Comfort or Multicontour seats, driver side more comfy than passenger?
02-09-2008, 01:21 PM
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I find the comfort seats on my 2008 550 to be excellent and comfortable, I had sport seats on the 454 and could not stand them.
But my wife tells me that she found the 545 seats more comfortable, so today, I had her drive (160 miles RT) and I sat on the passenger seat, and it felt different than the driver?s seat, I had lower back pain, played with the settings but could never make it feel as comfortable as the driver?s seat, and my wife felt the driver?s seat great.
So, is it possible that the two are different or may be something wrong with the passenger seat?
I guess it would be very hard to get the dealer to experience this, but there is definitely a difference.
Any suggestions or comments? Any one has experienced same or similar?
But my wife tells me that she found the 545 seats more comfortable, so today, I had her drive (160 miles RT) and I sat on the passenger seat, and it felt different than the driver?s seat, I had lower back pain, played with the settings but could never make it feel as comfortable as the driver?s seat, and my wife felt the driver?s seat great.
So, is it possible that the two are different or may be something wrong with the passenger seat?
I guess it would be very hard to get the dealer to experience this, but there is definitely a difference.
Any suggestions or comments? Any one has experienced same or similar?
02-09-2008, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Casper' post='529319' date='Feb 9 2008, 05:21 PM
I find the comfort seats on my 2008 550 to be excellent and comfortable, I had sport seats on the 454 and could not stand them.
But my wife tells me that she found the 545 seats more comfortable, so today, I had her drive (160 miles RT) and I sat on the passenger seat, and it felt different than the driver?s seat, I had lower back pain, played with the settings but could never make it feel as comfortable as the driver?s seat, and my wife felt the driver?s seat great.
So, is it possible that the two are different or may be something wrong with the passenger seat?
I guess it would be very hard to get the dealer to experience this, but there is definitely a difference.
Any suggestions or comments? Any one has experienced same or similar?
But my wife tells me that she found the 545 seats more comfortable, so today, I had her drive (160 miles RT) and I sat on the passenger seat, and it felt different than the driver?s seat, I had lower back pain, played with the settings but could never make it feel as comfortable as the driver?s seat, and my wife felt the driver?s seat great.
So, is it possible that the two are different or may be something wrong with the passenger seat?
I guess it would be very hard to get the dealer to experience this, but there is definitely a difference.
Any suggestions or comments? Any one has experienced same or similar?
I have a 535xiT on order with the Comfort and Sport packages. I still cant figure out what seats the car will come with and what the major difference is aside from the headrest. The very knowledgeable sales guy said I would be getting "the good ones". Confident that I'll be happy with either I decided to laugh it off. What is the difference?
As for your dilemma Casper, How attached are you to this particular wife? Sounds serious seeings as you gave up 160 miles of driving.
02-09-2008, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Casper' post='529319' date='Feb 9 2008, 05:21 PM
I find the comfort seats on my 2008 550 to be excellent and comfortable, I had sport seats on the 454 and could not stand them.
But my wife tells me that she found the 545 seats more comfortable, so today, I had her drive (160 miles RT) and I sat on the passenger seat, and it felt different than the driver's seat, I had lower back pain, played with the settings but could never make it feel as comfortable as the driver's seat, and my wife felt the driver's seat great.
So, is it possible that the two are different or may be something wrong with the passenger seat?
I guess it would be very hard to get the dealer to experience this, but there is definitely a difference.
Any suggestions or comments? Any one has experienced same or similar?
But my wife tells me that she found the 545 seats more comfortable, so today, I had her drive (160 miles RT) and I sat on the passenger seat, and it felt different than the driver's seat, I had lower back pain, played with the settings but could never make it feel as comfortable as the driver's seat, and my wife felt the driver's seat great.
So, is it possible that the two are different or may be something wrong with the passenger seat?
I guess it would be very hard to get the dealer to experience this, but there is definitely a difference.
Any suggestions or comments? Any one has experienced same or similar?
Yesterday and today a close friend of mine passengered on a drive and his comment (on the pax side) was that the seat was comfortable without requiring any adjustment at all.
02-10-2008, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by gene1' post='529323' date='Feb 9 2008, 05:33 PM
I have a 535xiT on order with the Comfort and Sport packages. I still cant figure out what seats the car will come with and what the major difference is aside from the headrest. The very knowledgeable sales guy said I would be getting "the good ones". Confident that I'll be happy with either I decided to laugh it off. What is the difference?
As for your dilemma Casper, How attached are you to this particular wife? Sounds serious seeings as you gave up 160 miles of driving.
As for your dilemma Casper, How attached are you to this particular wife? Sounds serious seeings as you gave up 160 miles of driving.
02-10-2008, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='529324' date='Feb 9 2008, 05:36 PM
I have found it takes up to a week to get the right adjustment with the Multi Contour Seat. You only had 160 miles and that might not be enough.
Yesterday and today a close friend of mine passengered on a drive and his comment (on the pax side) was that the seat was comfortable without requiring any adjustment at all.
Yesterday and today a close friend of mine passengered on a drive and his comment (on the pax side) was that the seat was comfortable without requiring any adjustment at all.
But not so the passenger's.
02-10-2008, 06:38 AM
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i have found the passenger seat to be the same comfort as the drivers. It does take a while to get it adjusted properly, especially the lumbar. I have found that bringing in the side bolsters improves the comfort of the lumbar. Since they automatically retract when the door is opened, I leave them quite far in all the time for extra side support.
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