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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee
"Flat out wrong"? Hardly. The context of this thread is used E70s in the US market. Two suspensions have been offered - (1) Adaptive Drive, and (2) 'normal', which was also identified as 'sport suspension delete' when selected with the 'sport activity package' in lieu of standard Adaptive Drive in 2011. So, yes, 'sport suspension delete' does delete Adaptive Drive.
The semantics on why the 'normal' suspension is called 'sport suspension delete' in reference to the BMW ERP may be interesting to some, but largely irrelevant since there were no other suspension configurations available in the US.
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Why is this thread so contentious when the OP asked a simple question. Adaptive drive is rare because it costs so damn much.
Alan, I'm sorry but I have to disagree with your statement that SA 225 deletes AD. Let me explain - and I don't mean this to create any additional tension but rather just informative.
I'll use a 2011 X5d as an example since this is when they had the sport suspension delete in place.
If you ordered a bone stock 2011 X5d you would get the following:
Front shocks: 31326781918 with a 27mm front sway bar and spring part number 31 33 6 778 114
Rear shocks: 33526781921/2 with a 21mm rear sway bar and spring part number 33 53 6 779 861. Note, this assumes no self leveling suspension and also note that spring part numbers usually change by one digit at a time depending on options.
If your SA checked off option ZAP (Sport Activity Package) BMW NA forced out what the rest of the world got which is the sport suspension option SA226. This is SA225 known as Sport Suspension Delete.
SA226 would have gotten you different shocks, springs and a 23mm rear sway bar. It appears the front sway bar stayed the same.
Adaptive drive, option 2VA was a standalone option and is the only way at that time to get a "sportier" suspension. I do not know wwhether or not you could have ordered SA226 as a special order.
On the 35i Sport Activity there was no ZAP option package but SA225 was part of the "standard" equipment list and ZMP M Sport Package added 2VA automatically. On the 50i either ZAP or ZMP were available which did the same as outlined above for each one of those options and additionally 2VA was available as a standalone option too.
See the attached order sheets that my dealer gave me back then for reference. Don't ask me why I saved them.
HTH