S-Line and ADS question
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S-Line and ADS question
A car with S-Line gets a sport suspension and a car with ADS with the adaptive suspension. If you order both options, is there a difference in the ADS suspension from the non-S-line car?
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That does not seem to be the conclusion of Road & Track for they tested a sport suspension A4 and an A4 with ADS and NO sport suspension and they claimed there was a difference.
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ADS has adjustable dampers vs. the fixed rate ones on a non-ads suspension.
As I see it -- there are 3 pieces that would alter things here.
1) The wheel size/tires would be an "equivilant" spring rate
The 19" rims on the Prestige sport would be different than the 18" rims w/o the sport pkg.
2) Actual springs -- non-sport gets a lower rate spring than sport or ADS cars. US S-line is same as sport/ADS.
3) Dampers. Non-sport are lower rates than sport (obviously), but ADS can vary from even lower than the non-sport to considerably higher (stiffer) than the sport dampers.
Hope that helped.
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S-line spec cars come as standard with "Sports Suspension" which is 20mm drop from standard
There's a free option of "S-line suspension" which is 30mm drop from standard but you can't have it with 19" wheels
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That is incorrect. You do not get a suspension upgrade when you get ADS. ADS is just adaptive throttle , steering and dampening of suspension.When you get the S-line package , it comes with the sports suspension that you would get when you order the sport package.therefore suspension wise , ADS + sport = to ADS + s-line .ADS with nothing else,will have the original suspension.
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That is incorrect. You do not get a suspension upgrade when you get ADS. ADS is just adaptive throttle , steering and dampening of suspension.When you get the S-line package , it comes with the sports suspension that you would get when you order the sport package.therefore suspension wise , ADS + sport = to ADS + s-line .ADS with nothing else,will have the original suspension.
Audi Drive Select system
Includes the following hardware:
Adaptive suspension system
- Variable hydraulic suspension dampers
- Sport suspension springs (20mm lower than normal)
Dynamic steering system
- Variable assist (Servotronic) steering (already standard on A4)
- Variable ratio dynamic steering
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The point I was making in my previous post is that this document (from Audi of America, not from a UK document) states that ADS uses the sport springs, not the std springs.
I've attached the document.