rmemory

I was in traffic this morning and using the hold function a lot. While at a standstill, I noticed the hood of the car clearly being lowered. No messages were seen in the display.

A few minutes later, while again stopped with the hold function, the car raised itself back to what I believe was the original height.

Any idea why this happened? I have the off road package, but was in comfort mode the whole time.

sraza

i notice the same thing-- airmatic is adaptive regardless of comfort or sport- in sport it lowers and stays low and adjusts accordingly- in comfort it adapts and adjusts more- lowers when going faster and higher when not- the hold and stop height seem to be lower for easier exit/entry into the car- and height raises when driving on city roads (not freeway)
my 2cents on how this works..

2-550's

sraza has it right.

blittle

.....plus, it is constantly "balancing the load" based on the degree of "level" on the road and the effect of braking ( pushing the nose forward ). My previous GL's all did this as well.

rmemory

Interesting. I understand these explanations, but it just surprised me that the height adjustments were occuring while the car was at rest, essentially in a vacuum relative to performance and road conditions.

Thanks for the responses.

sraza

its a constant process its like -air-auto-matic-
1st gen GL as well..
range rovers do the same thing too.. all the time