I have ordered a SE on steel springs and standard 20 inch wheels, and I am wondering whether to update my order to air suspension.
Apart from cost, my main reason for avoiding air suspension is that I have had problems with M-B's airmatic suspension on two different cars and thought that this was a complexity I could do without as, in my non-engineering view, EV's ditch a number of other complexities of ICE's.
My car will be used mainly in Edinburgh city (where the roads are terrible) and on motorways or A roads. It will not be getting hustled along on minor roads.
The I-Pace replaces a BMW 640d Grand Coupe which has an uncomfortably firm ride on MSport suspension and 20 inch wheels.
Has anyone done a back-to-back of air v. steel on the same size wheels? What did you think?
Has anyone got a steel sprung I-Pace on 20 inch wheels and is unhappy with the ride?
Do you need both air suspension and dynamic dampers to control the ride quality?
I should confess to having test driven neither.
Regards
Andrew
Apart from cost, my main reason for avoiding air suspension is that I have had problems with M-B's airmatic suspension on two different cars and thought that this was a complexity I could do without as, in my non-engineering view, EV's ditch a number of other complexities of ICE's.
My car will be used mainly in Edinburgh city (where the roads are terrible) and on motorways or A roads. It will not be getting hustled along on minor roads.
The I-Pace replaces a BMW 640d Grand Coupe which has an uncomfortably firm ride on MSport suspension and 20 inch wheels.
Has anyone done a back-to-back of air v. steel on the same size wheels? What did you think?
Has anyone got a steel sprung I-Pace on 20 inch wheels and is unhappy with the ride?
Do you need both air suspension and dynamic dampers to control the ride quality?
I should confess to having test driven neither.
Regards
Andrew