a damper assembly with a bypass for a vehicle comprises a pressure cylinder with a piston and piston rod for limiting the flow rate of damping fluid as passes from a first to a second side of said piston . a bypass provides fluid pathway between the first and second sides of the piston separately from the flow rare limitation . in one aspect , the bypass is remotely controllable from a passenger compartment of the vehicle . in another aspect , the bypass is remotely controllable based upon one or more variable parameters associated with the vehicle .