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Cars/trucks/SUVs everything with 4 wheels is just getting bigger. Cell phones are getting bigger as well, hell look at the size of the iPhones (especially the max) today vs 5 years ago. Bigger is better with human nature and I don't think that is ever going to change.
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From what I gather, they are not true "bucket seats" per se, with the backrest separate from the seat base for adjustability. Only the backrest shell is made of CFRP.
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Who knows, we don't actually know the weight of the seats and I maybe eating my shorts in a couple months because BMW has revolutionized seat design and created a 15 lb electric seat, but until then I think anyone who is actually going to make this thing into a serious track toy is going to scrap those seats for true fixed buckets.
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They should make CA available as an option either way. On Mercs, you can disable CA by holding the lock button or something, which helps prevent dickheads from remotely stealing your car.
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Not to go back down the weird rabbit hole experience I had with my M4 CS, but I also thought it odd they didn't have the MP HAS available as an option for the CS line. And in my case, according to BMW NA it wasn't even designed for it and thus officially unavailable. |
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CA cannot weigh that much more than the regular door handles and the module couldn't be more than a pound or two. Seems more like a cost cutting than anything from BMW. Same reason for the fact that they don't put CA on the rear doors.
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If my car didn't have comfort access I'd want a place to put the keys, kind of like how MB had the old removable start stop buttons. To this day I still prefer the act of turning a key though.
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My Cayman is funny as they've tried to combine both. I have their version of CA and they keep a faux permanent "key" you turn the ignition with instead of pushing a button. Took me a little while to get used to. It is a gimmick, but kind of a cool one.
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So you would need to design and offer two distinct center consoles...
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I didn't track my M3/4s nearly as much as you did, but I did quite a few times and I still to this day don't get the elbow thing on the armrest. It was no big deal for me as I just bought a cheap pillow to stuff there for my arm. Edit: Just saw the M3 CS didn't have the armrest either, but did have the regular door cards/pulls. Even stranger IMO. |
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They already had the center console without armrest adapted for the single zone HVAC from the GTS, so they simply used that for the M4cs and M3cs. They already had the lightweight door cards from the GTS, so they used that on the M4cs. However, since these would not fit the 4-door M3, they took the 30jahre edition interior for the M3cs. The only true unique parts are the front CF splitter and rear deck Gurney flap.
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I guess strange from a stated mission part or something like that. If the CS was supposed to be a more track focused/special car yada yada, why the difference between the M3/4 CSs? I remember the marketing talking about them as part of cutting the weight etc. It couldn't of been that hard or expensive to make cardboard cutouts for the M3 CSs. Ah fun to rehash old arguments from the past. |
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The M3cs was an afterthought really, rushed at the last minute, particularly aimed at the US market. Minimal investment was the goal IMO.
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