01-25-2016, 11:47 AM | #1 |
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Manual Seats Please!!
In the US we are stuck with power sport seats, but the manual seats sit lower in the car.
Are any other markets able to get manual sport seats? |
01-25-2016, 12:11 PM | #3 |
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It will be impossible to get it from the factory for you guys as BMW NA has decided to just load the car with all the options from the start. You can't select the sunroof either for instance. |
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Especially if they are making both types of seats already. I guess I could see it if all the blue trimmed M2 seats came one way, but it sounds like they have them sitting there at the factory. I'd be curious to know how many US customers would want "Power Seat Delete" as an option. |
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Many M235 owners say that height is not an issue but I know that there are several 1M owners that have posted that the seating position in manual seat cars is much better. : I can't imagine this not being an issue in the M2 for some. |
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01-25-2016, 03:47 PM | #11 | |
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If you pull the UK M2 options list they don't have Power Seats stock. It's a 650 GBP option though. So UK and Swedan are good to go with manual seats. http://www.bmw.co.uk/vc/ncc/xhtml/st...w1a6t6#OPTIONS |
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08-08-2016, 06:00 PM | #15 |
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I presume it was not an M2...but a M235i who had manual and electric seats? I wanted to sit as low as possible and ordered the manual seats on my EU M2.
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08-08-2016, 08:15 PM | #16 |
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Yeah, I would prefer manual seat too. Well, unless we boycott buying M2 for having BMW putting manual seats, I don't think BMW will ever listen to us haha.
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08-08-2016, 08:45 PM | #17 |
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I have the manual seat option with pneumatic lumbars in my 235 and the height is quite noticeable. I think you also save 20lbs per seat which is nice. Can't you just swap in a set of manual 235i seats?
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Much like sunroof - Canada has them, US doesn't. It makes no sense, but they keep saying it's all market demand and streamlining packages with all the options people would get anyway.... |
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08-08-2016, 09:30 PM | #20 |
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If any of you are going to the BMW Festorics /Oktoberfest - Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion starting the 18th and want to lobby for seats and sunroofs; Ludwig Willisch, President and CEO, BMW of North America, LLC is scheduled to attend.
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Somebody in Cali should speak on behalf of manual seat lovers haha.
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08-09-2016, 03:04 AM | #22 |
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In Spain I was told power seats were by default. No choice for manual seats. Too bad as this is really annoying for me. You seat really high on the power seats.
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