06E55BEAST

Does leaving the car in sport mode 1 or 2 overnight or extended periods of time cause any compression leaks or pressure on the airmatic struts?

Sir-Boost-a-Lot

iTrader: (1)

No problems. Mine has been in sport 2 since the day I got it.

shardul

iTrader: (1)

no problem whatsoever
mine has been in sport 2 for last 7 years

berti_00

I have never taken it off sport 2 ever since ive owned it... Only when I raise it to let my wife drive it and me being in it too

02C32guy

Must be nice to live in an area without potholes...

ilko

Same here.

Doesn't the Sport mode stiffen the shocks? I don't think it is air-spring related.

SL55_Forever

Is it the same for ABC sport I wonder...?

55fanatic

I live in Boston... We produce potholes by the hour... My car lives in sport 2 unless I go to comfort and raise the car for a steep incline. Should have no worries leaving it over night

Sugar_Mouth

I use sport one no issues. From what I understand sport one and two both lower the vehicle the same amount but sport two increases shock firmness a bit over sport one.

RikTT

Auto lowering is 10mm for S1 & 15mm for S2

Max.H

My car is lowered with STAR. But,the streets can be bad, I leave my car in raised mode. It lives in raised mode for past 2 years +

Elhonaz

S1 and S2 both are lower than comfort -> less air in the strutt makes it stiffer. It however does stiffen the shoks also, electrically through the dampening unit that is located on the strutt it self


http://bayhas.com/mercedes/w211/contents/sas/sas.htm

BagMan

I believe Sport I also adjusts itself. If the road is too bumpy, the suspension will soften up. If you go hard into a turn, it will stiffen up.

Sport II stays firm no matter what.
Comfort stays soft no matter what, but lowers at freeway speed.

agregory23

I have noticed when I get out of the car and lock it, the air releases out the front and you can see it lower itself. I haven't checked to see that it does that on all settings but I am pretty sure it does. What that tells me is it doesn't matter where you leave it, the car is going to lower itself when its parked.