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Originally Posted by Chris Pringle
I know what you mean on the awkward cruise control mechanism and the stalk location. Even though I haven't used the BMW's yet, our Germany-made Passat has the c.c. stalk located in the same location. I have indeed confused it a few times with the turn signals stalk. I remember it also took me a while to get used to the way it works as it wasn't too intuitive. I guess this must be a German thing.
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Quite possibly. Mercedes and Toyota/Lexus use a stalk too, I believe. What might be tricky for you is that VW uses the stalk differently. If you have a separate Cruise Control stalk:
end button: set speed (VW), turn on / resume (BMW)
up (clockwise): speed up (VW), turn off (BMW)
down (widdershins): speed down (VW), turn off (BMW)
pull light: turn on (VW), speed down -1 (BMW)
pull hard: resume (VW), speed down -5 / brake[*] (BMW)
push light: cancel (VW), speed up +1 (BMW)
push hard: turn off (VW), speed up +5 (BMW)
So out of a total of 7 functions,
all are different.
Personally, I much prefer to have the functions on the steering wheel where you can see them.
[*]: Yes, the BMW will actually brake, which can be confusing the first few times you experience he car braking on its own.