"New" 95 740i question - unsupportive seating on cornering!

["Stephen Robinson" <stever@xxxxxxxxx>]

 Subject: "New" 95 740i question - unsupportive seating on cornering!
 Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 12:23 PM
 
 Having owned my first 7 series for less than a month now, it still feels
 huge, and I don't have the comfort ($) seat option, and was wondering if
 any other 95-98 owners without this option find the car unwieldy in
 cornering, in as far as staying in the seat and not slipping off into the
 door!  The leather is quite smooth and it feels like I am sliding around
 alot on corners and that the seat is barely supportive at all.  Any
 suggestions on how to avoid this feeling (reality)?  I tried every seat
 position I could try, and I'm 5'11 and on the thin side.  Guess I should
 have looked for a car with the comfort seat option?  At $32,500 for the
 car, I couldn't resist the deal so I bought it without ever driving one
 with this option.  Is there anything I'm not thinking of to avoid slipping
 while going around corners? Maybe I just need to drive it more and try it
 figure it out for myself, or get used to the WIDE as heck seat?!?
 
 As a P.S., I took my friends out last night for the first time and four of
 us barrelled in the car, and they were all VERY happy with the extra room
 and comfort over the 91 M5 I last had and over the 96 Maxima before that. 
 Can't wait to take it to Maine in October from Silver Spring MD.  It will
 undoubtedly fit all our backpacking gear without a problem!
 Steve Robinson
 1995 740i Aspen Silver 61K miles
 1988 911 Carrera Blue 55K miles

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