02-16-2021, 02:11 PM | #1 |
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Is dynamic damper control a must on M6
There's a used M6 gran coupé that I am looking at which doesn't have DDC. Does it matter if I don't intend to track this car?
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02-16-2021, 02:12 PM | #2 |
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All M6's come with Electronic Dampening Control (EDC) as standard equipment, which I'm fairly sure is what you're referring to
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If your 550 had “buttons” (assuming you mean driving experience buttons like eco-pro/comfort/sport???) and you could not tell any difference when initiating them...then not having “DDC” (???) probably would not be something you’d miss due to your personal sensitivity to slight variations & changes to chassis/suspension/dynamic drivetrain mappings. BTW, back in the 90s when I had my 91 735iL (which had EDC)...I had two friends with me and was “testing” this new fangled “EDC”...and on the same course 1 friend was like OMG, this is incredible...and the other friend couldn’t feel anything or tell when the suspension & damping tightened up. In case you are referring to VDM (vertical dynamics management) in which dynamic drive (active roll stabilization) falls under its control...maybe the info below will be helpful:
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Steering just gets progressively more weighted as you progress from comfort to sport to sport plus, but it's still noticeable how increasingly direct and responsive the steering gets. Throttle sensitivity is also noticeably different across the 'engine' modes. When I am on cruising throttle and switch from M2 (warm-up configuration: comfort suspension, sport steering, comfort engine responsiveness, level 2 shift speed) to M1 (sport plus engine responsiveness, comfort suspension, sport steering, level 3 shift speed) there is a noticeable (but not annoying or alarming) jolt forward. Just enough to let you know you've put it in sport plus As eluded to above, you also have the ability to select between 3 different levels of shift speed, also noticeably different at each level
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If your M6 is mainly to be ridden in track I would go with rigid parts, for every day car these adjustable shocks/ antiroll bars are delightful !!! |
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deffinitly a noticable difference in my M6 between the settings,
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The order guide I linked to below doesn't reference anything called DDC. 95% sure EDC is what you are referring to, at least in terms of the product language for the M6. BMW M6 Gran Coupe (F06) - Order Guide
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