Yup. Some people have “glass ■■■■ cheeks” and will complain about the feel of driving over the expansion joints in concrete. Other people can have the steering wheel vibrate out of their hands and not even notice it.
Some cars out there (like Mach-E Mustangs) even use some crazy thing like metal particles suspended in the strut fluid to control the ride by introducing an electrical field to change the way the damper acts. I wonder who came up with that? 
IIRC, magnetic ride control was invented by Delphi/GM, back in the late "90s.
I believe for the “typical” car owner, the Toyota product will hold up better, be more reliable and retain more value than a Benz or BMW
And I’m talking common vehicles, NOT limited-run cars that will be collectible
And if I remember correctly our very own Mustangman was on the team (or associated with it) that developed Magneride. 
Dad’s old 1984ish Mercedes (gray market) 500SEL with Hydropneumatic Suspension had a very nice ride…
Pros: The ride of it was exceedingly soft and isolated compared to modern cars. It was like a heavy “floating carpet” rather than a modern sports sedan… And on the open road with no traffic, it felt the same doing triple digits as it did doing the speed limit…
Cons: Body roll and it would gently float and bounce a few times before settling after going over large highway dips in the road…
Great car, very expensive to work on… lol
The local/only M.B. dealer in Nashville didn’t even know what the distinct pull-knob on the dashboard (to the left of the steering wheel) was for that allowed the driver to manually adjust the vehicle’s ride height across three positions… You also had to use the pull knob to close off the/a valve before lifting the vehicle (suspension hanging), or it would puke out the special fluid all over the floor…
Yes, that is also my recollection. But, Delphi/GM is/was the official inventor because they own(ed) the intellectual property relating to that innovation. I think that a China-based company bought the rights to that intellectual property from Delphi/GM at some point.
I could have opted for magnetic ride control on my NX, but I didn’t want the potential for additional maintenance costs as the vehicle ages.
Yes I wanted the SUV feel, was sick of the sedan low down sleewping position. The MERC had/has a significantly better 0 to 60mph speed (resulted in a lot of speeding tickets) but it had also had a transmission issue that was bothering me. Sure the LEXUS would be step up from the highlander. But I have to accept that my previously held stereotype impression of a loose steering at 80mph in a toyota is long gone. The highlander with lane change alert and front collision turned on is rock hard in a lane. I dont miss the Merc hard steering at high speeds. Plus I live in San Francisco where the current status symbol is a golf cart on a computer that loses 70% resale in 2 years and its called Tesla. I can buy you a 2024 20K Y model from any auctin house for less than 20K. So much for status symbol. Older ones use older chipsets that are not even supported like iPhones. I expect to see a lot of hate mails from Tesla owners. Thats fine. It will keep the conversation going for another month.
How is that the vehicles fault?
Well, that’s THEIR problem
That’s better resale value than many other 21-year old vehicles
In fact, many other 21-year old vehicles are ready to be scrapped . . . or already have been
Some people see that as an opportunity. We saved a lot of money in 1998 buying a new Regal, in 2003 buying a new Silhouette, 2009 buying a new Cavalier, and 2012 buying a used Cavalier. They weren’t nearly as popular as similar vehicles, but met our needs and rode well. The Silhouette is one of the most comfortable vehicles we’ve owned.
Yup, I was.
I have MagneRide on my 2021 Mustang Mach 1. I just drove it over 2000 miles on a trip to Ohio and back. With the stiff springs in this car, if it wasn’t for MagneRide, the thing would have beat me senseless!
Yes they did. Bejing West Industries bought the patents, the people and the manufacturing plants that built the shocks. Still out there selling systems to GM, Audi, Ferrari, Land Rover, Lamborghini, and Ford. Possibly a few more.
Merc been brought up several times. Maybe I should have given the blue Merc Park Lane convertible a second look rather than going for the plum Catalina convertible.
i said 2 years not 20 years.
Some were comparing the resale value of a Toyota with your Mercedes. After 20 years they are both at minimum value.
