BMW 2009 M5 Sedan Owner's Manual

Driving

Every time you press the lever, the vehicle's
speed increases by roughly 1 mph/1 km/h.
Press lever to resistance point for a longer time:
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:
The speed is increased to the next fives posi-
tion in the mph display or the next tens position
in the km/h display.
Press and hold the lever beyond the resistance
point:
The vehicle accelerates more quickly.

Maintaining speed, storing speed, and
decelerating

Pull the lever, arrow

Functions are the same as

1; the speed is

reduced.

Interrupting system

Press the lever up or down, arrow

3: the

display

1 in the speedometer changes color.

In addition, the system is interrupted:

when you apply the brakes, even with the
handbrake

when you clutch

when you shift using the shift paddles or the
selector lever

when the DSC comes on

Resuming stored speed

Press button

The stored speed is resumed and maintained.

Deactivating system

Press the lever up or down twice, arrow

Switch off the ignition

The speed stored in the memory is deleted.

Displays in instrument cluster

1 Stored speed
2 Selected speed is displayed briefly