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E60 Back Seats - Fold Flat?

  • 02-05-2013 1:49pm
    #1
    Bits_n_Bobs
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    Can someone tell me if the back seats in a BMW E60 fold flat so that you can fit in long'ish loads in the boot/back seat area?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    biko
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    If you have the e60 fold option they will fold, just not flat.
    Are you transporting something?


  • #3
    galvo_clare
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    Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »
    Can someone tell me if the back seats in a BMW E60 fold flat so that you can fit in long'ish loads in the boot/back seat area?

    Thanks

    No. I seem to recall it was an optional extra to have folding back seats. You'd have to find an estate to get a long load space.


  • #4
    Bits_n_Bobs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Bits_n_Bobs


    Thinking of buying one and I definitely need the option of the fold flat (or even flat-ish) seats. I have the previous 5 series and the back seats don't fold out of the way at all which I find inconvenient frequently - enough to put me off buying the new one.


  • #5
    biko
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    Is estate an option? Still a nice looking car.


  • #6
    Bits_n_Bobs
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    Yeah - am thinking the estate might be the way to go, however never really been mad about estates, always seem sort of 'rattly' or something.


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  • #7
    yllw.ldbttr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭yllw.ldbttr


    As above, they don't fold in most E60s.
    Bought one a few months ago and luckily checked before I left Cork for Ikea...

    Would have been a disaster to discover this in Ikea car park with a lash of flat pack furniture.


  • #8
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,712 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    yllw.ldbttr wrote: »
    As above, they don't fold in most E60s.
    Bought one a few months ago and luckily checked before I left Cork for Ikea...

    Would have been a disaster to discover this in Ikea car park with a lash of flat pack furniture.

    Or when picking up an exhaust for an S2000 for a friend - which is when I discovered that the E60 I'd collected that morning didn't have folding seats.

    Thankfully the exhaust unbolted in the middle so did fit.


  • #9
    Bits_n_Bobs
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    Thanks for the replies :) It took me a good hour rummaging on my own 5 series before I figured out that the seats did not fold down. I just assumed they did when I bought it, seems like a bizarre thing to include as an 'extra'.


  • #10
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I'd say folding rear seats isn't common in saloon cars (unless as extra option), although many have a ski hatch.
    It should be.


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