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22K views 28 replies 11 participants last post by  yobro 24  
Indeed the adaptive suspension is controlled by the ride modes. So there are 3 settings:
  1. Firm suspension which will be activated by sport or sport plus mode. Sport plus is called sport boost in the i4.
  2. More comfortable suspension which will be activated by eco pro or comfort mode.
  3. An adaptive damper setting where the car will continuously choose between firm or more comfortable suspension depending on the circumstances of your ride, activated by the adaptive mode.
And if you will there is a fourth setting which is the manual override than can be set in eco pro individual or sport individual. Here you can manually choose between either sporty or comfy suspension.

The comfy setting can be compared to the setup of i4's with the standard suspension.
None of these settings have anything to do with ride height. That is preset in your configuration, once your order is taken into production it can not be changed.
I don't believe this is correct. There are two options with Adaptive suspension, Comfort or Sport. The suspension continuously adapts in both settings depending on the road conditions and your driving style. You can't switch this off. If you select Comfort, the algorithm continuously adjusts between, say, Soft and Medium and if you select sport, it will adjust between Medium and Firm. I don't actually no how much overlap there is between the Mediums but you get the idea.
This is how Porsche operate their PASM suspension system which is fantastic.