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<blockquote data-quote="Zul" data-source="post: 402569" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>Quote:</p><p>Originally Posted by <strong>Schwepps</strong> <a href="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?p=494208#post494208" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/cb/buttons/viewpost.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p><em>Haaihh! I said: "It means that on a downhill gradient, <strong>if the engine braking isn't enough</strong> to hold the selected speed, <strong>the brakes</strong> will be applied automatically <strong>without intervention from the driver</strong>."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>And then Zul talks about the driver reducing speed with the cruise control stalk, and you talk about cutting the throttle. <strong>Critical reading lesson: focus on the words in bold please!</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em>The cruise control in most cars only operates the throttle, including in the 4-cyl E90s if they have the cruise control option. Integrated braking is only found in newer and lux cars.</em></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I can also read clearly, thanks for the reminder. May be time to get a reading glass then. Just sharing my experience with my active autocruise on my E60 530i. As I drove at about 160 km/h (my normal cruising speed on the highway) if I want to slow down fast because of slow car infront I just pull the stalk fully few time till the HUD show the speed to about 80-90 km/h. That time I can feel the car braking fast within few seconds. I don't think the engine slowing down can bring the speed down that fast. My EK4 Honda Civic many2 yrs ago with autocruise take a long time to slow down with the engine slowing down and I have to just press the brake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zul, post: 402569, member: 173"] Quote: Originally Posted by [B]Schwepps[/B] [URL="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?p=494208#post494208"][IMG]http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/cb/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG][/URL] [I]Haaihh! I said: "It means that on a downhill gradient, [B]if the engine braking isn't enough[/B] to hold the selected speed, [B]the brakes[/B] will be applied automatically [B]without intervention from the driver[/B]." And then Zul talks about the driver reducing speed with the cruise control stalk, and you talk about cutting the throttle. [B]Critical reading lesson: focus on the words in bold please! [/B] The cruise control in most cars only operates the throttle, including in the 4-cyl E90s if they have the cruise control option. Integrated braking is only found in newer and lux cars.[/I] I can also read clearly, thanks for the reminder. May be time to get a reading glass then. Just sharing my experience with my active autocruise on my E60 530i. As I drove at about 160 km/h (my normal cruising speed on the highway) if I want to slow down fast because of slow car infront I just pull the stalk fully few time till the HUD show the speed to about 80-90 km/h. That time I can feel the car braking fast within few seconds. I don't think the engine slowing down can bring the speed down that fast. My EK4 Honda Civic many2 yrs ago with autocruise take a long time to slow down with the engine slowing down and I have to just press the brake. [/QUOTE]
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