Rx350 Suspension System

[Seafarer]

Hi all, purchased this lovely car, 56 plate last month. Still awaiting an Owners Manual so don't know the situations where I would need to change the suspension height from Nuetral to High or Low ? I'm still working out some of the switches - gets exciting when something happens !

Any advice would be very welcome.

Thanks

[Rillo]

Normal is standard mode for everyday.

High can be used if you wanted extra clearance - wading across shallow ford or in deepish snow (remember it's not a Range Rover so don't get carried away! :D )

Low - for making car loading easier / easier entrance for short people.

[Seafarer]

Rillo , thanks very much - I was hoping it was something simple !!

[steve haley]

Hmm

Bit more complex than that.

Almost never use high unless going across a rutted field to retrieve gliders. Low will auto cancel over 20mph

Tend to use normal except for

1 winding roads where the car is rolling or I want to corner with more control

2 motorways - low stiffens the stearing and makes the car less susceptible to wind gusts

In theory the car drops automatically at 75mph but mine never appears to.

There is a button under the dash that enables low entry/exit ie drops car to 1cm below low when engine turned off. There is a green light on the dash to show it is enabled at bottom of fuel or temp gauge I think.

[Seafarer]

Thanks for those tips Steve.

I'm changing the 8year old Battery today so will try the various levels when reconnected. Had a good run out to Cornwall for a week and averaged 35 mpg over the whole trip - we don't zoom usually cruising along at 65/70 with the occasional overtaking boost.

M25 makes an impact on consumption though !