Narrowest Seat?

BoB-O · 10-10-2019, 04:19 PM

Hello,

My wife is very tiny. She loves her 2007 335xi with sport seats. She pumps up the side bolsters to the point that I can't even fit in the seat, and I'm not that big. We also have a 2010 X5 that she tolerates, but she says the seats have "a little slop."

It's time to think about a new car and she's been looking at the 3-series, X3, and X5. We went to the dealer today and no seats will get as narrow as she wants. It seems like the X3 base model 10-way seat was the best. Unfortunately, I'd like to get into M (or M sport) territory and none of those seats were great for her.

Are we imagining things? Or is the 10-way really the narrowest seat (from a bolster standpoint)? Other cars/seats we should look at?

Thanks,
BoB

chassis · 10-10-2019, 05:59 PM

Has she tried the X3 sport seats? The bolsters come in quite a bit imo. My wife is small, not tiny, and she doesn’t have the bolsters pulled all the way in.

Alias1431 · 10-11-2019, 12:35 PM

Make sure it wasn't the ventilated seats on the X3 she was trying. Those are garbage.

10-10-2019, 04:19 PM	#1
BoB-O Private 5 Rep 50 Posts Drives: '07 335xi, '10 X5 35d Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA iTrader: (0)	Narrowest Seat? Hello, My wife is very tiny. She loves her 2007 335xi with sport seats. She pumps up the side bolsters to the point that I can't even fit in the seat, and I'm not that big. We also have a 2010 X5 that she tolerates, but she says the seats have "a little slop." It's time to think about a new car and she's been looking at the 3-series, X3, and X5. We went to the dealer today and no seats will get as narrow as she wants. It seems like the X3 base model 10-way seat was the best. Unfortunately, I'd like to get into M (or M sport) territory and none of those seats were great for her. Are we imagining things? Or is the 10-way really the narrowest seat (from a bolster standpoint)? Other cars/seats we should look at? Thanks, BoB
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chassis Colonel 6528 Rep 2,308 Posts Drives: 9Y0 Cayenne S Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Einbahnstraße iTrader: (0) Garage List 2020 Porsche Cayenne S [7.69]	Has she tried the X3 sport seats? The bolsters come in quite a bit imo. My wife is small, not tiny, and she doesn’t have the bolsters pulled all the way in.
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10-11-2019, 12:35 PM	#3
Alias1431 Lieutenant Colonel 795 Rep 1,959 Posts Drives: 2019 BMW X3 M40i Join Date: May 2019 Location: Washington iTrader: (0)	Make sure it wasn't the ventilated seats on the X3 she was trying. Those are garbage.
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