[Dr.Deep]

Originally Posted by M2Cmtl

Amazing seats, but since I daily my car, pretty sure I would pass (though I haven't had any seat time in them).

Not an issue at all, I daily my car, have it for over one year and 15k miles now…after getting in / out 4,5 times u find an easy routine on how to get in & out and it becomes absolutely normal.

For me that is one of the main highlights of the G8X platform, and driving one without the CBs feels like a completely different car.

[riko///m2]

The new carbon bucket seats are now on the accessories catalog. $21k? Yikes!

https://www.bmwpartspros.com/p-bmw-o...-black-g82lksw

[Tag]

Originally Posted by Poochie

Shoot, you guys are correct; that is an LCI F87 interior… ��

And so the plot thickens..

Yo P dawg, the plot has actually thinned. Check out ynguldyn's confirmation of the CF seats a few posts back, #51 and #53.

[DrKevM5]

Doing all they can with content to distract from the esthetics

[Poochie]

Originally Posted by Tag

Yo P dawg, the plot has actually thinned. Check out ynguldyn's confirmation of the CF seats a few posts above, post #51 and #53.

Yea, I saw that but this is still just an unsubstantiated claim and not an official fact, so I'm still skeptical..

Seeing that they are listed as an official accessory option and is placed in what seems to be the corner for someone's house and not in a factory setting, there is a possibility they might just be a purchased set with a custom M2 badge.

I am aware that Ynguldyn is some sort of supposed insider and all due respect to him if it is indeed true but this is still the internet and anyone can claim to be anyone or be privy to secret information with nothing to back it up expect their word. 🤨

Yours Sincerely,
The Queen Of England

[yuvalt]

I don't see any carbon in the pictures. Maybe they will do plastic buckets? Hmm

[Tag]

Originally Posted by Poochie

Yea, I saw that but this is still just an unsubstantiated claim and not an official fact, so I'm still skeptical..

Seeing that they are listed as an official accessory option and is placed in what seems to be the corner for someone's house and not in a factory setting, there is a possibility they might just be a purchased set with a custom M2 badge.

I am aware that Ynguldyn is some sort of supposed insider and all due respect to him if it is indeed true but this is still the internet and anyone can claim to be anyone or be privy to secret information with nothing to back it up expect their word. 🤨

Yours Sincerely,
The Queen Of England

Your Majesty,
ynguldyn doesn't make claims, as I'm sure you've seen this thread before many times. I also wouldn't put too much stock into where the pic was taken. Remember the front bumper leak and the surrounding environment it was taken in? That didn't look like it was at any official BMW location and yet turned out to be the real thing. In my experience when ynguldyn confirms it you can take it to the bank.

[Poochie]

Originally Posted by Tag

Your Majesty,
ynguldyn doesn't make claims, as I'm sure you've seen this thread before many times. I also wouldn't put too much stock into where the pic was taken. Remember the front bumper leak and the surrounding environment it was taken in? That didn't look like it was at any official BMW location and yet turned out to be the real thing. In my experience when ynguldyn confirms it you can take it to the bank.

I guess we both have varying levels of trust and I'm not saying I'm right, just not yet fully convinced until I see something official but I guess soon enough we'll know for sure..

Either way, I'll probably be able to get a set by then because I received an email today from a Nigerian Prince that told me I'm going be rich!

Gotta love the internet. 😉

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by Dr.Deep

Not an issue at all, I daily my car, have it for over one year and 15k miles now…after getting in / out 4,5 times u find an easy routine on how to get in & out and it becomes absolutely normal.

For me that is one of the main highlights of the G8X platform, and driving one without the CBs feels like a completely different car.

Insights like this may get me to change my mind if they're available when I order.

Can you describe your routine, if it's possible to even put such a thing into words?

I currently imagine only embarrassing myself getting in and out on rallies and at meets.

[aaaaah]

I'd accept the wang holster if you could get them in an all cloth interior.

[Dr.Deep]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

Insights like this may get me to change my mind if they're available when I order.

Can you describe your routine, if it's possible to even put such a thing into words?

I currently imagine only embarrassing myself getting in and out on rallies and at meets.

Indeed not easy to describe…but I try

I kind of lift myself out by pushing with right underarm on the middle rest and the same with the left arm by pushing with the triceps against the upper part of the seat…it really is very easy once u find the best way.

And don't worry, after a few ins & outs it will become like getting in & out of any regular car

[ynguldyn]

Originally Posted by Poochie

I guess we both have varying levels of trust and I'm not saying I'm right, just not yet fully convinced until I see something official but I guess soon enough we'll know for sure..

Either way, I'll probably be able to get a set by then because I received an email today from a Nigerian Prince that told me I'm going be rich!

Gotta love the internet. ��

I can see actual G87s with 48C built in SLP.

Not many relative to the total number built though. Supply chain strikes again?

[Ag3ofShadows]

Originally Posted by O5E46M3

I still don't get the phallus holder thingo.

I don't get it either. It seems inconvenient to not be able to have your legs a bit closer together if necessary. Especially for driving a manual where your left leg has something to do. Maybe it doesn't sit as high as it looks in photos?

[Poochie]

Originally Posted by ynguldyn

I can see actual G87s with 48C built in SLP.

Not many relative to the total number built though. Supply chain strikes again?

Thank you replying and I hope you understand it's nothing personal with my doubts, I just have trust issues and a hard time believing that $21,000 seats, even stretched out on a larger economic scale, would end up in an entry-level M car that BMW is supposedly trying to keep within a certain price tier..

Of course this is just opinion and I could be totally wrong..

[ynguldyn]

Originally Posted by Poochie

Thank you replying and I hope you understand it's nothing personal with my doubts, I just have trust issues and a hard time believing that $21,000 seats, even stretched out on a larger economic scale, would end up in an entry-level M car that BMW is supposedly trying to keep within a certain price tier..

Of course this is just opinion and I could be totally wrong..

The retail price of a part has nothing to do with the cost of using it in a complete car.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Poochie

Thank you replying and I hope you understand it's nothing personal with my doubts, I just have trust issues and a hard time believing that $21,000 seats, even stretched out on a larger economic scale, would end up in an entry-level M car that BMW is supposedly trying to keep within a certain price tier..

Of course this is just opinion and I could be totally wrong..

Why wouldn't they be? The option is +/- $3,000 additional. It's going to be the same way for the G87 (…which will likely come with the standard G8X M seats if you don't option the carbon buckets). The updated M2C came with the same front seats AND motor as the more expensive F8X M3/M4.

P.S. Weren't you one of the non-believers about the new grille being attributed to the G8X?!?

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by Poochie

Thank you replying and I hope you understand it's nothing personal with my doubts, I just have trust issues and a hard time believing that $21,000 seats, even stretched out on a larger economic scale, would end up in an entry-level M car that BMW is supposedly trying to keep within a certain price tier..

Of course this is just opinion and I could be totally wrong..

Wait, these seats are a 21000 dollar option?


EDIT, never mind, I see the follow on comments. 3K doesn't seem out of line.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

Wait, these seats are a 21000 dollar option?

NO!

[reginijr1]

Originally Posted by riko///m2

The new carbon bucket seats are now on the accessories catalog. $21k? Yikes!

https://www.bmwpartspros.com/p-bmw-o...-black-g82lksw

Originally Posted by riko///m2

The new carbon bucket seats are now on the accessories catalog. $21k? Yikes!

https://www.bmwpartspros.com/p-bmw-o...-black-g82lksw

What they don't tell you it comes in 50 pieces!!!

[Game]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

Wait, these seats are a 21000 dollar option?


EDIT, never mind, I see the follow on comments. 3K doesn't seem out of line.

$3800 for the CB in the G8X.

Will we be getting the same interior options as the G8x?

[Equilibrandt]

I'd take out a second mortgage to have these in the F8X's Carbon Nanostructure / Anthracite cloth option.

[Poochie]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Why wouldn't they be? The option is +/- $3,000 additional. It's going to be the same way for the G87 (…which will likely come with the standard G8X M seats if you don't option the carbon buckets). The updated M2C came with the same front seats AND motor as the more expensive F8X M3/M4.

P.S. Weren't you one of the non-believers about the new grille being attributed to the G8X?!?

Yes, I was one of those beaver-tooth grill skeptics but you can't equate one with the other and what was the first thing I did when I official realized I was wrong? I humbled myself and gave you your due credit. I'm not just playing devil's advocate here for the sake of it but instead I'm one of those "I'll believe it when I see it" type of folks - it keep things simple.

I admit, I don't know enough about how exactly a vehicle's MSRP is determined but I do believe you're oversimplifying the example that a "$3,000 option" would reap the same exact cost and return for the manufacture, across every single model tier.

The M2, M4, M5, M8 all have different overall price points, thus, what it cost BMW to offer a specific option on a 60k MSRP M2 is not going to scale down the same as a $140,000 M8.

I'm sure with enough researcher, I would write a proper thesis on the subject but I hope you get my drift for the sake of expedience.