BMW X4 F26 owners manual page 184

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Seite 184 Driving tips Saving fuel road conditions, maintenance or environmental Avoid high engine speeds factors. As a rule: driving at low engine speeds lowers fuel consumption and reduces wear. Use 1st gear to get the vehicle moving. Start‐ Switch off any functions that ing with the 2nd gear, accelerate rapidly. When are not currently needed accelerating, shift up before reaching high en‐ Functions such as seat heating and the rear gine speeds. window defroster require a lot of energy and When you reach the desired speed, shift into reduce the range, especially in city and stop- the highest applicable gear and drive with the and-go traffic. engine speed as low as possible and at a con‐ Switch off these functions if they are not stant speed. needed. If necessary, observe the gear shift indicator of The ECO PRO driving program supports the the vehicle, refer to page 89. energy conserving use of comfort features. These functions are automatically deactivated partially or completely. Use coasting When approaching a red light, take your foot off the accelerator and let the vehicle coast to Have maintenance carried a halt. out For going downhill take your foot off the accel‐ Have vehicles maintained regularly to achieve erator and let the vehicle roll. optimal vehicle efficiency and service life. The flow of fuel is interrupted while coasting. BMW recommends that maintenance work be performed by a BMW dealer’s service center. For information on the BMW Maintenance Switch off the engine during System, refer to page 215. longer stops Switch off the engine during longer stops, e.g., at traffic lights, railroad crossings or in trafficECO PRO congestion. The concept Auto Start/Stop function ECO PRO supports a driving style that saves The Auto Start/Stop function of your vehicleon fuel consumption. For this purpose, the en‐ automatically switches off the engine during agine control and comfort features, e. g. the cli‐ stop. mate control output, are adjusted. If the engine is switched off and then restartedUnder certain conditions the engine is auto‐ rather than leaving the engine running con‐matically decoupled from the transmission in stantly, fuel consumption and emissions arethe D selector lever position. The vehicle con‐ reduced. Savings can begin within a few sec‐tinues traveling with the engine idling to re‐ onds of switching off the engine. duce fuel consumption. Selector lever position D remains engaged. In addition, fuel consumption is also deter‐ mined by other factors, such as driving style, 184 Online Edition for Part no. 01 40 2 964 144 - VI/15

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