[Seagull]

Just wondering, can the Adaptive M Suspension save your rims against potholes? Since I live in the city, I sometimes drive on some bad roads, or road which have ambush construction going on so I get caught hitting pot holes.

Potentially, could Adaptive M Suspension's dampenning allow more absorption or spreading out the force of the hit over more time, thus saving your wheels? Say on comfort mode? I'm thinking about 19's but TO's either not so great or predictable for road conditions.

[MaestroAl]

I can't imagine it'll save you front denting alloys in pot holes. After all, it's the horizontal motion that is the "impact" and even a completely undamped spring wouldn't be enough to save you. But still, you'd have to hit a pot hole pretty damn hard to get right through the tyres to dent a rim.

And there's always the wife who's gonna park it into a curb anyway

[Seagull]

Originally Posted by MaestroAl

And there's always the wife who's gonna park it into a curb anyway

LOL

[Cyberdemon]

No. The damper isn't going to make any difference smacking your wheel into a pot hole.

[raleedy]

Adaptive suspension will help. First, it is more compliant than the sport suspension. Second, even if you have it snugged up in Sport or Sport+, it will respond to the front wheels hitting the pothole and adapt for the rear wheels. The US market, where we ahve third-world roads, is the primary reason BMW has gone this route for US market cars. They're tired of owner complaints about bent suspension components, bent or broken rims, and damaged tires. These things don't happen, of course, in Old Europe, where taxes are collected and spent on maintaining roads.

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by raleedy

The US market, where we ahve third-world roads, is the primary reason BMW has gone this route for US market cars. They're tired of owner complaints about bent suspension components, bent or broken rims, and damaged tires. These things don't happen, of course, in Old Europe, where taxes are collected and spent on maintaining roads.

BMW had to back down in the UK, as there were so many cracked 19" rims, on E9x models, that users got a feature on our national 'Watchdog' consumer program. Many owners then qualified for 'free' with a fight, replacement rims, but BMW still tried to hide the problem to many users. BMW blamed drivers and/or UK roads.

HighlandPete

[PF64]

i burst a tire and wrecked a 19" rim in one hit on a london pot hole.

[LongGone]

Originally Posted by raleedy

Adaptive suspension will help. First, it is more compliant than the sport suspension. Second, even if you have it snugged up in Sport or Sport+, it will respond to the front wheels hitting the pothole and adapt for the rear wheels. The US market, where we ahve third-world roads, is the primary reason BMW has gone this route for US market cars. They're tired of owner complaints about bent suspension components, bent or broken rims, and damaged tires. These things don't happen, of course, in Old Europe, where taxes are collected and spent on maintaining roads.

Careful,...with the political season heating up, its starting to sound like your going in this direction. You are fortunate enough to be living in the United States of America, and fortunate enough to have a BMW. Makes you, and all of us in the same boat extremely fortunate. I enjoy traveling to Europe and have many European friends, but in no way do I want their taxes or politics. If we had their taxes (and then slightly better roads maybe ?), many of us would be on Ford, or Chevy forums.