Sport stiffness = Normal for non-DCC cars?

[monsta]

I don't think this question has been posed before, apologies if it has.

With Dynamic Chassis Control I quite often drive around in Comfort because the ride is nice and smooth.  When I put it into sport the shocks magnetize and produce a nice stiff ride, suitable sporty as expected with DCC.

I just wondered if the ride on a non-DCC car remains the same stiffness in Sport/Normal?  In which case is the standard car ride the same as Normal on a DCC car?

Sport is very firm and I couldn't imagine driving around with it like that all the time on UK roads, maybe I'm getting old (34) 

[CraigW]

I don't find the suspension that hard in sport mode. My car practically lives in sport mode purely because the noise is so addictive. 

Oh and I'm 37 

[lew321]

Sport is very firm and I couldn't imagine driving around with it like that all the time on UK roads, maybe I'm getting old (34) 

I can't help with the anwser but I'm finding the same. You're safe with your age, I'm 28 and prefer it in comfort  everything gets switched to sport when it play time

[Jimble]

The suspension on a non DCC car will not change whether in normal or sport as it doesn't have adaptive dampers, otherwise DCC would be rendered pointless!

And no, normal setting on a DCC car is not the same as the standard car suspension as even when in normal the sensors are constantly monitoring and adjusting the damping to the road surface.

And FYI your shocks don't "magnatise" as you don't drive an Audi, your shocks stiffen due to an electonically controlled valve opening and closing controlling the passage of hydraulic fluid into/out of the shock cylinder.

[monsta]

And FYI your shocks don't "magnatise" as you don't drive an Audi, your shocks stiffen due to an electonically controlled valve opening and closing controlling the passage of hydraulic fluid into/out of the shock cylinder.

Fair enough, I was quoting the salesman!

[monsta]

And no, normal setting on a DCC car is not the same as the standard car suspension as even when in normal the sensors are constantly monitoring and adjusting the damping to the road surface.

OK so what mode feels most like the standard GTI, that's really my question....

[Jimble]

And no, normal setting on a DCC car is not the same as the standard car suspension as even when in normal the sensors are constantly monitoring and adjusting the damping to the road surface.

OK so what mode feels most like the standard GTI, that's really my question....

It's probably somewhere between normal and sport but since it's constantly changing it's never the same as any of them.

[Mr Savage]

I still can't tell the difference in suspension firmness between Sport & Comfort. If someone changed my DCC to Comfort I wouldn't know, apart from the quieter engine noise.

[FNJ-GTI]

I still can't tell the difference in suspension firmness between Sport & Comfort. If someone changed my DCC to Comfort I wouldn't know, apart from the quieter engine noise.

I can tell the difference when its in sport but I cant really tell any difference between comfort and normal, which I am disappointed with as I specced the DCC mainly for the comfort mode option. wish id got the PP instead now.

[monsta]

I still can't tell the difference in suspension firmness between Sport & Comfort. If someone changed my DCC to Comfort I wouldn't know, apart from the quieter engine noise.

I can tell the difference when its in sport but I cant really tell any difference between comfort and normal, which I am disappointed with as I specced the DCC mainly for the comfort mode option. wish id got the PP instead now.

I drove to work this morning in normal, there is definitely a difference between that and comfort.

My mum can tell the difference when she's in the car!