BMW M5 E60 M Power owners manual page 85

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ce 1. Hold the vehicle with the brake.ically adjusts to the new conditions within a 2. Release the brake and begin to drive imme-fraction of a second. diately. You can choose from three programs. After releasing the brake, begin to drive At a glan immediately; otherwise, the starting "Comfort" program assistant no longer holds the vehicle after Select the "Comfort" program if you want com- approx. 2 seconds and your vehicle will start to fort-oriented coordination of shock absorbers ls roll backward.< and steering. o r Start off quickly on slopes. Do not hold t "Normal" program n the vehicle on a hill by pressing the accel- erator, but apply the footbrake or handbrake The "Normal" program offers control that is bal-Co instead. Otherwise overheating and heavy wear anced between comfort and sportiness. can result in the area of the Sequential Manual ps Transmission.< "Sport" program g ti To protect the clutch of the Sequential Manual Select the "Sport" program if you want a con-n Transmission from overheating, the starting-off sistently sporty coordination of shock absorb-ivi behavior is changed under heavy loading, e.g. a ers and steering.Dr rapid succession of starts on slopes. This can be noticed from shaking during starting off.Selecting program On a slippery surface Sequential Manual Transmission with Drive- logic: 1. Select the "P 400" program of MEngine Dynamic Control, refer to page60. Navigation 2. Gently press accelerator pedal to prevent t wheels from spinning when starting off. n Clutch protection with manual nme ai transmission t r Be sure to avoid riding th e clutch for longer peri- Ente ods. Your BMWM5 is equipped with an overload Manual transmission: ns protection for the clutch. Riding the clutch for io longer periods is detected and the engine man- icat agement system limits the engine speed to pro- un tect the clutch. This can result in the vehicle fail- mm ing to accelerate when the clutch pedal is Co partially depressed. EDC Electronic Damping Control lity Press the EDC button repeatedly:bi o The concept > "Comfort": LED off. M If the influencing variables such as road surface > "Normal": one LED lights up. quality or operating conditions such as steer-> "Sport": both LEDs light up.nce ing, braking etc. change, the damping automat- 83 Refere Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 2 600 738 - © 08/08 BMW AG

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