[QQQ1970]

In the product brochure there is a chrome marker on the periphery of the speedo to mark the cruising speed. Do your car have it?

[Ponchoyu]

yes.....

[agarbati]

So the chrome marker appears after you set the cruise speed? I'm still breaking in so haven't done the cruise yet.

[LEDZEP]

It's not actually chrome. It's like an LCD image of a pointer, small and subtle on the outside ring of the speedometer.

[CC 330i]

Originally Posted by LEDZEP

It's not actually chrome. It's like an LCD image of a pointer, small and subtle on the outside ring of the speedometer.

Actually, I don't think it is an LCD image. I think it is a "needle" that is visible. It is just behind the speedo and there is a ring around the speedo so that you can see the needle....

[silverado]

Originally Posted by agarbati

So the chrome marker appears after you set the cruise speed? I'm still breaking in so haven't done the cruise yet.

You can certainly set the cruise control to try it out during your break-in period. The warning in the manual about not using it pertains to using it on a trip for some extended time, since they want you to vary engine speed and cruise control would do very little of that.

Bottom line, you can certainly use cruise control for a minute or two to try it out and it won't be any worse than you driving down the highway.

[LEDZEP]

Originally Posted by CC 330i

Actually, I don't think it is an LCD image. I think it is a "needle" that is visible. It is just behind the speedo and there is a ring around the speedo so that you can see the needle....

CC - you may be right. If so, I stand humbly corrected. You must forgive me, since I've been without my car for 25 frigging days!!! Ahem.. but I digress. I was going from distant (but fond) memories.

[QQQ1970]

Can someone post a pic of the marker in action? Many thanx.

[hemi to e90]

im curious bout this so

so we need

[ramm]

Check it out right here. Second photo in the thread.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ghlight=cruise

When you engage cruise control, this little indicator comes up around the dial, all the way from "0" to your current set speed. The digital display between the two gauges also displays the set speed for a few seconds.

It's cool as all getout...

[rebelfocus]

I was looking forward to checking out the cruise control set speed indicator on the speedo when I tried cruise for the first time on my 320d a few days ago. I was very surprised to find out that this indicator is not present on the 320d at all.

I am guessing that this is only present on cars with DSC II. Could someone confirm this?

What a shame that this is missing from the 320d which is the #1 seller in this part of the world (and not cheap). If it is only on DSC II cars then this would mean the 320d, 320i, 318d, 318i don't have this feature.

[Tierfreund]

Originally Posted by tonyobrien

I was looking forward to checking out the cruise control set speed indicator on the speedo when I tried cruise for the first time on my 320d a few days ago. I was very surprised to find out that this indicator is not present on the 320d at all.

I am guessing that this is only present on cars with DSC II. Could someone confirm this?

Has nothing to do with DSC. It´s only on 6cylinder cars. The 6cylinder cars get a (slighlty) different instrument cluster as well as a different cruise control (that also uses the brakes when you tell it to slow down via the column stalk)

So all US E90 have the indicator ring and all Euro cars with 6 cylinders.

Btw. AFAIK all E90 have DSCII. Your´s too.

[RD Sport]

Those rings are nice! My car is 330i but doesn't have cruise control so I don't get those rings :mad:

[rebelfocus]

So all E90s have DSC II?

As far as I know the 320d doesn't have

- auto-drying brakes
- hill start assistant
- soft stop
- cruise with automatic braking downhill
- automatic fade compensation
- brake standyby function

Without these supplementary features is it still called DSC II in BMW-speak. And if so, how does one differentiate between DSC in the 4 and 6 models in Europe?

[E90Fleet]

4 Cylinder E90 have DSCMk60E
6 Cylinder E90 have DSCMk60E5
Both made by Continental Teves

The E60 M5 also has a development of the DSCMk60E5
While "normal" E60 5 Series have the Bosch DSC8 and later DSC8+

EDIT: Their non-technical names are DSC and DSC+

DSC+ has all the extra features like brake drying and is not on 4 cylinder cars

[JamieA]

Originally Posted by tonyobrien

So all E90s have DSC II?

As far as I know the 320d doesn't have

- auto-drying brakes
- hill start assistant
- soft stop
- cruise with automatic braking downhill
- automatic fade compensation
- brake standyby function

Without these supplementary features is it still called DSC II in BMW-speak. And if so, how does one differentiate between DSC in the 4 and 6 models in Europe?

It isn't DSC II, but DSC 8.0. The 6 cylinder models have "DSC 8.0 Plus" the "Plus" is the extra bits you are talking about.

However cruise with braking function isn't a DSC option, but the 2nd of 3 cruise control options offered on the E90. Standard Cruise on the 4cyl models, cruise with braking standard on the 6cyl models, and for the 6cyl models optional active cruise control using a radar sensor to maintain a set distance from a car in front, should you come upon a vehicle travelling slower than the cruise control speed which is set.

[JamieA]

Here is a pic of Active Cruise Control working.

Notice the speedo needle is way below the set speed on the outer ring, this is because I was behind a car which was travelling slower at the time.

Notice also the car pic in the centre display, indicating that a car has been detected by the sensor, and the 3 bars indicating the selected distance behind the vehicle that I have chosen.

If the car in front comes too close and the cruise control calculates it needs more than 1/3 of the braking capacity of the vehicle, the car icon in the centre display goes red and flashes and an alert sounds indicating that the driver needs to take manual control of the vehicle.

After 3 long interstate trips with this, it would be very difficult to go back to the normal cruise control.

[0700700]

Originally Posted by JamieA

Here is a pic of Active Cruise Control working.

Notice the speedo needle is way below the set speed on the outer ring, this is because I was behind a car which was travelling slower at the time.

Notice also the car pic in the centre display, indicating that a car has been detected by the sensor, and the 3 bars indicating the selected distance behind the vehicle that I have chosen.

If the car in front comes too close and the cruise control calculates it needs more than 1/3 of the braking capacity of the vehicle, the car icon in the centre display goes red and flashes and an alert sounds indicating that the driver needs to take manual control of the vehicle.

After 3 long interstate trips with this, it would be very difficult to go back to the normal cruise control.

what was your instant consumption when you took the pic? the average is 7.8l/100km or did you just restart it ?

[JamieA]

Originally Posted by 0700700

what was your instant consumption when you took the pic? the average is 7.8l/100km or did you just restart it ?

No, I had been driving for nearly 550km at that time through 46 deg C heat with the aircon at full tilt. I was very impressed with the overall economy. This was a return trip, on the way up I got about 8.8l/100k.

At the speed indicated, instant economy would have been hovering around 6-7 l/100k.

I had reset it at the start of the trip and was travelling at an average speed of about 100-110km/h. You will see the tank is only 1/4 full, it was full at the time I started the trip and the fuel economy was reset.

I did the same trip a week later and averaged 7.5 l/100k. I think the engine is beoming more efficient as it loosens up a little.

[0700700]

Originally Posted by JamieA

No, I had been driving for nearly 550km at that time through 46 deg C heat with the aircon at full tilt. I was very impressed with the overall economy. This was a return trip, on the way up I got about 8.8l/100k.

At the speed indicated, instant economy would have been hovering around 6-7 l/100k.

I had reset it at the start of the trip and was travelling at an average speed of about 100-110km/h. You will see the tank is only 1/4 full, it was full at the time I started the trip and the fuel economy was reset.

I did the same trip a week later and averaged 7.5 l/100k. I think the engine is beoming more efficient as it loosens up a little.

wow , reall good mate. the best i had from the e46 m3 was 6.8l/100km but that was driving at a constant 120km/h..

and the 745li.. well 12.1

[JamieA]

Yeah. According to the BMW tech specs, it is meant to get about 6.2l/100k on the freeway, but that is at a constant 100km/h I think and with no overtaking --- yeah, like I drive that slow and never overtake anyone

So I don't think I will ever achieve that...

[3whtbmw06]

ok i have a question about the cruise control. I have the 325i which i guess would be the 318i? anyways i have nav and all that good stuff. When i use cruise control the picture of the road and car doesnt show up? i noticed a button on my cruise control nob that i pushed several times, but nothing happened. can someone help me out, cause I know the car is supposed to sense the car in fron of it or something, and slow down when it gets too close