The suspension was also good when changing wheels. Raise the suspension to the highest setting, place prop at appropriate jacking position, lower to lowest position and the wheel comes off the ground with no scissor or trolley jack required... which calls for another ditty: The day before I sailed for the South Atlantic, I was told to park the car on the parade ground at HMS Drake. I told the Officer of the Day at the time that I'd be sailing for the Falklands the next day, wouldn't be back for over six months and so perhaps somewhere less likely to need to be clear of cars might be better? Anyway, the OOD said that my car pass was valid only for the parade ground and that I must park there. Fast forward six months or so and I return to find my car has gone. So I report it stolen to the OOD (different day, different OOD), who checked and told me it had been towed almost a kilometre to another car park. I protested, citing the original OOD's orders and said I'd hold MoD responsible for any damage.
Now those who've owned a GS or GSA are probably ahead of me on this, but the suspension isn't the only unusual feature: the handbrake on these cars operates on the front wheels. When towing cars, the usual practice was to lift the car by the rear wheels as the handbrake would normally lock the rears. So, they'd lifted my car by the rear wheels and dragged the car (with the fronts locked by the handbrake) almost a kilometre. Needless to say, both front tyres were badly damaged, with one being so bad it couldn't even be driven to the nearest tyre centre. Thankfully, the suspension system made swapping the worst tyre for the spare relatively easy, allowing me to drive the 3½ miles to the tyre centre! MoD came up with the usual "you park at your own risk, even if MoD are negligent" and it was prudent not to push the issue...
