Hey guys - new to the forum but really appreciate all the great info!
Quick question - I'm looking at purchasing a 2012 "demonstrator" from a Land Rover dealer in the US (North Carolina). The dealer is confident that the car does NOT have the Adaptive Dynamics option (and the window sticker backs that up), but the terrain response indicator has all 5 icons (including the Dynamic option - see pics) and when driving, the Dynamic mode is selectable (the gauges turn red and the "Dynamic" mode is indicated in the dash). I have understood that the Dynamic mode only exists when the Adaptive Dynamics option is included, so I am now pretty confused... can anyone shed some light? I'm of course hoping the dealer is just wrong and the car in fact has AD...
Well, it sure looks (and acts) like my car with MagneRide (but mine is a 2013). Get me the VIN and I'll tell you. (It must be on their site). But it sounds like it must.
BTW, is it possible he may just be reading sticker wrong? It may not say "Adaptive Dynamics", it may just say "Magnetic Damping System."
This is part of what I got from running the VIN. Red Coup? Beautiful car. Anyway as you can see it has Magnetic Damping according to the LR page. You can go here to sign up and check for yourself: http://topix.landrover.jlrext.com/topix/vehicle/lookupForm If you run your VIN in google you'll see all the ads for it.
I picked up a dynamic and thought this suspension is BS but after really driving it the past few days, it was definitely a great option. Good luck with your car. Love the color and look.
Magnetic suspension is poorly understood and poorly explained. GM + AC/Delco designed the system which -- pretty sure -- first appeared on a Cadillac. Then some Corvettes got it. The street manners of Corvette with Mag suspension -- tested at Nurburgring -- were revolutionary. Do a search and you'll see all the testing. But by putting it on a Corvette, GM engineers faced a "racer-boy" backlash from unsophisticated drivers who demanded a stiffer feel on a car with an expensive suspension option. So, they put in a "sport button" that actually defeated the purpose of the Mag suspension. So "weird" did this suspension option appear to Corvette buyers that in So. California, when I went shopping for a C6, no dealer stocked Mag suspension cars -- and was told if I wanted one, I would have to pay for the car up front as they would never be able to sell it. I had to fly to San Francisco where dealers had plenty of Mag suspension cars.
At the time I had a horrendously bad back (now fused) and the difference between "sport" mode and non was real obvious, despite the complaints on Corvette forums that there was no difference. But the biggest truth for me was... near where I live there is an up hill grade that banks left just as it banks down. If you hit it just right, both rear wheels go airborne. Have seen at least two cars on their roofs at that spot. With the C6 in "sport" mode I could loft the rear wheels at that spot at will. Impossible to do with Mag suspension in "normal" mode. Just FWIW. (BTW, now Mag suspension is a popular option since Ferarri started using it.)
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