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It seems that the general consensus on the seats is
Track: carbon Young and agile: carbon Want the super cool look and don't care about hassle of in/out: carbon Daily driver and not in one of the above categories: regular Want ease of ingress/egress: regular Don't want to spend the money: Regular Old: regular Me, I fall in the daily driver, never going to track it, want to be able to get in and out easy and I suppose technically middle aged (really, am I? ) although agile, the CF look cool, but I don't want the hassle or expense: Regular
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some weeks ago I had also the opportunity to do a real life test with the CF seats. And my choose was to go with the standard M seats due to the fact that it might be OK to get into the CF seats, but getting out of them at home in the garage where the door does not open wide will stress me every day to not damage the door. Think about the supermarket, the office parking etc where wou have another car next to yours and you can't open the driver's door wide enough to get out of the CF seats. I think that sliding over them sideways every day will also damage the leader. In my opinion, the CF seats are not the first choice for a daily driver. If you want to take the car to the circuit on every weekend, then the CF seats are a serious option. Otherwise just impractical in everyday life. |
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The carbon seats would be the wrong choice for anyone driving the car more than ~5k miles a year. The issue isn't the comfort while in the seat as much as the pain (literally and figuratively) it is to get in and out of them.
It's definitely super cool BMW offers them for the most hardcore owners though.
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So instead of a "compromise" seat this time around (i.e. a F8x seat design with harness pass through holes), BMW decided to offer more dedicated seat options to fit function - comfort or performance. I guess a good analogy would be winter or summer tires vs all-season tires... You can't please everyone, but I am glad we (potential G8x M3/M4 owners) at least have a choice for a more specialized purpose regarding the seats in this car. Opinions are like you know what - we all have them. And for me, bucket seats all the way (as long as I can stay in shape )....
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Why are you getting offended? It’s his opinion and not once did he sneer at anyone who doesn’t want them. Initially I didn’t want them but I changed my mind before my build went forward.
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IMHO these seats in an M5 Comp CS or whatever they come in ,in a set of four LOOK AWESOME , just how one envisions extreme high speed seating for four to look. Should I ever have an opportunity to try them, I'll advise on comfort.
I can only add that a set of top of line standard seats in a 2014 640i convertible I had became uncomfortable..but at 6' 230# perhaps I expected to much |
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similar discussions go on endlessly on Rennlist
CF buckets vs regular and the buckets fans always act like the regular seats are POS. I think we should be happy that BMW is offering both options I can predict the next topic related to the seats : will the regular seats affect my resale value ???? so people start buying the buckets for resale purpose only |
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