My back hurts - BMW seats v. Mercedes
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Back niggle I get from my comfort seats in my 545 drives me nuts.
E34 M5 worlds best seats, E36 328 bit small but OK, Ford Territory SUV (Aus/NZer's will know) brilliant (our other car), my in flash my 545 can't get them right and its driving me slightly bonkers.
I fully suffer from the constant adjustment tendancy, found some releif from pushing the memory button which puts them back some random position when they get too far out of wack.
Note I pretty much obsessive about my BM'er so this plays on my mind more than anything.
Love the car though!
Cheers
stu
E34 M5 worlds best seats, E36 328 bit small but OK, Ford Territory SUV (Aus/NZer's will know) brilliant (our other car), my in flash my 545 can't get them right and its driving me slightly bonkers.
I fully suffer from the constant adjustment tendancy, found some releif from pushing the memory button which puts them back some random position when they get too far out of wack.
Note I pretty much obsessive about my BM'er so this plays on my mind more than anything.
Love the car though!
Cheers
stu
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Don't get me wrong, I love my BMW seats and always have, even in my E39. However, the AMG seats are more comfy, but that goes along with their lines of cars. To me, MB is about luxury/comfort first, then sportiness. BMW is the sporty first, then comfy. I just think his seats feel better on the body. Maybe once I hit 40 like the rest of you clowns, my back will start aching more
. But as of right now, I think the AMG seats in the S class are more comfortable to sit in. I even sat in vegastrashed's E63 AMG 2 months ago for an hour plus drive and we both felt the seats were more comfy. I guess it's just personal preference. I love my car no matter what and would never do MB, but if I could have the plushness of the AMG seats (with a few extra features) in my BMW, that would be the perfect set-up.
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Originally Posted by DrLev99' post='557141' date='Apr 6 2008, 08:40 PM
My point? For people with bad backs, I strongly believe that our backs adjust to fit our seats, given enough time, rather than the other way around. I believe most seats will become tolerable or even very comfy over time, after weeks or months of tweaking and adjustments. And then sometimes we just get lucky and never experience discomfort in a new car.
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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='557220' date='Apr 6 2008, 11:57 PM
Don't get me wrong, I love my BMW seats and always have, even in my E39. However, the AMG seats are more comfy, but that goes along with their lines of cars. To me, MB is about luxury/comfort first, then sportiness. BMW is the sporty first, then comfy. I just think his seats feel better on the body. Maybe once I hit 40 like the rest of you clowns, my back will start aching more
. But as of right now, I think the AMG seats in the S class are more comfortable to sit in. I even sat in vegastrashed's E63 AMG 2 months ago for an hour plus drive and we both felt the seats were more comfy. I guess it's just personal preference. I love my car no matter what and would never do MB, but if I could have the plushness of the AMG seats (with a few extra features) in my BMW, that would be the perfect set-up.
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Two things - while the a/c was easy to use with all the buttons, overall - the car had too many buttons. Second, the voice response system, while still better than most, was more annoying than BMW?s in a few ways. Example: after the command ,,guidance off`` it would always ask if I were sure I wanted this. With BMW, it merely confirms and it?s off.
Again, going back to seats, I think that this is a very personal preference but I did get an unsolicited opinion from one of my passengers (who has a lot of seat time in the 550i and also now in the M-
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='557229' date='Apr 7 2008, 12:08 AM
Two things - while the a/c was easy to use with all the buttons, overall - the car had too many buttons. Second, the voice response system, while still better than most, was more annoying than BMW?s in a few ways. Example: after the command ,,guidance off`` it would always ask if I were sure I wanted this. With BMW, it merely confirms and it?s off.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='557315' date='Apr 7 2008, 08:35 AM
One nice thing about M-B's voice command system on the S-class is the way they instantly display all the available commands (based on context) on the screen. I imagine that really helps people who tend to forget what to say or when to say it...
I sat in a 7er Series today (that?s what BMW picked me up at the airport in) and was again reminded how the BMW seats are more comfortable than the Mercedes to me.
Also, I just read, in the 1-2008 BMW Magazine, about Comfort Seat design (magazine was in the hotel room, thoughtful, eh?) and it makes for fascinating reading.
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='557852' date='Apr 8 2008, 03:20 AM
you forgot about Lexus too.
You should try there seats out the best I think.
You should try there seats out the best I think.