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Originally Posted by 325_bucks
I’m critical of ride too so do you think I should go back to 19s? Is that what you have?
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No, I'm on poor man 18's.
245/50 R18 all round. They don't look any great hell but they do ride brilliantly and help with smoothing the road out (and are run flats even)...I think you'll be fine in the 20's (I'm planning on using these 18's for Winter tyres in the future and going with 20's myself for Summer (likely not run flats though to help out a bit)...YMMV. The air suspension will likely take any differences out (and you can switch between sport and comfort or comfort plus anyway)...I tend to use comfort plus most to make it glide over the potholes and drops where the drains and such are...When I can't avoid them of course.
Sorry if I caused concern.
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Originally Posted by FastLaneJB
Yeah the rear comfort seats with electronic controls are standard on all models. Controls for the seats are indeed on the centre arm rest. You then have to specify extras for the rear like heated, cooled and massage seats if you so desire those features. Though I think the minute you add massage seats you'll get the Touch tablet in the rear as it needs that to pick the massage programs.
Pelo Cat do you have the Executive Drive Pro or is that a queen level feature?  |
Small clarification: Heated rear seats are now standard, however, cooled and massage are indeed options. Good point about the centre tablet and massage activation in rear.
I don't have exec drive pro, I'm a bit sceptical about it to be honest. I can photograph the printed manual pages on EDP if you wish but it doesn't say if one has to activate it or not...maybe a menu command in idrive but otherwise it will be on all the time from what I can read. There are some interesting limitations on it, which make sense but are worth knowing, such as; doesn't work in the dark (so must not be infra-red), doesn't work if car in front is too close (as it can't see the road then) and doesn't work above 87 mph...(I know we all drive the speed limit but useful to know, must be limited in how fast it can register something and then actively change settings before one hits that obstacle)...there are others.
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Originally Posted by FastLaneJB
I've seen people on this forum say that feature improves the ride comfort quite a bit. I think the two cars I've driven both had it but don't know if it's only on when you push adaptive or all the time. I've no idea hence if I was using it or not as I didn't really try out Adaptive much. Will need to get hold of a manual and have a good read.
Ultimately though if they could fit you could probably put 24 - 25 inch wheels on the car and it would still be more comfortable than a 5 series.
Ask them to let you take the M760 out so you can find out. That only comes with 20 inch wheels because of the brake size. The car is also a lot more heavy with the engine so it's got a lot more weight for the suspension to deal with. So it's probably the worse case you can get in a 7 series in terms of comfort I suspect. Don't forget to push the sport button though so the flaps open and give it a rev |
I haven't tried adaptive out too much yet myself so can't comment a lot on that but I haven't noticed it changing modes if it was (for example going from sedate relaxed driving to more sporty, as when you go into sport mode the side bolsters on the seats tighten up and you can feel them 'pinch' you to help with lateral movement, but I don't feel that in adaptive) so I tend to do the changes manually anyway (from comfort plus to sport really)...
Agree with FastLaneJB, 20's will be fine and look stunning. EDIT: if however, you did want driver assistant plus and changing back to standard 19's would free up enough to get DAP then I'd do that to be honest. The 19's are still big enough, it will help a bit with fuel economy and ride and the DAP is great in many aspects but does have some quirks and you get ACC. The feature I like most is it will warn you using the radar sensors in the front or rear bumpers if a car is approaching when you are 'blind' to them (at 90 degree junctions or where you are backing up...you won't see them, even in the surround view but the radar will pick them up and indicate this as a warning sound and red visual (on appropriate side of camera view)...worth its weight in gold to be honest for the UK. Either way you'll be happy, congrats again on the car, please do keep us posted on progress (both of you!) and lots of pics when you get them!
Hope that helps