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      02-02-2015, 04:12 PM   #25
MattBianco
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MattBianco,

What's the right process to coast the car? I thought, in the good conditions, the car is able to "automatically" coast itself under the Active Cruise Control.
ACC maintains speed, so if you are on a downhill, it will brake. I tap my brakes on top of the hill while on EcoPro and ACC. Cruise deactivates, and EcoPro allows coasting. When my speed is gradually reduced to about my prior cruise setting, I reengage cruise.
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