What additional features would you like on your car?

[mjt]

I've never had a heated steering wheel or used one, I'm just thinking back to January when I'd get into the car after scraping ice off in -7c temperatures, surely the ideal time for heated seats.

I'd sit down, drive off and think 'OMG, this wheel is FREEZING, arghg'.

Never 'these seats are freezing', infact, I didnt once yearn for heated seats yet every morning I wished my steering wheel was heated.

I had heated seats in the Mondeo and only really used them when people said 'Wow, it has heated seats'. There are heated seats in my parents 525i but again, I don't really use them.

I think its a bit ridiculous to claim anyone who doesnt spec them is an 'idiot'.

Depends on personal preference doesn't it? It's just the fact they're not very expensive, so when you're spending £40k odd on a car, another few hundred doesn't really matter does it?

I use the heated seats all the time, and I'm grateful they work on the Z3 after realising the ones on the Lolvo were broken.
I used them every day on the way to work - even if it's only for 10 minutes, it's worth it IMO. I even stuck it on last week, and it was 8C.

At the end of the day, it just comes down to personal preference.
Ventilated seats I can't really see the point of. Our GT has them, but maybe I haven't tested them in a very hot car yet

 

[Dogbreath]

At the end of the day, it just comes down to personal preference.

Absolutely. Who are we to criticise people that get pleasure from the sensation of having urinated in their clothes?

 

[mjt]

Absolutely. Who are we to criticise people that get pleasure from the sensation of having urinated in their clothes?

I've only ever felt this once or twice before, and I can't remember the car I was in. Certainly not mine

 

[Finglonga]

Your car doesn't have suspension?

19" wheels with RFT's on and the state of the Stafford****e roads so in a sense of the word no.

 

[sigma]

If the steering wheel is so cold you could always wear gloves.

 

[beermonster]

First time I've had heated seats and the 3rd car I've had with full leather seats and I must admit when your up at 5am with the freezing temps we've recently had they were really beneficial, plus they seem to ease the lower strain you get in your back if your an old git like me

I did see a retrofit for heated steering wheel on the e39 but it wasn't cheap.

 

[realscot]

this winter past, several times i came out to find frost on the inside of my windscreen and the locks frozen solid. On those days i'd have loved heated everything, and of course remote start so I could have it all warmed up before I even left the house. (only got a 3 mile commute so car isn't even warm by the time I get there)

 

[Sin_Chase]

Heated seats (Will be DIYing that in due course however)
Forced Induction
Full suspension re-work

That's about it really.