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Originally Posted by 18d
I read that you should always use cruise control when safe to do so because it improves economy, especially on motorways when you're maintaining a constant speed. But clearly I was wrong after googling this! Thanks for bringing this up guys... Being a real tight arse I'm off to tape up the cruise control now just in case I accidentally activate it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...nsumption.html |
Fuel consumption might be worse with the BMW "Dynamic" cruise which brakes the car when going to fast downhill. Might have been a good idea to make that feature of the cruise control configurable in iDrive.
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