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In general, I was looking at a 540, but made my budget work with the m550 and was glad I took the step to get the extra horsepower. For me I don't even notice the differences in the dash, but understand why people do the upgrade. |
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How about the glove compartment? Ive been treating all as merino leather, feels like the real deal. |
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Another option I absolutely love is the driving assistance pro. I only use it in heavy traffic, but I commute in it daily - and it is so great. Push a couple of buttons and the car will practically drive itself. Heated steering wheel is also nice if you live where it is cold. I am in so cal - so it's not really "cold" - but in December we are near freezing in the AM where i live, and nothing beats hoping into my car on a cold AM, and having my seats AND steering wheel warm up. I have seat massagers as well - love those! Good luck! Also - if you opt for the leather dash option, I believe that also gets you real leather on the tops of the door sills. [IMG][/IMG]
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If the BMW PDF is to be believed…it listed the interior material used with the Dakota, Nappa, and extended Merino leathers. Hopefully you can expand the image (like if you’re on a tablet) because I had to shrink the image to get all of the info on one page). Again, the PDF reveals that each leather type (Dak/Nap/Mer) each uses the artificial leather or WalkNappa leather in places that appear to be high wear or high abuse areas. The Dakota/Vernasca uses it in 7 locations…the Nappa uses it in 5 locations, and the Merino uses WalkNappa instead of artificial leather in 2 locations.
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What's the difference between nappa and walknappa? I guess walknappa is 'engineered nappa' that was mentioned previously and somewhat different(more durable) than regular nappa.
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Again, if you go to the online part database sites and look at the seat material for the e24 (6 sereis), e31 (8 series), or e32 (7 series)...you will see WalkNappa listed.
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It makes sense but this pdf confused me as it it has 'walknappa' and 'exclusive leather nappa' listed but it may not mean anything.
It's interesting that in europe merino option on non-m5s is almost non-existent, only one example on mobile.de(biggest used car site in germany). |
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Sensatec looks nicer than injected molded plastic, but it's still clearly not leather. Nothing matches the beautiful look and feel of real leather. Well worth the cost, but I doubt dealers option much inventory with that option.
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Wife new X7 has merino seats bit senstec dash, my M550 has merino with leather dash and I definitely prefer the leather dash. Like someone else mentioned you get additional leather on the doors as well. Totally worth it to me.
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If you're buying used and everything else on the car is perfect I would not pass up the car because it lacks this option.
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BTW, the reason I originally posted those images were just to show examples of leather vs non leather dashes.
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This would also make the 4ND Instrument Panel with leather finish truthful in wording and in appearance. When you see BMWs with this option, the leather material on the door tops, dash, and top center armrest has the same smooth finish as the Nappa seats (and similarly to the WalkNappa used with the extended Merino leather option) Below are examples of a f06 with Nappa leather seats but DID NOT have the 4ND leather dash option (I verified by running the VIN through a decoder)… and you can clearly see that door tops, dash, and center armrest are not covered in the smooth Nappa…but a very grainy material that according to the chart would be artificial leather. And you can also see that the center door panel (unlike the top panel) is covered in Nappa as the chart indicates. So those with Nappa interior AND the 4ND leather dash option…those items on the chart that say artificial leather (except for the map pockets) are more than likely covered in Nappa as the 4ND option code indicates.
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All you ever wanted to know about the extended leather options, maybe too much lol, but I'm thoroughly confused or misunderstanding. I have Nappa and I have the extended leather dash option. My dash and doors are not "pebbled". Far from it. I looks, feels and smells like leather and is smooth.
Whatever the answer is, per the OP's original question, people that have it think highly of it and consider it leather.
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Leather dash and alcantara headliner are worthy upgrades and really transform the interior. I also have the piano black dash but it's a dust and fingerprint magnet. Had the car not come with it I would've picked something else.
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Same here. Stunning interior.
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