I actually had an old Mercedes that did that ironically, or should I say my wife had one. I wish I could remember what that sucker was, leaked, smoked, ran shitty, one of the worst cars I’ve ever had sit in my drive way! I want to say it was an Exxx something but for the life of me I can’t remember, I’ll have to ask her if she does.

Don’t remember it having air suspension but it did “lock” the shocks to keep it from leaning. I only remember it because it would stiffen up if you opened both doors on one side at the same time.


Speaking of car sick, I wonder what the horizon view is on those new “lane centering” Nissans and how many times they twitch the wheel to keep the car centered in the lane?? Wonder if they have a tendency to make people sicker/sicker? dunno?

It is very confusing to talk about suspension options going back to E70s. The BMW suspension options have changed names or the same option called different names by enthusiasts. How they work has also changed. Currently, Adaptive drive has two suspension components. They are now called Dynamic drive and Dynamic damping. Adaptive drive also includes adaptive steering. For most of the history they were separate options depending on the BMW model and year so you could order the options individually.

If an E53 could be retrofitted to the current Adaptive drive it wouldn't pass my value equation of cost verses benefits compared to conventional suspension upgrades.

I completely agree with that.

Unique idea for sure but for the cost and engineering required... just give me a good set of coil overs and I’m good to go.

I think if I ever have dynamic suspension, it will be on something new and will have been bought that way [emoji106]