BMW 840Ci, Руководство пользователя

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Before leaving the car when the
engine is running, move the selector
lever to P or N and apply the hand-
brake.
If you select N accidentally at a fairly
high engine speed, release the accel-
erator immediately. Wait for the engine
speed to return to an idle, then
engage the desired transmission posi-
tion.
c
P – Parking
Engage this gear only when the car is
standing still. The driven wheels are
locked.
R – Reverse
Engage this gear only when the car is
standing still.
N – Neutral
Select only if the journey is interrupted
for a fairly long time. When the car is
being driven, only select neutral if a skid
occurs.
D – Drive (automatic selection
of forward gears)
Use this position for all normal driving.
All forward gears are available and the
AGS is operational.
Kick-down
To obtain maximum acceleration,
press the accelerator pedal down
beyond the normal full-throttle posi-
tion, at which a pressure point must
be overcome.
M/S – Manual shift mode and
Sport program
When the lever is moved from D to M/
S, the Sport program is initially
selected (S appears in the gear dis-
play).
In position S, the AGS uses only the
gearshift program with the most pro-
nounced sports characteristic. The
transmission shifts up as far as 4th
gear.
The Sport program is recommended if
you wish to make the most of the car's
performance regardless of your cur-
rent driving style.
If you now push the selector lever
briefly forwards in the "+" direction,
the transmission shifts up; if it is
pulled back in the "–" direction, it
shifts down. The first time the lever is
pushed in either direction, the trans-
mission switches to the manual mode.
The gear display shows M1 ... M5.
Unacceptable up- or down-shifts are
disregarded by the Steptronic, for
instance no down-shift takes place if it
would lead to the engine overspeed-
ing. The selected gear is displayed
briefly on the instrument panel. If
gears are changed several times in
rapid succession, the last (impermis-
sible) gearshift is shown briefly in the
transmission display, then the current
gear displayed again.
a
Note that when driving in the
manual shift mode, adequate acceler-
ation may not be available – for exam-
ple when overtaking – in 4th or 5th
gear, and a manual down-shift should
therefore be made or the kick-down
used.
c
To select P, R and N from the M gate
plane, the lever must first be moved
back to D.
Steptronic "thinks along with you" in
the following situations:
d
To avoid excessive engine speeds,
it shifts up to the next-higher gear
automatically just before the gov-
erned maximum engine speed is
reached.
d
At low speeds, it shifts down auto-
matically without any action on the
driver's part.
Automatic transmission with STEPTRONIC
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