Which model? I'm OK in London using 'medium' on pretty much all but the most severe speed humps here. Mine's a Turbo, so reasonably low generally.
It's a 4S, and I'm a bit nervous about scraping. The dealership assured me it's fine, but I take their word with a pinch of salt. Perhaps it's mostly needed on larger speed bumps and ramps.
Although the nose is low, I've found it's the vertical plastic drop down guards in front of the wheels that will scrape first.
You need to wait for the NAV to catch-up with where you are and so there can be a lag - only relevant if you have saved a location.i generally slow right down to accommodate this and watch for the the ride height indicator to turn blue to denote that the car has been raised.
What is this gravel mode? Is that where shrapnel from the potholes that freckle our roads get caught on the fabulous inside mudguard fan design ?Normal is fine generally, unless you're on a bit of a potholey farm track. Then its almost as easy to stick the car in gravel mode (if you are getting a CT?) - you get a bit of a higher ride height and don't have to slow down
However, I aways seem to find maximum scrape risk when you spot a sleeping policeman late, brake hard and the nose of the car dips into the bump. Not sure how you legislate for that!
I recommend being careful in sport plus or lowest setting...I have problems bottoming out around NY, and also on the lowest setting, pot holes can damage your wheels. In sport plus, the suspension is very stiff. I cracked one of my wheels, not realizing I was in the lowest setting, and hitting a pot hole at 30 mph.
