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Originally Posted by CajunBMW
I agree with the many comments above. The only time I found eco was useful was when I was teaching my teen to drive. I called it nanny mode and made her drive in eco mode in the city and other places to get her used to looking and paying attention. She liked to drive my 340 and the first time she punched it and I flew back in the seat and at WOT the mppsk fired up, I realized we needed to do something, so nanny mode until she got the hang of it. I even try to keep her using eco mode when she drives our X1.
As a scientist I tried many experiments with eco mode and although I could save gas it was a lot of work, well beyond my patience long term.
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As a data analyst, I messed around with Eco and came to a similar conclusion.
Also, not a fan of AC kicking out at stoplights.
The only cool part of eco was coasting in neutral like I would with a manual downhill on the highway.