This might not be the most exciting topic for a thread but does anyone else find it sometimes takes an age to pull out the seat belts because of the inertia lock?

Strangely it seems to be directly proportional to the amount of time the car is parked outside.

At first I thought it was related to temperatures (i.e. parked outside all day in the cold = seat belts will lock). But yesterday it was outside all day at around 20 degrees (C not F Charlie) and by the time I wanted to go home it kept locking as I tried to pull it out. It felt like ages - although was probably only seconds/ minutes - to get it sorted.

No problem at all when parked in the garage (which is probably around 16-17 degrees), even when not driven for a week.

Anyone else find this? Can the sensitivity be adjusted?

Like I said, this might not be a very exciting or long thread smile

P.S. I experienced a new level of public "enthusiasm" for the M3W on Monday evening - a guy on a classic motorbike (Norton I think) followed me home and into my garage to congratulate me and talk about the car smile

Last edited by Vspec; 05/06/13 07:19 AM.