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That would be a welcome change...
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Well dang...oh, well.
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I opted out of massage option with merino. It actually cost me more not to have massage seats as an option. Took ventilation (first time) and i think it does make a difference (less sweaty back when exposed to sun and aircon not running too strong). Multincontour Seats are comfortable and i assume they would be even more comfortable without the seat ventilation. Without ventilation they are full merino as with the middle is vernasca.
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When you take a second look, that doesn’t actually leave much of the seat to be merino. Even a lot of that nice diamond pattern is in fact vernasca and not merino . Kinda feels like we are getting ripped off to get better looking seats only. |
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I honestly would have been seriously ticked if I spent the money with our incoming X5 only to find that out. But that's just my 2 cents.
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And now knowing I get more merino to boot helps lol.
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I used to have a 2021 X6 M40i (no massage) and my friend had a 2021 X5 with massage. I though the massage seats were so much stiffer than the seats I had in my X6.
Now I have a 2024 X5 40i with massage seats. I don't find them less comfortable to what I was used to before and they are ok. Although I do think the massage could be better. The ventilated option is ok. Spending as much as I do on this vehicle it better have every damn bell and whistle! :/ Rob |
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I do have the massage merino leather seats and yes, I fell they are harder than the non massage seats on the X5 I test drove before. Harder than the ones on any of my other cars, Audi S6, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Colorado Pick Up, Toyota Sequoia, are the ones I drove lately.
I will try to find a solution, maybe have an upholstery shop put more foam in the seat? |
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Added massaging seats to my build yesterday. I already have the comfort package so I figured why not for $1k for a 36 month lease. WHat will it cost me over 3 years per month? $12-15 a month?
I sat in the sensafin seats. I have the vernasca in my 21 X5. I like the feel of the Sensafin alot better and I think with the comfort seats, ventilated and now massaged, it will be just about the best if can get. I didn't go with Merino because I went with the silverstone color and I didnt want to keep maintaining the merino seats. Few weeks! |
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We just picked up our new X5 on Saturday. We went against ordering the ventilation and massage after sitting in a few with it and felt the seat comfort wasn't as great as we thought it should be in merino trim. We also did a ton of searching on the topic and found most said the added options reduced comfort. As they use stiffer and less padding in the seat. We couldn't find a spec in merino without these options so we took a chance that it would be much more comfortable to us. Great news for us at least is the first thing we noticed was how much more comfortable the merino seats were without the ventilation and message. The seats aren't perforated and the whole seat is now merino as well without those options. The seats are super supportive and super comfortable and we absolutely believe for us at least that we made the right decision. As always though this is subjective and everyone's tastes are different as far as comfort goes.
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We went with the ivory merino. Wife was concerned with same things you were but I just got some Colourlock leather care products and we should be good. We're pretty diligent anyways on keeping things nice so not to worried on it.
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Good choice. I've had my Ivory for 9 months now and it has held up very well. No wear and tear and I wipe it with a damp microfiber towel occasionally. I did option massage and ventilated seats and find them to be comfy. Certainly more comfy than my 2020 Cayenne which also had ventilated seats.
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One thing we also wanted optioning the merino is the smell you get from it. Everytime we opened the doors we get this nice waff of leather. Not sure how much longer the option will be available with everyone going synthetics so kind of like the V8. Just wanted one last chance at it I guess just in case.
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