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Making adjustments in 10 km/h incre-
ments
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever up
1
for a higher speed or down
4
for a
lower speed.
or
X
Keep the cruise control lever pressed until
the desired speed is set. Press the cruise
control lever, up
1
for a higher speed or
down
4
for a lower speed.
Making fine adjustments in 1 km/h
increments
X
For a higher speed: briefly pull the cruise
control lever towards you
3
.
or
X
Keep the cruise control lever pulled
towards you
3
until the desired speed is
set.
Deactivating variable Speedtronic
There are several ways to deactivate variable
Speedtronic:
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever for-
wards
6
.
or
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
5
.
LIM indicator lamp
2
in the cruise control
lever goes out. Variable Speedtronic is
deactivated.
Cruise control or Distronic* is selected.
Variable Speedtronic is deactivated automat-
ically when you depress the accelerator pedal
beyond the pressure point (kickdown) but
only if your current speed does not differ by
more than 20 km/h from the stored speed.
You will hear a warning tone if this is the case.
G
Risk of accident
It is not possible to deactivate variable
Speedtronic by braking.
i
The last speed stored is cleared when you
switch off the engine.
Permanent Speedtronic
i
Permanent Speedtronic is only available
for certain countries.
You can use the on-board computer to limit
the speed permanently to a value between
160 km/h (e.g. for driving with winter tyres)
and the maximum speed.
Shortly before the stored speed is reached it
is shown in the multi-function display.
You cannot exceed the stored limit speed,
even if you depress the accelerator pedal
beyond the pressure point (kickdown).
Setting permanent Speedtronic
X
Press
è
or
·
to select the
Set-
tings...
menu (
Y
page 131).
X
Press the
j
button to call up the selec-
tion of submenus.
X
Press the
æ
or
ç
button to select the
Vehicle
submenu.
X
Press
j
to select
Speed limit (win-
ter tyres)
.
X
Press the
æ
or
ç
button to select the
desired setting.
The following settings can be selected:
R
Off
Controls
* optional
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