Nauseous Passengers ?!?

[jeremym]

I only make myself sick to my stomach after I take a corner or an on-ramp too fast....Reason? I can't believe I just did that in a 5500 pound SUV....


Seriously though, never had anyone complain. However I do drive in Sport most of the time on good roads, I prefer the stiffer over the bouncier. When in parking garages with speed bumps - sport goes off.

[mguhler]

My wife hated my '04 X3, literally made her ill. Just yesterday, she complained in our '11 X5. 10 minutes later she said it must have been the road. This after we did 1,000 miles from PA to MA and back just a week ago. She said the X5 is much better than the X3 ever was.

[Denalio]

My 5 year old daughter gets sick in my vehicle all the time and my wife get nauseous as well. My wife sits in the back with the little one with the "puke towel" at the ready. When they are with me I drive very cautious and don't accelerate too fast. My wife complains the ride is "jerky". Thank goodness for gravol and those anti-nausea wrist bands!

[Viperfreak2]

Does anyone make a portable carbon-monoxide detector?

I think most people are used to the Buick float, not the firm BMW ride. I personally cannot stand to ride in an old Cadillac. 90 miles was my max in my dads old DeVille.

[CarsRmyVICE]

Weird...I have never had such a complaint in the last 5 years of hauling around people with my x5's. Neither had sport package, both on 18s. I do not drive particularly docile either.

My mother actually feels the x5 is very soothing on long trips, and she was coming out of a lexus rx300! I think its the ergonomic seat, and the windows and roof... shes somewhat claustrophobic. Furthermore my sister use to get motion sickness on trains etc, and she has never had an issue in my truck.

[Jordo]

Do your passengers complain about this regularly? Or have they complained about it in the past? I am one of the ones who can't get motion sickness, with out putting my heD down in a car for hours, appon hours. It seams you either get car sick, or you don't.

So just cuirious as to where they fit. I highly doubt there is co2 but ya never know.

[RPX5]

Ahh.. sorry i didn't get on here to read this. It seems lots of others experience nausea in the X too. My GF drives an 06 3-series, it's wicked stiff so I'm not sure if the stiffness is what is making her sick. My buddy who recently complained drives a pickup, not sure how that would affect him, but I know he is an avid boater and never gets sea sick .

I don't have adaptive drive, nor sport package, and I drive slower now than I did when I had my E53. Again, no complaints EVER in the E53, my GF actually misses it, and thinks it was a better car all around (I disagree).

I'm guessing it is the turbo, since there is a delayed but then very quick acceleration when you step on the pedal.

[Viperfreak2]

Someone once wrote an article that compared the ride of Japanese cars to Americans cars and concluded that it was our step size that made us feel uncormfortable in Japanese cars, and them uncomfortable in American cars.

Germans walk much faster than we do.

The best description he gave was of a mother holding a childs' hand and walking down the street.

[ard]

Originally Posted by Viperfreak2

Someone once wrote an article that compared the ride of Japanese cars to Americans cars and concluded that it was our step size that made us feel uncormfortable in Japanese cars, and them uncomfortable in American cars.

Germans walk much faster than we do.

The best description he gave was of a mother holding a childs' hand and walking down the street.

What a silly thread this is...

If I were to post "my girlfriend is turned on after we drive" I'd get 30 people agreeing.

People get car sick when their attention is drawn from external clues The horizon, the road, the hills and trees) to interior features (the leather, the GPS, the radio, the dash..) This shift in focus can exacerbate kinetosis...and once one person complains, others in the can can sympathetically develop symptoms. Also, once experienced it becomes a self-fulfilling effect for the next drive.

But yeah, the E70 definitely causes most people to get sick

[RPX5]

Originally Posted by ard

But yeah, the E70 definitely causes most people to get sick

Sarcasm?

I thought it was a good question. Anyways, good explanation on nausea but the complaints were from two different people, on two different trips. NBD, but I was just wondering why. Both of these people have been on my boat with absolutely no complaints about sea sickness, so I don't think they're prone to motion sickness..