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12nBre a k-in p ro c e d u re s
To e ns ure th a t yo ur ve hic le p ro vid e s
m a xim um e c onom y th ro ughout a lo ng
s e rvic e life , w e re q ue s t th a t yo u c om p ly
with th e fo llowing re c om m e nd a tio ns .
Tire s
The b ra ke la m p s d o n ot c om e o n
whe n th e p a rkin g b ra ke is a p p lie d .
Va c uum fo r th e b ra ke s ys te m s e rvo unit
on yo ur B MW is a va ila b le o nly w he n th e
e ngine is ru nning. Wh e n yo u m ove th e
ve hic le w ith th e e ngine s hut o ff – w he n
to wing, fo r e xa m p le – s ub s ta ntia lly
highe r le ve ls o f p e d a l fo rc e w ill b e
re q uire d to b ra ke th e ve hic le .<
Du e to te c hnic a l fa c to rs a s s oc ia te d
with th e ir m a nufa c tu re , tire s d o n ot
a c hie ve th e ir fu ll tra c tio n p ote ntia l u ntil
a n in itia l b re a k- in p e rio d h a s e la p s e d .
Thus , d rive w ith e xtra c a re d uring th e
initia l 2 00 m ile s (3 00 km ).
En g in e a n d d iffe re n tia l
Up to 1 ,2 00 m ile s (2 ,0 00 km ):
Drive a t va ryin g e ngine a nd ro a d
s p e e d s , b ut d o n ot e xc e e d 4 ,5 00 rp m
or 1 00 m p h (1 60 km /h) d uring th is tim e .
Ob e y yo ur lo c a l a nd s ta te m a xim um
s p e e d lim its .
Ob e y yo ur lo c a l a nd s ta te m a xim um
s p e e d lim its .
Wh e n th e ve hic le is o p e ra te d o n
we t o r s lus hy ro a d s , a w e d ge o f
wa te r m a y fo rm b e tw e e n th e tire a nd
th e ro a d s urfa c e . Th is p he nom e non is
re fe rre d to a s a q ua p la ning, o r h yd ro -
p la ning, a nd c a n le a d to p a rtia l o r c om -
p le te lo s s o f tra c tio n, ve hic le c ontro l
a nd b ra kin g e ffe c tive ne s s . R e d uc e yo ur
s p e e d o n w e t ro a d s .<
Re fra in fro m us ing full thro ttle a nd a vo id
p re s s ing th e a c c e le ra to r b e yo nd th e
"kic kd own" p oint.
Afte r yo u h a ve d rive n 1 ,2 00 m ile s
(2
,0 00 km ), yo u c a n g ra d ua lly in c re a s e
th e e ngine a nd ro a d s p e e d .
You s hould a ls o c om p ly w ith th e s e
b re a k- in p ro c e d ure s if th e e ngine o r
d iffe re ntia l is re p la c e d a t a la te r p oint.
Bra ke s ys te m
Bra ke p a d s a nd ro to rs d o n ot a c hie ve
th e ir o p tim um w e a r a nd s urfa c e -c on-
ta c t p a tte rn s u ntil yo u h a ve d rive n
a p p ro x. 3 00 m ile s (5 00 km ).
To b re a k in th e s e p a ra te p a rkin g b ra ke
d ru m s , a p p ly th e p a rkin g b ra ke lig htly
whe n c oa s tin g to a s ta nd s till (a t a tra ffic
s igna l, fo r in s ta nc e ), p ro vid e d th a t tra f-
fic c ond itio ns a llow yo u to d o s o.
To a vo id c orro s ion, re p e a t th is p ro c e -
d ure fro m tim e to tim e .
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