can you kip in the back of a touring?

[jibowski]

i had to sleep in the back of my 4dr saloon a while back which was sheer fucking agony!, no way to get comfortable in the front or back, back seat is too narrow and you have to fold your legs and the fronts are hard and dont recline enough

i was wondering if tourings rear folding seats are flat and sleepable in the back as i like going to festivals in the summer, i hate tents and vw campers are slow hippy wagons so quite fancy a specced up 6cyl beemerwagon

[fuzzy]

they are flat and it would be fine if you are a midget.

[jibowski]

6ft 2 fella so definately not a midget, perhaps i could get one and get a glass extension like a conservatory put on the back!

[fowler]

its not too bad its about 8 inches too shoort for me and i am 6ft 4

[georgen]

No probs. I'm 6ft 1" and fit comfortably lying down with the rear seats down. I HAD to do this after picking up my old touring from Sheffield and driving through the night to Caithness. Got as far as Perthshire before tiredness really kicked in...

[Alex]

put the seats down and stick an airbed down and your sorted

[murran]

wheres munky with his bedsit pictures!!

[greentouring]

Yep! I'm 6' and slept in the back curled up with the luggage cover pulled closed; the house next to my flat had caught fire and everyone was evacuated. Not the most comfortable night, but memorable.

[Dave_M3]

RE^ Haha, I bet. The Jones' would have minded a 17 year old BMW that night.

Friend trailers is race car with his 25 touring all the time to race meetings and has a grand sleep in the back.
Think he's about 5' 8.
Only thing that annoyed him is the slight step (1 or 2inches) between the bootfloor and folded flat seats.

I find the sport seats reclined all the way back in the iS perfectly bareable though.
The velour interior in my old 316 was alot worse since the seats didn't recline as much

[Andyboy]

Ask Munky, according the the official census his address IS a Touring. It's even got a letter box.

You're not going to be comfy at all. I need an E32 and a duvet to get any kip and you'd be better off in the front with the backrest wound all the way back.

[greentouring]

Put the back seats down and lob a sleeping bag in there; you'll be cosy alright! Guess it depends on how tall you are though................;)

As a side note, when I moved to France my touring was packed to the roof with my stuff. I traveled from London to SW France on a full tank of petrol with that heavy load; it was perfect. The only drawback with actuallu using an E30 touring to actually carry stuff is the way the rear lights get in the way when your laoding up. My moutain bike took a big chip of paint off!

[SlipNSlide]

i like going to festivals in the summer,

it couldnt of been any worse than when i went to global gathering last year. we took a mates clio to save on petrol, and we had 6 people sleep in it. atleast i wasnntthe boot. but we were so fucked. i slept sitting upwards in the back. glad it was a 4 door too.

[munky30]

get a front seat from a 2 door.

Fold it forward.

Unclip the base of the rear bench.

clip it in the wrong way round so it folds forward with the padded side up (and rests against the folded front seat)

Fold down the back.

Inflate airbed.

Put cushion on the back of the folded front seat.

sleep.

Job jobbed.

[tailoutcharlie]

dont do this



do this

[blitz877]

i think one of the lads who went le mans last kipped in his touring but not sure

[tailoutcharlie]

well the guy on the right is gingertim and he turned up with stripes on his car so maybe it was him.

[munky30]

dont do this



do this

be warned though... there will always be some arsehole with a camera....



Tints and locked doors are advised.

[blitz877]

thats a terrible pic of chris

[munky30]

he'd been asleep for an hour ish.... we hadnt, and there was lots of beer.

That'll teach him to lock his doors.

[tailoutcharlie]

at least i didn't seek solace in the vunerable girls next door...

sleeping in four doors sucks big sweaty munky balls