2. Seat adjustment

Probably, on the second place you were waiting for some other feature, but I decided “in order” – opened the car, sat down, adjusted the seats and mirrors, the steering wheel and only then started-drive. So while about the seats.

The fact that in the BMW 7 series of seat adjustments more than in any other model of the company, it is quite expected. But I liked the way it’s implemented. Adjustment of the front seats is carried out by a block of keys and sliders located on the outer side of the seat.

Each element is touch-sensitive: as soon as you touch a finger to either of them, the seat image appears on the main screen of the car and highlight the part that you touch. And also the possible “degrees of freedom” for this segment: it is immediately evident what to press and where to move. The protrusion under the knees, forward-back-up, back angle, height and position of the headrest, lumbar support, side support – adjustments more than in the most sophisticated computer chair. But for the first time it was difficult to get confused in this variety of adjustments. Do not need to explain to the passenger how to move the seat – he just instinctively puts his hand into the buttons area and in a moment understands everything. However, you can also adjust the passenger seat from the driver’s side – he has “admin rights” 🙂

Speaking of the seats, we can not fail to mention the various heating and ventilation, as well as about massage and “vitalization.” If everything is clear with the massage (you can choose one of the necessary zones for the exposure separately, as well as one of the three intensity levels), then in the back seats there is such an unusual thing as vitalization: it’s a kind of interactive training (shown on the back monitor) the activity of which is controlled by the seat sensors. Not that this is a worthy substitution for the gym, but on the road it allows you to stretch the knuckles and the muscles in the office chair a little.

With the rear seats still steeper: they can be controlled not only by buttons on the center console, but also from an optional tablet, which later. Well, they, of course, even more comfortable – more space, all sorts of pads and that’s it.

NEXT – soon…

this is an article translation from geektimes.ru/company/bmw/blog/295195

the 1st part is here >>