Do you get a rear armrest with the ski bag?

[sethchan]

I know that you only get the passthrough if you get the ski bag, but I wonder if you get a rear armrest with the passthrough. On the 5 wagon, for example, there is an armrest but in the 1 vert the center piece comes open and just kind of lies there, no armrest.

Also, if there is an armrest, can you get cup holders in it?

[larryn]

It's just a pop out upholstered flap, that flops down over the rear seat bins between the seats. It's not a true fold down arm rest. (it's definitely a cost cutter, and it's far from being able accommodate cup holders)

[Dodo]

There is a cup holder module on the BMW Deutschland accessory site that snaps into place if you remove the ski bag. No pricing info though. Looks very similar to the one for the 3er on BMWUSA. May be interchangeable??

Here's the link for the US version:

http://accessories.bmwusa.com/ItemVi...&productId=603

Maybe someone can confirm?


Somewhat OT the US site also has this:

http://accessories.bmwusa.com/ItemVi...&productId=511

[larryn]

I don't believe either of those will do you any good, Take a look at pics of that feeble attempt at an armrest on the 1 coupe.

[bski]

Yeah,
Dont think the 3er cup holder will interchange with the 1er.
Have the skibag, much wider on the 1 than the 3

[Dodo]

From what I can tell this is supposed to be part number 72 60 0 153 336, fits E81, E82, E87; E60, E61; E90, E91, E92; X3 if equipped with options SA464, SA468 or SA465.:iono: I may well be wrong, just going by what I was reading.

[sethchan]

Thanks very, very much to everyone who answered. I'd been thinking of getting the ski bag retro-fitted (having failed to order it by mistake) in order to get the armrest. I still wish I had ordered the passthrough, but not enough to spend a couple of thousand dollars to retrofit it!

[sethchan]

Originally Posted by larryn

I don't believe either of those will do you any good, Take a look at pics of that feeble attempt at an armrest on the 1 coupe.

Thanks very much. I'm so relieved I didn't miss much. Better to have it than not, but of there isn't a real armrest, it's not a big deal to me.

[jeremyc74]

I can't imagine trapping anyone in the back of the 1 long enough for them to need a drink!

[sethchan]

Originally Posted by jeremyc74

I can't imagine trapping anyone in the back of the 1 long enough for them to need a drink!

She'll be comfortable back there for a while....:smile:

[jeremyc74]

Originally Posted by sethchan

She'll be comfortable back there for a while....:smile:

Ok...that I can understand. I'm still not sure I'd be giving her drinks back there though.

[Dodo]

Anyone stuck in the back for long deserves a drink.:wink:
Maybe two.:drinking:

[itsthechuck]

After seeing those pics i'm glad I didn't order the ski bag for the armrest.

[sethchan]

Originally Posted by jeremyc74

Ok...that I can understand. I'm still not sure I'd be giving her drinks back there though.

...between being old enough to have a drink back there and young enugh to fit in.

My stepson is 17 and about 6' tall. He can sit back there OK as long as he adopts typical teenage posture and slouches and sprawls a bit.

[C_Topher]

http://accessories.bmwusa.com/ItemVi...&productId=603

$115 cupholder? Plus installation? Its a BMW.

[BMW Dreamer]

Thats really sad how BMW nickel and dimes cars TO DEATH.

I guess nobody will be drinking in my backseat. Heck it probably won't ever get sat in anyway.

[M3Armand]

Originally Posted by sethchan

I know that you only get the passthrough if you get the ski bag, but I wonder if you get a rear armrest with the passthrough. On the 5 wagon, for example, there is an armrest but in the 1 vert the center piece comes open and just kind of lies there, no armrest.

Also, if there is an armrest, can you get cup holders in it?

What?@? So the ONLY way I can get a passthrough is if I order the "Cold Weather" package? This package is $600 for the heated seats and the ski bag. But I don't want the ski bag...I already have tons of them to carry my skiis with. If I just do the heated seats for $500, I save $100.

But are you telling me that "there's no hole" between the seats if I don't get the Cold Weather package?

[M3Armand]

Originally Posted by M3Armand

What?@? So the ONLY way I can get a passthrough is if I order the "Cold Weather" package? This package is $600 for the heated seats and the ski bag. But I don't want the ski bag...I already have tons of them to carry my skiis with. If I just do the heated seats for $500, I save $100.

But are you telling me that "there's no hole" between the seats if I don't get the Cold Weather package?

Damn... I searched and answered my own question. Cold Weather = heated seats, ski bag AND hole for ski bag...

[ptack]

Originally Posted by Jeff1962

Thats really sad how BMW nickel and dimes cars TO DEATH.

I guess nobody will be drinking in my backseat. Heck it probably won't ever get sat in anyway.

Yeah, it's pretty pathetic that my 1998 318i, which had the same amount of space in the rear as my 1, had a nice, full fledged, pull-down arn rest in the center while the 1 has nothing even similar. It was at least a bone to throw to the rear prisoners, I mean passengers.