Kid seats in M cars

[Iandk]

Hi

Very long time lurker here, just bought an F10 M5 (just done 3yrs in a Volvo without possibility of parole).

Sorry for a post that’s not very exciting

My little boy is big and old enough (just) for a U.K. legal booster seat and he’s hoping to sit in the front with me from time to time. I appreciate BMW have a section on this in the manual but it’s fairly risk adverse.

Are there any considerations about the active seats or backrest width if I use a high back hard plastic child seat? With a booster alone will the seat width squish together enough to hold a little boys frame? Does the F10 do the cornering thing on the seat sides?

I’ve told him BMWs sense when little children are in the car and they only drive slowly so this isn’t a speed thing.

Thanks

Ian

[hertfordshire1]

Hey mate.

My 5 year old always sat in the back in a full isofix seat. My 13 year old was fine in the front.

The front seats aren't active like on the e60 M5.

The bolsters do not inflate enough I would say to hold a small child in place..

happy to be proven wrong - never tried it (my M5 had the multi-funtional seats).

Cheers

Steve

[ftypical]

Back in the day my office car park had an Escort RS Cosworth and a Delta Integrale both fitted with baby seats...

[Iandk]

Thanks for this....I think I’ll stick with the hardback isofix then.

Please don’t tell him I’m just using him to get the wider parent and child spaces to avoid dents

[Theone8181]

Iandk said:

Thanks for this....I think I’ll stick with the hardback isofix then.

Please don’t tell him I’m just using him to get the wider parent and child spaces to avoid dents

That's one of the perkd, along with the glare at anyone that doesn't have kids using those spaces.

[e30m3Mark]

I took my nephew out yesterday.



ETA - We were stationary for this picture.

Edited by e30m3Mark on Thursday 25th October 13:10

[Iandk]

That car is awesome, is there a thread on the spec somewhere?

[e30m3Mark]

Iandk said:

That car is awesome, is there a thread on the spec somewhere?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCY66GT2o70&lc=z23qhpuopxi5uhoyb04t1aokgaiho5etzqiovtgvumlark0h00410.1540312401397808

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[mikeN54]

We kept kids in the back until they're big enough for narrow booster seat only, then they come up front for short trips.

Our M6GC front seats (same as upgraded seats in F10 M5) won't narrow up enough to hold a small child, but equally the heavily side-bolstered seat base means a regular booster base (high or low back) doesn't between those base side bolsters so the booster "sits" on top of the side bolsters which is no good.

Problem with high back seats is the damage they do to the leather unless well protected with a selection of old towels etc carefully placed behind the child seat.

Edited by mikeN54 on Friday 26th October 11:08