View Poll Results: Are ventilated seats a MUST HAVE on a Cabriolet?
Hell yes!
17
60.71%
Nah ... you can live without them!
11
39.29%
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Are ventilated seats on a cab a "must" have?
#1
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Are ventilated seats on a cab a "must" have?
2nd guessing my GTS Cab build ... with a black interior do I NEED the ventilated seats?
#2
Three Wheelin'
I know that you and I (and I think others) are obsessing over the same issue.
I think that ventilated seats are a must have with leather. I know they are for me. But the real question that I think we need to understand is are they are must have with alcantara, or is alcantara inherently cooler?
I think that ventilated seats are a must have with leather. I know they are for me. But the real question that I think we need to understand is are they are must have with alcantara, or is alcantara inherently cooler?
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I don't have them in my Cab, nor heated seats, either and I have a black interior. Nor have I had that in the convertibles I owned prior to this one. If you want 'em, get 'em....its only money!
However the very best option for your new Cab is a Smart Top Module, that's something I thought would be 'quaint' to have so I ordered one and wasn't sure if I was sold on it, but now I'm totally spoiled by it and its a must have.
However the very best option for your new Cab is a Smart Top Module, that's something I thought would be 'quaint' to have so I ordered one and wasn't sure if I was sold on it, but now I'm totally spoiled by it and its a must have.
#4
Race Car
I know that you and I (and I think others) are obsessing over the same issue.
I think that ventilated seats are a must have with leather. I know they are for me. But the real question that I think we need to understand is are they are must have with alcantara, or is alcantara inherently cooler?
I think that ventilated seats are a must have with leather. I know they are for me. But the real question that I think we need to understand is are they are must have with alcantara, or is alcantara inherently cooler?
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#9
Three Wheelin'
That is correct and that is the dilemma that many GTS buyers, including the OP, are struggling with. Which do we go with - the cool-looking, but uncooled, GTS interior package with alcantara, or the standard, but cooled, leather interior?
#11
Drifting
Or the third option... leather ventilated seats and alcantara interior trim elsewhere (wheel, shifter, doors panels/arm rest, lower dash, center arm rests, A pillar). No deviated stitching with that of course but it also saves you $4k.
#12
Three Wheelin'
Coupe here, but I think the ventilated seats work really well. I had them with a black interior, and ordered them again for my new car with a black/ red interior. I think it would be a big sacrifice (as far as these things go) to go without ventilated seats.
#13
Race Car
The alcantara seats and center locks talked me out of a GTS. I was quite ready to pull the trigger.
By the time I looked into changing to full leather and saw that the 0 cost replacement for center locks is Carrera S wheels, and added other stuff in my C2S, all I got (beyond what I have) for the change cost was a fat butt and 30 hp.
So unless a great deal in a used GT3 or Turbo S comes by, I am waiting for the next gen and a couple of readily tuned turbos!
By the time I looked into changing to full leather and saw that the 0 cost replacement for center locks is Carrera S wheels, and added other stuff in my C2S, all I got (beyond what I have) for the change cost was a fat butt and 30 hp.
So unless a great deal in a used GT3 or Turbo S comes by, I am waiting for the next gen and a couple of readily tuned turbos!
#15
Racer
have them in my wife's boxster, don't have them my 997.2 tts cab, miss them every day in the turbo. Alcantara rocks, but you can't ventilate, it would be a tough choice. in Texas or any other scorched earth states I would bypass Alcantara, if I was further north I'd bypass the ventilated.