automatically:

When you apply pressure to the brake pedal

For manual shifting with the shift paddles or
the selector lever

When the DSC comes on

Resuming stored speed

Press button

The vehicle accelerates to and maintains the
stored speed.

Deactivating system

When the ignition is switched off, the system is
deactivated and the stored speed is deleted.

Displays in instrument cluster

1 Stored desired speed
2 Selected desired speed appears briefly