Sports suspension vs non-sports suspension.... is the former a "must"? Hard to find..
I'm looking at classifieds and considering that a "Base" (non Q4) model is on my radar, I'm finding it almost pointless to get one with a Sports suspension as pairing it with Base/Premium/Tech packages (all musts) brings the car up to only about $4K shy (or less) than a comparably equipped Q4 (also with Sports Package).
So it seems all Base cars on dealer lots for this reason are sans Sports Package.
The BIG must is the wheels, which you can get separately of course (though some of them cost almost as much as the Sports Package) these cars just look so wrong with the base 18's. Considering the Ghibli is already such a sporty car apparently, I probably WOULD prefer non-Sports suspension in my traffic congested, pothole riddled areas for maybe a little more absorbing and quiet ride (assuming that being a Ghibli it'll still be stiffer/"louder" than my 5 Series), but what bothers me is how high the car sits with the Base suspension, i.e the huge wheel gap.
Does anyone know how much the Sports suspension lowers the car? Also, anybody else found this to be a bother to them when ordering/buying? And finally, how does the car drive with the base suspension vs the Sports suspension?
Thank you.
I'm looking at classifieds and considering that a "Base" (non Q4) model is on my radar, I'm finding it almost pointless to get one with a Sports suspension as pairing it with Base/Premium/Tech packages (all musts) brings the car up to only about $4K shy (or less) than a comparably equipped Q4 (also with Sports Package).
So it seems all Base cars on dealer lots for this reason are sans Sports Package.
The BIG must is the wheels, which you can get separately of course (though some of them cost almost as much as the Sports Package) these cars just look so wrong with the base 18's. Considering the Ghibli is already such a sporty car apparently, I probably WOULD prefer non-Sports suspension in my traffic congested, pothole riddled areas for maybe a little more absorbing and quiet ride (assuming that being a Ghibli it'll still be stiffer/"louder" than my 5 Series), but what bothers me is how high the car sits with the Base suspension, i.e the huge wheel gap.
Does anyone know how much the Sports suspension lowers the car? Also, anybody else found this to be a bother to them when ordering/buying? And finally, how does the car drive with the base suspension vs the Sports suspension?
Thank you.