BMW X3 F25 owners manual page 186

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Seite 182 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‐ Reel off these functions if they are not needed. stant speed. The ECO PRO driving program supports the If necessary, observe the gear shift indicator of energy conserving use of comfort features. the vehicle, refer to page 87. These functions are automatically deactivated partially or completely. Use coasting When approaching a red light, take your foot Have maintenance carried off the accelerator and let the vehicle coast to out a halt. Have vehicles maintained regularly to achieve For going downhill take your foot off the accel‐ optimal vehicle efficiency and operating life. erator and let the vehicle roll. The maintenance should be carried out by The flow of fuel is interrupted while coasting. your service center. Also note the BMW Maintenance System, refer to page 215. Switch off the engine during longer stops Switch off the engine during longer stops, e.g.,ECO PRO at traffic lights, railroad crossings or in traffic congestion. The concept ECO PRO supports a driving style that saves Auto Start/Stop function on fuel consumption. For this purpose, the en‐ The Auto Start/Stop function of your vehiclegine control and comfort features, e. g. the cli‐ automatically switches off the engine during amate control output, are adjusted. stop. Under certain conditions the engine is auto‐ If the engine is switched off and then restartedmatically decoupled from the transmission in rather than leaving the engine running con‐the D selector lever position. The vehicle con‐ stantly, fuel consumption and emissions aretinues traveling with the engine idling to re‐ reduced. Savings can begin within a few sec‐duce fuel consumption. Selector lever position onds of switching off the engine. D remains engaged. In addition, fuel consumption is also deter‐In addition, context-sensitive instructions are mined by other factors, such as driving style,displayed to assist with an optimized fuel con‐ sumption driving style. 182 Online Edition for Part no. 01 40 2 960 386 - II/15

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