This month's big question for David Vivian and his Mercedes CLS is which suspension setting to use? Decisions, decisions... Text: David Vivian / Photos: Kenny P 
Since the first time I drove one, I’ve admired the air-suspension- equipped CLS’s three electronic damper settings: soft, medium and hard. So much easier than the M5’s massively configurable ‘if you’re not a computer systems analyst, better step away from the iDrive’ suite of suspension/traction permutations.
But now I’m getting restless. Soft seems, well, too soft. Medium is fine but an obvious compromise. So now I tend to leave it on hard and forget about it. Simpler still, of course. And the great thing is, the CLS still has a beautifully damped ride. And corners like a bastard. Result.
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EVO Statistics
Date acquired: December 2006
Total mileage:3547
Mileage this month:887
Costs this month:£0
MPG this month:28.3mpg