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Originally Posted by dting22
I know the manual says that MRC is in "Touring" dampening when in both Touring and Snow/Ice driving mode. However, I have noticed that when I'm going over rough tarmac, as we get here in New England, I get a slightly smoother ride when I switch to Snow/Ice mode than Touring. If I switch to Sport or Track, I can feel the fillings in my teeth coming loose when driving over that same section of road at the same speeds.
Now, is it my imagination, or does MRC in Snow/Ice actually soften the suspension (decrease the dampening) more than in Touring? Or perhaps I'm just imagining things because the Snow/Ice mode is attenuating the throttle enough that I don't feel the road bumps?
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I have lived in New England my whole life and driven roads through every one of the six states plenty of times. Seldom have I come across roads that are genuinely "nice" to drive on in terms of the overall smoothness of the surface, so I totally understand your comments. Still, my car is ALWAYS in Sport mode and I never experience the "teeth rattling" sort of experience that you're referring to. I'm still running the OEM tires, too.
As far as your question on possible additional damping on the MRC in Snow/Ice - dunno. With the M6, the throttle is just too slow on the uptake off of the line to be anything but frustrating to deal with so I never even use Tour mode...