More headroom would be nice

[m34vert]

So my gripe is I don't have enough head room, it is completely my parents fault as I'm 6'9". Has anyone been able to achieve more headroom out of the stock seats? Only think I can think of is to undo the seats an pull some foam out of the bottom of the seat but that I would guess would make the seat leather look terrible. I've lowered the seat all the way with the power controls.

I have about an inch of headroom my concern is in a heavy front end impact there is a chance I could hit my head on the liner or in the chance of a roll over I know my head will be into the roof. Has anyone had or heard of people with this issue? I may be the only freak with this issue!

This is one of the few cars that I had legroom, hip and shoulder room and didn't need an elevator to get into, my previous BMW I had no headroom issues, then again it was and e46 convertible., Just a pain in the *** to get in and out of.

[cravin]

I'm 6'5, and one of the main reasons I bought the X5 was because of the leg and shoulder room. When I'm running out to starbucks in the morning before a shower, my hair can be scraping against the liner, so I couldn't see 6'9 without sticking your head out the sunroof .

Just from test driving and comparing though, the MB GL450 has more headroom than the X5. I know that doesn't really help you, but just passing the tidbit along.

[SCardamon]

I'm 5' 11" and really, really comfortable...... just sayin

[m34vert]

You couldn't pay me to drive a MB....My neighbor has the ML350 about 1/2 the time. The other half he's in a loaner vehicle from the dealership. Was like that on his last one too but he swears by MB

The only other viable options I found were the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain, neither one was even remotely interesting to me. They did have more headroom though as you could get them without the moon-roof.

5'11"...don't even get me started Probably can dunk better than I could to!

[JCL]

I'm 6'4", and I like my seatback fairly upright. I was just OK for headroom in the E53, but when I sat in an E70 I found it had less headroom than the E53, due to the larger sunroof. Perhaps different seats in the E70 have different headroom restrictions, but I didn't have sufficient headroom in the last one I sat in. My solution is typically to order vehicles without sunroofs; our special order E46 without a sunroof had great headroom. The 535 was OK even with the sunroof. The Z4 was marginal. The X3 is good, even with the panoramic sunroof.

[SCardamon]

Originally Posted by m34vert

5'11"...don't even get me started Probably can dunk better than I could to!

LMAO

[bigx5er]

I'm 6' 10" and am fine with headroom in the E70. The trick is lowering the seat all the way. It lowers and goes back at the same time.

I have recently been driving some newer cars and the new Durango of all things has very good headroom with certain seats. The VW Tiguan also has excellent headroom.

[obiwan]

I'm 6' 6" and would have to agree with bigx5er...that's absolutely the trick! When the seat is lowered all the way, I have ample headroom.