2018 E300 - Selective Damping
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Not as standard, selective damping is only available with the options Airmatic or ADS
Changing the dynamic drive mode will do nothing to the chassis on a vehicle not equipped with the above mentioned systems.
Changing the dynamic drive mode will do nothing to the chassis on a vehicle not equipped with the above mentioned systems.
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anyone with a 2018 can confirm?
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2018 E300 Luxury - P3 and more
My understanding is that ALL of them have something called 'Selective Damping'. Even the MBUSA site shows this (take a look at the Luxury package description). BUT it's not what we're thinking. All of their suspensions have what THEY call selective damping, which is how the suspension reacts to various imperfections in the road surface. On the non-Airmatic cars, the selective damping uses a series of valves in the struts to have the car react appropriately to small bumps vs. big bumps. You don't want the suspension come close to bottoming out for every single bump. This also means less body roll.
If you have Airmatic, this all happens with the electronics and airbags.
If you have Airmatic, this all happens with the electronics and airbags.
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My understanding is that ALL of them have something called 'Selective Damping'. Even the MBUSA site shows this (take a look at the Luxury package description). BUT it's not what we're thinking. All of their suspensions have what THEY call selective damping, which is how the suspension reacts to various imperfections in the road surface. On the non-Airmatic cars, the selective damping uses a series of valves in the struts to have the car react appropriately to small bumps vs. big bumps. You don't want the suspension come close to bottoming out for every single bump. This also means less body roll.
If you have Airmatic, this all happens with the electronics and airbags.
If you have Airmatic, this all happens with the electronics and airbags.
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