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From digest.v5.n139 Fri Aug 23 13:04:08 1996
From: morales_at_eng.adaptec.com (Carlos Morales X2359)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 09:33:57 PDT
Subject: Re: 328i Sport Seats

Ouch! I have the same problem, at least as regards the back of my legs. This weekend I went to Monterrey, and on the obligatory drive down to Pfieffer my legs started hurting like crazy. I played with the seat position until I found one that helped a bit. The idea was to maximize the contact area between me and the car seat.

Now, I'm 6'3", so I couldn't raise the seat too much (without getting too close to the roof). By increasing my seat angle I can, but then my arms don't quite reach comfortably (I usually drive arms "straight out", but shifting turned into a problem cuz I couldn't reach 5th very well, I found myself pushing the stick with my fingers B-). By playing around with it, I finally found a happy medium.

HOWEVER, what is it with these seats? While I do appreciate their grabbing power in hi-g cornering (like I ever get to do that kinda stuff in my daily commute), they are hardly comfortable. And whats with the extendable thigh support? Has anyone been able to use this? Argh. I guess I'm just to big for my car B-)

If anyone gets the dealer to swap the seats for them, let me know. I would not be adverse to the idea.

Carlos
328i Sports (the modern kind B-( ), Alpine/Sand Interiors (anyone in the Bay Area wanna trade seats?), HK, 5sp


From digest.v5.n139 Fri Aug 23 13:04:08 1996
From: john_at_Mach4.srai.com (John Kreskovsky)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:16:31 -0400
Subject: Re 328is seats

Thanks, Carlos. I guess what they mean by Spotrs is NO PAIN NO GAIN. Sorry to see someone else has a similar problem. The best seating position I have found is with the front of the seat all the way down and then I rase the back to, as you put it, maximize contact. That gives me a pretty flat seat. Then I place a small cushion (about a 4" by 2" by 10" piece of foam) at the junction between the seat and the backrest. The cushion seems to help with the lower back pain, but the back of the leg problem seems to be more a matter of degree, never really going away.

     Another point that you rased is the over all driving position.
     While the press has given BMW high marks on this I find that
     if I position the seat to reach the wheel properly (wrists
     resting on the top of the steering wheel when fully extended)
     my knees are jamed against the wheel. And I am only 5' 11".
     If I place the seat to have the pedals properly placed I am
     too stretched out! This car really need a tilt, teliscoping
     steering wheel. (Not to mension a memory for the seat adjustment).
     
     I find it rather anoying that these features are in many cars
     costing 2/3 as much.
 
     By the way, if there are others with this problem please let me 
     know. Perhaps if enough of us band together with the complaint
     then we can get some satisfaction out of BMW on this. After all, the
     BMW NA web site states the BMWs are luxury, performance and COMFORT!!


From digest.v5.n140 Fri Aug 23 21:33:18 1996
From: john_at_Mach4.srai.com (John Kreskovsky)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:18:39 -0400
Subject: Re: 328iS SEATS

Thanks, Carlos. I guess what they mean by Spotrs is NO PAIN NO GAIN. Sorry to see someone else has a similar problem. The best seating position I have found is with the front of the seat all the way down and then I rase the back to, as you put it, maximize contact. That gives me a pretty flat seat. Then I place a small cushion (about a 4" by 2" by 10" piece of foam) at the junction between the seat and the backrest. The cushion seems to help with the lower back pain, but the back of the leg problem seems to be more a matter of degree, never really going away.

     Another point that you rased is the over all driving position.
     While the press has given BMW high marks on this I find that
     if I position the seat to reach the wheel properly (wrists
     resting on the top of the steering wheel when fully extended)
     my knees are jamed against the wheel. And I am only 5' 11".
     If I place the seat to have the pedals properly placed I am
     too stretched out! This car really need a tilt, teliscoping
     steering wheel. (Not to mension a memory for the seat adjustment).
     
     I find it rather anoying that these features are in many cars
     costing 2/3 as much.
 
     By the way, if there are others with this problem please let me 
     know. Perhaps if enough of us band together with the complaint
     then we can get some satisfaction out of BMW on this. After all, the
     BMW NA web site states the BMWs are luxury, performance and COMFORT!!

john k...

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