Uncomfortable armrest in drivers door
09-24-2006, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='338103' date='Sep 24 2006, 06:06 PM
All-in-all, the E60 offers the most perfect driving position I've ever experienced in any BMW. I have no complaints.
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09-24-2006, 02:16 PM
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Tachyon:
I second your opinion - the E60 has a very comfortable driving position. I'm not quite 6'2" (5'11"), but I tend to position my seat quite in the same way as you do- low at the rear of the seat. It lowers the centre of gravity of the car, too
However - fair enough, around Chicago it's mostly flat and straight roads, but surely you don't take hard left corners with one hand off the wheel???
I second your opinion - the E60 has a very comfortable driving position. I'm not quite 6'2" (5'11"), but I tend to position my seat quite in the same way as you do- low at the rear of the seat. It lowers the centre of gravity of the car, too
However - fair enough, around Chicago it's mostly flat and straight roads, but surely you don't take hard left corners with one hand off the wheel???
09-28-2006, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Clement Demsey' post='326762' date='Aug 25 2006, 10:08 PM
I have a 2003 530d SE with a leather interior and I love it. It is by far the best car I have owned: Great performance, good looks, comfort, style, decent fuel economy, lots of high tech toys to play with,...need I go on?
As a rule I don't like to whine, but I do have one minor grumble:
The armrest in the drivers door becomes very uncomfortable so much so that after 2 or 3 hour journeys my elbow gets sore.
My normal driving position is with both hands on the wheel in the '10 to 2' position, and when I am cruising on the motorway, then I also have both elbows on the armrests.
(For this reason I dislike cars without a central armrest).
This is the third BMW I have owned - the other two were the previous two generations of the 3 series. I had no such problems with these cars.
I just think that the amount of padding used is insufficient. It doesn't take much force to push down on the armrest and feel the hard surface below.
Again, I want to stress that this is not a big issue - it is just something minor which is a repeat annoyance.
Does anyone else suffer in a similar way?
Any advice?
As a rule I don't like to whine, but I do have one minor grumble:
The armrest in the drivers door becomes very uncomfortable so much so that after 2 or 3 hour journeys my elbow gets sore.
My normal driving position is with both hands on the wheel in the '10 to 2' position, and when I am cruising on the motorway, then I also have both elbows on the armrests.
(For this reason I dislike cars without a central armrest).
This is the third BMW I have owned - the other two were the previous two generations of the 3 series. I had no such problems with these cars.
I just think that the amount of padding used is insufficient. It doesn't take much force to push down on the armrest and feel the hard surface below.
Again, I want to stress that this is not a big issue - it is just something minor which is a repeat annoyance.
Does anyone else suffer in a similar way?
Any advice?
Drive safe.
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