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Originally Posted by nachob
First all new M2s come to the US with power seats, then they charge you extra for a CS model without them! I know I got roasted by a few when I said the manual seat version was the lightest, then BMW allowed you to get them in the M2 at a premium!
Anwyay, I took the armrest out because the rattles were annoying me and couldn't really fix it long term and I was surprised how heavy it felt. I was jokingly excited about my no option manual seat 1M being even lighter and I saw this on Jalopnik. It appears just like the M2 CS where they charge you a premium for the manual seats we have in our strippers, they are now charging you a premium to take away the dead weight of the ARMREST in the M5 CS! 
jalopnik M5 CS Editorial
I guess I'm ahead of my time! 
I have a roll of black alcantara, maybe I'll slather some of that on it and call it a CS? |
You know what's hilarious? The writer of that Jalopnik article is one of the drivers of the One Lap of America 1M that's mentioned in another thread. If you go down to the comments of the Jalopnik article, you'll see me trying to convince him that he should delete the armrest in his 1M.
While the weight savings and rattle reduction is nice, I also simply find it more comfortable, since I have long arms. Plus, it looks really clean.
