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[Sir Tigger KC]

Stuffed a few 6x3 fence panels in the back. 

A couple of observations though, and how the design has changed from my old 1999 E39 530d Touring.

Firstly, the back seats don't fold so you get a flat load bed. On my old E39 the back seat pulled up and the seat backs then folded down into the hole giving a flat bed, as is the case with most estate cars. With the F11 the back seat is fixed and the seat backs fold over the seat and so the load bed angles up where the back seats are. 

Secondly, the E39 had a really clever storage solution for the boot cover/dog guard cartridge*. There were two brackets in the back seat footwell and the cartridge easily slotted in and it was secure and out of the way when the back seats were down.    On the F11, the brackets for the boot cover/dog guard cartridge are on the back of the rear seat backs. So if you need to use the whole of the space in the back when the seats are down, not only do the back seats not fold flat but the cartridge is in the way.   

Progress!    I'm sure TB would be saying that the designer should be taken out and shot in front of his family or something! 

* Don't know what it's called, but it's the housing for the boot cover and dog guard which are like roller blinds. 

Does the seat base lift out easily enough?

You might find that you can hook it out and rest it on its front edge with the backrests folded more flatly

It's possible that fold flat was part of an option pack, or if it has built in child seats that it deleted the ability to fold the base up...

I should probably RTM as there might be a catch somewhere that I haven't spotted.     

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Havent done anything to it, but staying at Walton on the Naze at the moment and been driving it 40 miles each way to work the last couple of days.
Its still a superb motorway mile muncher even at 23 years old and 202000 miles.

[Doctor Gollum]

Stuffed a few 6x3 fence panels in the back. 

A couple of observations though, and how the design has changed from my old 1999 E39 530d Touring.

Firstly, the back seats don't fold so you get a flat load bed. On my old E39 the back seat pulled up and the seat backs then folded down into the hole giving a flat bed, as is the case with most estate cars. With the F11 the back seat is fixed and the seat backs fold over the seat and so the load bed angles up where the back seats are. 

Secondly, the E39 had a really clever storage solution for the boot cover/dog guard cartridge*. There were two brackets in the back seat footwell and the cartridge easily slotted in and it was secure and out of the way when the back seats were down.    On the F11, the brackets for the boot cover/dog guard cartridge are on the back of the rear seat backs. So if you need to use the whole of the space in the back when the seats are down, not only do the back seats not fold flat but the cartridge is in the way.   

Progress!    I'm sure TB would be saying that the designer should be taken out and shot in front of his family or something! 

* Don't know what it's called, but it's the housing for the boot cover and dog guard which are like roller blinds. 

Does the seat base lift out easily enough?

You might find that you can hook it out and rest it on its front edge with the backrests folded more flatly

It's possible that fold flat was part of an option pack, or if it has built in child seats that it deleted the ability to fold the base up...

I should probably RTM as there might be a catch somewhere that I haven't spotted.     

Even TPC has, ok, had , a pop out rear bench. Unless BMW have finally resigned themselves to the fact that if people want a proper estate they buy an E Class or Volvo V70/90

[Kevin Wood]

Havent done anything to it, but staying at Walton on the Naze at the moment and been driving it 40 miles each way to work the last couple of days.
Its still a superb motorway mile muncher even at 23 years old and 202000 miles.

You must have a long commute if you're hitting a motorway from Walton on the Naze.

[TheBoy]

Progress!    I'm sure TB would be saying that the designer should be taken out and shot in front of his family or something! 

Sadly, becoming all too common now, which is an annoyance on a saloon/hatchback, but inexcusable on an estate car.

And, yes, I concur.  Add them to the cull list, and get a team in who actually can do the job.

[Doctor Gollum]

Progress!    I'm sure TB would be saying that the designer should be taken out and shot in front of his family or something! 

Sadly, becoming all too common now, which is an annoyance on a saloon/hatchback, but inexcusable on an estate car.

And, yes, I concur.  Add them to the cull list, and get a team in who actually can do the job.

Before they retire

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Havent done anything to it, but staying at Walton on the Naze at the moment and been driving it 40 miles each way to work the last couple of days.
Its still a superb motorway mile muncher even at 23 years old and 202000 miles.

You must have a long commute if you're hitting a motorway from Walton on the Naze.

Fair comment Kevin. 
By Motorway, I actually meant A120 / A12 to Hatfield Peverel. 

[TheBoy]

Havent done anything to it, but staying at Walton on the Naze at the moment and been driving it 40 miles each way to work the last couple of days.
Its still a superb motorway mile muncher even at 23 years old and 202000 miles.

You must have a long commute if you're hitting a motorway from Walton on the Naze.

Fair comment Kevin. 
By Motorway, I actually meant A120 / A12 to Hatfield Peverel. 

Thats like a proper scary motorway to you Suffolk boys.  I don't think you actually have a motorway in Suffolk?

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Suffolk ? Never lived there in my life.
Im a couple of miles inside Essex. 

Its not often my Omega sees a major A road these days, so I get great pleasure from driving it on them when I do get the chance.