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      10-14-2021, 08:14 PM   #551
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Are they really worth $3,800+ in upgrade? That's a heck of a lot of money. Residual value on them is probably only 20%…. Do they improve the experience that much??
100%, best seats ever I loved them.
100% agree. Tracked my car for the first time and now I love them even more.
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Are those carbon buckets?
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I'm sure those carbon seats are great for track use and spirited driving, but what about long road trips? My butt gets numb after 2 hours of driving in any car but Volvos. Are they less comfortable than the standard seats? Are passengers complaining?
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Are they really worth $3,800+ in upgrade? That's a heck of a lot of money. Residual value on them is probably only 20%…. Do they improve the experience that much??
That's dirt cheap for that kind of upgrade.
Across the parts counter they'll be a LOT more than that.
If tracking then hell yes they improve the experience.
Plus, no need to mess around with coding, air bag sims etc for aftermarket seats.
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I'm sure those carbon seats are great for track use and spirited driving, but what about long road trips? My butt gets numb after 2 hours of driving in any car but Volvos. Are they less comfortable than the standard seats? Are passengers complaining?
As long as the snugness isn't an issue, I've not had any occurrence of numb butt (can't say the same about the normal M Sport seats or even the ones in my 992).

The only thing I find fatiguing with them is the headrest pad is too far back for me. They are removable so I use the Individual Headrest pillows from my previous M760 with a strip of Velcro attached and put one in place if I have to spend more than a couple of hours in one without a helmet.
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Are they really worth $3,800+ in upgrade? That's a heck of a lot of money. Residual value on them is probably only 20%…. Do they improve the experience that much??
Unless you're tracking the car, I'd say no. They are beautiful though.
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I'm sure those carbon seats are great for track use and spirited driving, but what about long road trips? My butt gets numb after 2 hours of driving in any car but Volvos. Are they less comfortable than the standard seats? Are passengers complaining?
I sat in them for around 10 hours total the first day I bought the car, I was never uncomfortable a single time. They are simply fantastic seats with the looks to match, and again it's the only thing I miss about the G82 I had.

BMW has pretty much universally awesome seats, but those carbon buckets are just a bit better than even the comp seats I had in my F82 Comp.

I would take those carbon buckets over ANY other option for the G8x including laser lights, carbon package, etc.
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Can someone point out what makes this camo G87 M2 a special edition??
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I like the ride height and width. Are those carbon buckets?
It's really hard to tell. I want to say it has them, but I can't tell if it's just my mind telling me I what to see. The buckets would be huge on this car if available, they're the only thing I liked about my G82 when I owned it. If the new M2 has them as an option I'll likely get one.
Are they really worth $3,800+ in upgrade? That's a heck of a lot of money. Residual value on them is probably only 20%…. Do they improve the experience that much??
You can't really buy seats like that for anywhere near that price. Its a steal. But it's not a no brainer. Modern M cars are still mainly daily drivers and GTs. The new M stock seats are really damn good (finally). As someone who always springs for the sport seat option, this is one of the few cars I wouldn't simply because the stock seat is so competent and fits the cars character well.
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The only turn off for me is the taillight.. why cant they just be a bit.. wider/more narrow... other than that, this looks amazing
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The anticipation is KILLING ME! THIS is the BMW worth waiting for right now. I drove the X3M Competition recently, and that engine in an M2C is going to be stupendously incredibly amazing!!!!

Just promise me that either Thundernight or Technoviolet will be an available color.



I don't know, they're going to detune it and the stock tune on the m2c sucks. If it can be flashed tuned or you get the CS I'm sure it will be great though.
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I like the ride height and width. Are those carbon buckets?
It's really hard to tell. I want to say it has them, but I can't tell if it's just my mind telling me I what to see. The buckets would be huge on this car if available, they're the only thing I liked about my G82 when I owned it. If the new M2 has them as an option I'll likely get one.
Are they really worth $3,800+ in upgrade? That's a heck of a lot of money. Residual value on them is probably only 20%…. Do they improve the experience that much??
You can't really buy seats like that for anywhere near that price. Its a steal. But it's not a no brainer. Modern M cars are still mainly daily drivers and GTs. The new M stock seats are really damn good (finally). As someone who always springs for the sport seat option, this is one of the few cars I wouldn't simply because the stock seat is so competent and fits the cars character well.
Over on the g80 board a lot of people don't like owning the bucket seats because getting in and out is difficult for some. Others find them uncomfortable in some way. They're a steal if you want bucket seats, but the question is do you really want bucket seats?
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Here's spy pics of the G87 M2 Competition (or Special Edition) model spotted testing on the Nurburgring today.

G87 M2 Prototype on Nurburgring







Updated September 24, 2021:

G87 M2 Competition model first look - spied on video!





Updated July 22, 2021:

Our photographer spotted this G87 M2 prototype today and for the first time we get a look at the next M2's kidney grilles, all but confirming the front bumper / fascia design seen in the recent leaked M2 bumper images from China (reposted below)!

G87 M2 Prototype Reveals Grilles For First Time






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Updated by administrators on July 14, 2021 with latest spy pics of the G87 prototype.

The spied interior shows upgraded wraparound display screens (the G42 2-series gets the standard displays)

G87 M2 Spied July 14, 2021



I do like the looks, rear is a bit low, hopefully the main thing is fixed in this gen, the horrible understeer.
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As well as carbon bucket seats it looks like it's running 20" wheels front and rear instead on 19" on the front. Given the extra camouflage around the hofmeister kink I wonder whether there will be an embedded BMW roundel there?
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The standard version should have around 450ps, maybe this one will have the base M3 engine with 480ps. So at least even the competition will be available with the 6MT.
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Can someone point out what makes this camo G87 M2 a special edition??
I’m curious too.
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Good color, buckets and a manual trans and I'd be very tempted to trade in the F87C.
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Can someone point out what makes this camo G87 M2 a special edition??
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I’m curious too.
The only hint we got was from Lemetier commenting that in the latest video it sounded like it was the special edition model they're testing... maybe there are some visual clues, too, but that's all I know of thus far.
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