BMW M6 Convertible 2008 - Manual (Page 66)

Driving
64
Selecting driving program with button
in center console
Press the button repeatedly until the desired
driving program is displayed in the instrument
cluster, refer to page.
63
Selecting driving program via button
on steering wheel
You can also activate your preferred driving pro-
gram with the button on the steering wheel,
refer to MDrive on page
53 .
With the ignition switched on you can change
the settings of MDrive on the Control Display.
iDrive, for operating principle refer to page
16 .
1. Open the start menu.
2. Press the controller to open the menu.
3. Select "MDrive" and press the controller.
4. Select "SMG Drivelogic" and press the con-
troller. The first setting is selected.
5. Turn the controller to set Drive mode or
Sequential mode.
"Unchanged" retains the current settings
made outside of MDrive.
6. Press the controller to select driving pro-
grams.
7. Turn the controller to set the driving pro-
gram.
8. Press the controller.
Shift lights
To achieve the best vehicle acceleration with
a sporty driving style in the Sequential mode,
shift lights in the Head-Up Display
* indicate the
optimum shifting point briefly before reaching
the maximum rpm.
1. Switch on Head-Up Display, refer to Head-
Up Display on page
93 .
2. Select display "M View" on Head-Up Dis-
play, refer to Selecting displays on page
93 .
The current engine speed is highlighted on
the tachometer.
3. When approaching the maximum rpm, yel-
low illuminated fields
1 of the tachometer
consecutively indicate the approaching
upshift point.
4. Shift at the latest when the red indicator
field
2 lights up.
When the permissible maximum rpm is
reached, the entire tachometer begins to flash.
When the maximum rpm is exceeded, the fuel
supply is cut off to protect the engine. Always
avoid engine speeds in this range.
M Engine Dynamic Control
With M Engine Dynamic Control you can influ-
ence how sporty the reaction of your vehicle to
accelerator pedal movements is to be. Three
programs are available for engine control.
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