[bhmax16]

Anybody near the Charlotte area have the carbon bucket seats?

I secured an allocation the other day and currently have the buckets optioned, but am having second thoughts since I have not had an opportunity to sit in them.

I am 5'7", 160 pounds with 32 inch waist and in my mid-30s, so I don't think my age or body type will be an issue, but I hope ingress/egress is not as terrible as some folks claim. I also went with a 6spd and have read mixed reviews over how the center hump feels between the thighs when shifting.

Thoughts? I would be interested in making a drive to get a few minutes of seat time. If you know of a dealer with the seats and can advise, that would be much appreciated as well.

[flaury23]

Originally Posted by bhmax16

Anybody near the Charlotte area have the carbon bucket seats?

I secured an allocation the other day and currently have the buckets optioned, but am having second thoughts since I have not had an opportunity to sit in them.

I am 5'7", 160 pounds with 32 inch waist and in my mid-30s, so I don't think my age or body type will be an issue, but I hope ingress/egress is not as terrible as some folks claim. I also went with a 6spd and have read mixed reviews over how the center hump feels between the thighs when shifting.

Thoughts? I would be interested in making a drive to get a few minutes of seat time. If you know of a dealer with the seats and can advise, that would be much appreciated as well.

We are similar in size and I also ordered the carbon buckets. I have week 11 build. But I'm sure we will be just fine. My mclaren has senna seats and guys our size have no issues as they are a lot more aggressive compared to M3 seats.

I'm local to Charlotte....looking forward to see yours.

[Froz3n_M]

From the videos and reviews I've seen, apart from sitting in them at the dealer, they are comfortable. As far as getting in and out, it'll bother your left quad/thigh region as it'll run the side bolster, which is rigid, unless you high step it as if you were doing a HIIT workout. Other than that, no drive time on them, so can't really tell you how they'd o on road conditions as far as comfort.

Im 5'11" , about 190 just for reference

[The_Transporter]

Originally Posted by bhmax16

Anybody near the Charlotte area have the carbon bucket seats?

I secured an allocation the other day and currently have the buckets optioned, but am having second thoughts since I have not had an opportunity to sit in them.

I am 5'7", 160 pounds with 32 inch waist and in my mid-30s, so I don't think my age or body type will be an issue, but I hope ingress/egress is not as terrible as some folks claim. I also went with a 6spd and have read mixed reviews over how the center hump feels between the thighs when shifting.

Thoughts? I would be interested in making a drive to get a few minutes of seat time. If you know of a dealer with the seats and can advise, that would be much appreciated as well.

I was in an M4 with them last weekend so can give my take on them, but would def recommend seat time! I'm 33yo, 6' 165lbs and I thought they were pretty nice as I am now, but if I put on 15-20 pounds they would be probably be super uncomfortable. They will be great for tracking and spirited driving but I wouldn't take a road trip in them. Also for what it's worth my wife who is 5'6 and also slim hated them and thought they were a pain to get in and out of lol. We put in an order for a M3 with the standard M Sport Seats. Hope this helps!

[BIGW0RM]

I could never live with those seats. I tried them once and it was an immediate hard pass.

Complete pain in the ass to get and out of.

[bhmax16]

Thank you all. Too late now as I had a week 9 build which already went into production and is now in 155 status (QC purgatory). I left it with the carbon buckets optioned. Sometimes you need to take a gamble and my tolerance level with regards to comfort and ingress/egress is probably at least North of the average.

Many thanks.