BMW 745i Manual De Propietario
Driving
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1 Maintaining and storing speed,
accelerating
accelerating
Press the lever as far as the detent:
The system maintains and stores the cur-
rent vehicle speed. Every time you tap the
lever the vehicle's speed increases by
roughly 1 mph (1 km/h).
The system maintains and stores the cur-
rent vehicle speed. Every time you tap the
lever the vehicle's speed increases by
roughly 1 mph (1 km/h).
Press the lever longer:
The vehicle accelerates without pressure
on the accelerator pedal. The system main-
tains and stores your current speed as
soon as you release the lever.
The vehicle accelerates without pressure
on the accelerator pedal. The system main-
tains and stores your current speed as
soon as you release the lever.
The vehicle may accelerate beyond
the preset speed on steep downhill
the preset speed on steep downhill
stretches where the engine's braking effect
alone may not be sufficient to slow the
vehicle. Speed can drop on uphill grades if
the engine output is insufficient.
alone may not be sufficient to slow the
vehicle. Speed can drop on uphill grades if
the engine output is insufficient.
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2 Maintaining and storing speed,
decelerating
decelerating
Pull lever back to detent:
The system maintains and stores the cur-
rent vehicle speed. Every time you tap the
lever the vehicle's speed decreases by
roughly 1 mph (1 km/h).
The system maintains and stores the cur-
rent vehicle speed. Every time you tap the
lever the vehicle's speed decreases by
roughly 1 mph (1 km/h).
Pull the lever longer:
The throttle aperture is automatically
reduced, slowing the vehicle. The system
maintains and stores your current speed as
soon as you release the lever.
The throttle aperture is automatically
reduced, slowing the vehicle. The system
maintains and stores your current speed as
soon as you release the lever.
3 Interrupting cruise control
Briefly press the lever up or down while the
cruise control is active.
cruise control is active.
In addition, cruise control is interrupted
automatically
automatically
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when you apply pressure to the brake
pedal
pedal
>
when you select the automatic trans-
mission's neutral range N
mission's neutral range N
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when the DSC system, Dynamic Sta-
bility Control, is in active operation.
bility Control, is in active operation.
4 Recalling stored speed
Briefly press button 4:
The vehicle accelerates to and maintains
the last speed stored.
The vehicle accelerates to and maintains
the last speed stored.
Deactivating system
When the ignition is switched off, the
system is deactivated and the stored speed
is deleted.
system is deactivated and the stored speed
is deleted.
Displays in the Info Display
5
Display of speed ready for recall
>
– cruise control activated
>
– cruise control deactivated
6
Display of stored desired speed – multi-
level preset function
level preset function
5 and 6 are displayed when the
system is activated.
system is activated.
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Activating multilevel preset function
Push 1 or pull 2 the lever beyond the
detent.
detent.
The current driving speed is maintained,
stored and displayed as the available
speed 5.
stored and displayed as the available
speed 5.
If no desired speeds are stored, you
can increase or reduce the speed by
can increase or reduce the speed by
5 mph (10 km/h) with the multilevel preset
function activated each time you press or
pull the lever beyond the resistance point.
function activated each time you press or
pull the lever beyond the resistance point.
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