> It's crazy expensive to repair if something breaks. I've heard that a lot but I don't believe that to be true. It's actually just a fairly simple hydraulics

> It's crazy expensive to repair if something breaks. I've heard that a lot but I don't believe that to be true. It's actually just a fairly simple hydraulics system with a pump, oil lines, and some valves, all conected to the shock absorbers. The pneumatic part consists of these gas filled, self contained orbs, that you easily and affordably can get serviced. So I think this is probably a rumor maybe stemming from mechanics in generic car shops unfamiliar with these systems and unwilling to try to understand them working on them. Or using this rumor to charge people as much as they can get away with. Anyhow, it's unfortunate because mechanical engineering wise these are sound systems (not mentioning the software controller issues in some models, that all modern cars seem to be plagued with) and they offer a ride comfort that's unparalleled. And all this using simple, cheap and widely applied and proven techniques (pneumatics/hydraulics).