[TurboT]

Until end of April I can still do some adjustments to my order, and now I'm wondering following optional accessories:

- SoftClose doors
- Lane Change warning

I drive a lot in highways and lane change occurs quite often.

Any real live experience of those accessories, are they usefull or total useless and not worth of spending money ?

[sdg1871]

TurboT, on 09 March 2010 - 07:47 AM, said:

Until end of April I can still do some adjustments to my order, and now I'm wondering following optional accessories:

- SoftClose doors
- Lane Change warning

I drive a lot in highways and lane change occurs quite often.

Any real live experience of those accessories, are they usefull or total useless and not worth of spending money ?

I despised my Infiniti M45's lane departure warning system so much that I permanently shut it off. It was constantly giving false alarms and was extremely distracting. Maybe BMW got it better but I have no desire to order that option.

SoftClose door are a nice lux option.

[Small Tomato]

TurboT, on 09 March 2010 - 07:47 AM, said:

Until end of April I can still do some adjustments to my order, and now I'm wondering following optional accessories:

- SoftClose doors
- Lane Change warning

I drive a lot in highways and lane change occurs quite often.

Any real live experience of those accessories, are they usefull or total useless and not worth of spending money ?

Soft close doors are good especially you can ask the passengers to "click" close the door and don't slam it. It's also very useful when you have an infant sleeping in car and you try to get in/out of the car ...

[TXPearl]

I wouldn't bother with either option. Lane departure sounds like it would be more trouble than it's worth (similar to the "active cruise control"). As for the soft close doors....I just don't see it as much of a convenience, plus I'd always have to remind passesngers "you don't have to slam the door".

[TurboT]

You all have given very good and valuable comments. And based on the comments it seems that both softclose and lane change warning options are not worth spending any money.

[m630]

I would give a big nod to softclose doors, i find them invaluable in tight locations... if you have small and narrow roads or side roads you frequent and parking is an issue, id definitely recommend them, the benefit is you dont have to have the door completely open to close properly, just a simple pull in towards latch and you are locked..and as other have said, it gets you out of the habit of having to slam the door shut and the rattles that this simple process can ultimately contribute to over years of ownership

[TurboT]

m630, on 09 March 2010 - 04:17 PM, said:

I would give a big nod to softclose doors, i find them invaluable in tight locations... if you have small and narrow roads or side roads you frequent and parking is an issue, id definitely recommend them, the benefit is you dont have to have the door completely open to close properly, just a simple pull in towards latch and you are locked..and as other have said, it gets you out of the habit of having to slam the door shut and the rattles that this simple process can ultimately contribute to over years of ownership

Thanks, very good point indeed. In practise I don't have tight locations/parking places, no small or narror roads, so even that point makes for me no sense to spend any money for Soft Close.

[narvselius]

I also thought about these two options (among others...) but decided against just on the reasons stated above; almsot no tight parking locations. And Lane Departing warning... well. A nice add-on, but not something I like to fork out money for.

[SSRL_2006]

Soft door close is awesome! I'd definitely get it! The negative side is of course reminding your passengers not to slam the door, but that's it! It's convenient and that's how all luxury sedans are going - Audi A8, BMW 7 Series, Lexus LS, Mercedes Benz S-Class.

Like I had to pay for my HUD but now it's standard. I can see soft door close becoming a standard option probably from cars in 2016.

Anyway, instead of paying your money for lane change, if there exists an option, get automatic tail. That's another awesome option.

My parents drive a 2G E65 7 Series Luminance and the latest X5 and it has all the above options (as standard in 7) and they are just great!

[pharding]

What is automatic tail?

[pinguhk]

SoftClose doors is a must have if you got kids.
for the Lane Change warning, if you drive alot of motorways I get it.

[SSRL_2006]

pharding, on 15 March 2010 - 07:32 PM, said:

What is automatic tail?

It's an option where the boot closes by itself when you press a button and/or when you continuously hold the boot button on your keys! It's great because when you're carrying something and you want to close the boot, you can just press a button and the car closes it automatically! Awesome stuff!

[narvselius]

SSRL_2006, on 16 March 2010 - 01:48 AM, said:

It's an option where the boot closes by itself when you press a button and/or when you continuously hold the boot button on your keys! It's great because when you're carrying something and you want to close the boot, you can just press a button and the car closes it automatically! Awesome stuff!

What? Arrggh, I thought it was a new device from MI6 to follow suspicious cars.

[TurboT]

SSRL_2006, on 16 March 2010 - 01:48 AM, said:

It's an option where the boot closes by itself when you press a button and/or when you continuously hold the boot button on your keys! It's great because when you're carrying something and you want to close the boot, you can just press a button and the car closes it automatically! Awesome stuff!

Yes, that was the absolute must option which I already chose.

[Rich535d]

TurboT, on 16 March 2010 - 04:29 AM, said:

Yes, that was the absolute must option which I already chose.

I would not bother with lane departure. It buzzes the wheel every time you go over a white line unless you indicate. So you either end of being obsessional over indicating, becoming desensitised to the vibration, or turning the thing off...