I have adaptive drive in my 07 and i love it. I just ordered a 50 last week and the dealer was questioning me why spend the $3500 if I don't tow or carry 4 football players all the time. Needless to say he had me questioning if I should get it. They had a adaptive drive and a std sport without the adaptive drive and drove them back to back. I drove the same route and tied to keep the same speed. There is a huge difference between the two. The adaptive drive allowed me to hit the off ramp about 15mph faster and the car felt much more planted compared to the non-adaptive drive car. Needless to say I paid the $3500 more.

BMW found something similar when they replaced the Telescopic fork suspension on motorcycles with their Telelever system. They could design-out all of the front dive of a motorcycle when braking; however, they found when they did that it unnerved the riders, as they depended on the "dive" to provide braking intensity feedback. So they dialed a bit of front-end dive back into the system before going commercial.

Hitting the off ramp at ridiculous speeds in a 6,000 lb SUV is key :thumbup:.

fixed that for ya. ;)

I had my dad in his minivan following me on an on-ramp the other day... I don't have a ton of power but the agility on this thing... it was bye-bye minivan going around that 270-degree turn.

Gotta remember to watch it in the rain though.