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  1. 2nd April 2020, 07:31 PM #11
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    My only issue (and it’s more driver education related), is that the CVD suspension will soak up the bumps so easily, that you need to have a bit of mechanical sympathy for the vehicle to not go beyond it’s limits. Kind of like a duck swimming where it looks serene up top, but you don’t notice the feet paddling away like crazy underneath...
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    That's not my experience with CVDs on my L322 which has been that CVDs allow for a soft but controlled ride adjusting the bump and rebound to only be firm when needed for control rather than permanently firm, which was my reason for swapping from a 3.0 D4 to my L322. The journo who thought that the rear shock rebound was underdone was likely thinking that the shocks wouldn't be firm enough when loaded, not knowing that the rebound didn't have to be as firm when unloaded as he was accustomed to because the damping is adjusted to provide only what is required at that time as determined from the suspension height sensors, body accelerometers, steering angle sensor etc.
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    My bad. I thought Greg Milner’s L322 TDV8 was fitted with CVD and that may have partly contributed to the rear shock failing on his trip up North.

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    Greg's indeed had CVDs but very low profile tyres at very slow speeds so the system would have been trying to soften every little bump, whereas travelling faster at 80kph on tyres with a bit more sidewall wouldn't have been nearly so much work for the shocks.
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