BMW M5 E60 M Power owners manual page 63

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ce > Β: Drive position: tion of engine and vehicle speed; thus, for > +: manual upshifting example, a downshift that would cause the > –: manual downshiftingengine to overrev will not be executed by the system. At a glan > D/S: switch between Drive mode and > When the vehicle is stationary, the trans- Sequential mode mission automatically dwnsohifts into first Shiftlock gear. > Shortly before dropping below a gear-ls Press the brake pedal before shifting out ofN; o dependent minimum speed, the transmis-r the shift command will not be executed unless t sion downshifts automatically even without n the brake is applied. your intervention. Co R Reverse D Drive mode ps Select only when the vehicle is stationary.In Drive mode, all forward gears are shifted automatically. g ti N Idle n Always select before starting engine.Shifting from Sequential mode to Drive mode: ivi shift using the shift paddles or the selector Dr If the driving situation requires, e.g. when down-lever, or press the selector level to the right in shifting on a slippery road surface, the Sequen-the D/S direction. tial Manual Transmission automatically Shifting back to Drive mode: press the selector clutches and then declutches again, i.e. it is not lever to the right in the D/S direction again. necessary to manually shift into idling mode. The system shifts into N when you open Kick-down: for rapid acceleration, e.g. when the driver's door or the hood with the passing, press the accelerator pedal as far Navigation engine running and do not operate pedals, shift down as it will go. You achieve maximum accel-t eration. n paddles or the selector lever. To begin driving after closing the driver'sdo or or the hood, first Displays in instrument clusternme shift the selector lever into the N position, and ai t then shift into drive.< r S Sequential mode Ente You can shift up and down using the shift pad- ns dles or the selector lever. You do not need to lift io your foot off the accelerator when doing so. icat Shifting from Sequential mode to Drive mode: un press selector lever to the right toward D/S. mm To switch back into the Sequential mode: shift Co using the shift paddles or the selector lever or 1Gear 1 to 7, R, N engaged press selector lever to the right toward D/S 2 Selected driving program, again. matches the number o illuminated ffields, Starting off is also possible on a level road sur-refer to Drivelogic on page62lity face in second gear, e.g. in case of ice.3 In Drive mode, the currently selected gear bi followed by a D is displayedo In the following situations, the Sequential Man- M ual Transmission thinks for you:The gear display flashes when you open > Upshifts and downshifts are executed only the driver's door with the engine running. when they will result in a plausible combina-If you do not subsequently operate the pedals, nce 61 Refere Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 2 600 738 - © 08/08 BMW AG

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