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Originally Posted by Racer20
A passive damper cannot achieve the same level of ride and handling compromise than a semi-active damper can. Unless you know you're going with coil-overs right away, I consider this option a must have.
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I disagree with this blanket statement. For anything more spirited than around-town driving, I'd much rather have a highly-developed passive damping system as opposed to any of the semi-active damping systems I've experienced. I'm thinking specifically of Porsche. I find that PASM makes it much more difficult to judge levels of adhesion as opposed to passive dampers. Specifically, a passive damping system is NOT constantly adjusting bounce and rebound to accommodate what it is thinks the driver wants. Some guys want to be able to adjust - or have the car automatically adjust - these settings mid-lap. I'm not one of those guys.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned and maybe semi-active (or active) damping systems have come a long way since the 997 PASM systems, but I'm not a fan.