why is Adaptive Drive so rare?

[Alan Smithee]

Originally Posted by Jim E.

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.

As I said before ad nauseum, this was not the case when I ordered my 2011 X5d.

ZAP included 2VA at the time. This was true on both the dealer order guide and on the "Build Your Own" on BMWUSA.com. Selecting SA225 ('sport suspension delete') on both the dealer order guide and BMWUSA.com website deleted 2VA (Adaptive Drive).

I am well aware of the order guide, package codes, option codes, etc. I went through them all prior to ordering my vehicle in an attempt to push some options through that were not officially available. I understand the semantics of the suspension options available here and abroad. No need to educate me, thanks.

Tired of repeating myself. Believe what I am telling you or not; it really makes no difference to me. Moving on...

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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee

ZAP included 2VA at the time. This was true on both the dealer order guide and on the "Build Your Own" on BMWUSA.com. Selecting SA225 ('sport suspension delete') on both the dealer order guide and BMWUSA.com website deleted 2VA (Adaptive Drive).

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False. Someone else other than you or I can comment- since you've 'moved on'

In 2010 the ZAP package dropped 2VA. 2VA was, in 2010 and 2011, only a 'stand alone' option...the 'sport delete' was unrelated to 2VA. You wish to believeotherwise, fine.

People Outside the US market who ordered ZAP got the sport suspension. In the US market you got 225, no choice.

There is an erroneous fairytale that the 'sport delete' is how bmw removed the AD from the sport package- this is simply wrong. We know- FOR A FACT- that the 'sport suspension' is (i think) SA226...and that BMW excluded this from the US market with the "sport delete" option.

Credit to AZMpower32:
http://www.xoutpost.com/791539-post8.html

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