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      06-22-2011, 04:05 PM   #1
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Question for M Sport and DHP owners

For those of you who have both the M-Sport and DHP, how often do you drive your DHP in anything else but the Normal setting?

We are about to order an X3 35i with M Sport, Cold Weather, Convenience, Premium, and Technology packages. The question is: Do we go for the DHP? We followed the DHP/M-Sport discussions on this forum and are almost sure we understand the differences.

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      06-22-2011, 04:21 PM   #2
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I have both, but still on early break-in kms, so haven't been doing anything too wild. I suspect that most of the time, I will leave it in Normal mode; but once in a while..........

It's really up to you and your favored driving style.
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      06-22-2011, 04:48 PM   #3
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My conjecture is that most people will drive it in Normal most (95%) of the time. The hard question is whether the additional enjoyment from driving in Sport+ 5% of the time is worth $1400...for me.
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Does the car always start in Normal, or will it remember your last setting, if for example you had it in Sport?
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      06-22-2011, 05:28 PM   #5
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Does the car always start in Normal, or will it remember your last setting, if for example you had it in Sport?
For me it always starts in Normal for some reason... I don't want it like that. Anyway to change it?? lol.
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      06-22-2011, 05:32 PM   #6
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I have had it for less than 24 hours and it's been in and out of Normal/Sport/Sport+ at least 10 times. It may be different for you. I'm trying to see which is best for me but I find Normal would be great for a long freeway drive but in the city and shorter highways I find it too rolly polly for my liking. I'm probably going to set Sport to just make the suspension taught without the change in drivetrain.
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