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Originally Posted by rh71
I have adaptive drive and 20s with spacers so it's pretty wide... yesterday on a road trip there was a winding road and the SUV ahead of me had to brake while I didn't, BUT I still felt body roll (not just G-forces but tilt - hey at least the sport-seat bolsters helped). Now mind you the SPORT button was off, but I believe adaptive drive is supposed to be always-on. I'm reading that it is merely for comfort if it's off (because my kids were sleeping and it was sort of bumpy)... not really sure if it helped that factor either. I'm just still really confused what the SPORT button really does even after 2.5 years owning it. Out of habit I always turn it off on bumpy roads but I cannot say there's an absolute difference... then there's this adaptive drive question.
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Interesting story.
In 1990 the Infiniti Q45 had an Adaptive Suspension option (I had one). Twenty years ago...... so much for cutting edge BMW technology
But there was an article on programming the car and subsequent track testing, in which the engineers had set the computer to keep the car 'flat' no matter what.... the feedback from drivers was that it was very dangerous since the car gave no feedback as to how 'extreme' the corner was, and would stay flat right up until the tires broke free...
So adaptive drive MUST allow some roll as a physical cue to the driver... this is how it is programmed.
Kinda OT, but interesting to think about
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