Yesterday I went to collect a rather aggressive sounding BMW 440 d from the BCA auction site in Paddock Wood, near Tonbridge, and nearly had a fatal accident.
I forgot I was driving a BMW and tried to pump my seat up with the lever on the right of the seat, forgetting that it's actually drops you down a good six inches while simultaneously thrusting you back a good six inches too when you pull it up, making you yank the wheel to the left in the process of doing a voyage to the bottom of the car, as you have only the left hand on the wheel when pulling on the seat lever.
The result is that you can't see over the dashboard, you can't see through the rear view window, you can no longer reach the pedals and your lurching into another lane. Luckily there was no one in it, but it must have looked really strange to anybody behind me.
Unlike any other car, you can't pump the seat back up again without stopping the car and getting out to relieve the pressure on the seat, when the same lever makes the seat spring up.
It's undoubtedly a very dangerous BMW design fault and it's not the first time it has caught me out.
1 comment:
That will learn you not familiarise yourself with a crap cheap car. Electronic seats should be standard but BMW everything is extra😜😂😂😂
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