Ventilated Seats - love them.
Three Wheelin'
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From: ATL
I don't think heat is in the back of the seat, is it? Could be, but that would be a 1st for me in a car with heated seats. Guess I'll find out in February.
Racer
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From: TN
From the Porsche web site:
For standard seats and comfort seats, optional seat ventilation is available (only in conjunction with heated seats). A slipstream effect is produced by active ventilation of the perforated seat center and backrest and by passive aeration at the side bolsters. This evaporates perspiration moisture and therefore makes for a comfortable seating environment, even in hot weather. Ventilation intensity can be set to any of three levels and simultaneous ventilation and heating is possible.
As an option, all compatible seats – apart from sports bucket seats – can be equipped with two-level seat heating. Seats are heated in the seat squab, backrest and side bolsters.
For standard seats and comfort seats, optional seat ventilation is available (only in conjunction with heated seats). A slipstream effect is produced by active ventilation of the perforated seat center and backrest and by passive aeration at the side bolsters. This evaporates perspiration moisture and therefore makes for a comfortable seating environment, even in hot weather. Ventilation intensity can be set to any of three levels and simultaneous ventilation and heating is possible.
As an option, all compatible seats – apart from sports bucket seats – can be equipped with two-level seat heating. Seats are heated in the seat squab, backrest and side bolsters.
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Drifting
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From: Pacific Northwest
They are not air conditioned. Its just a fan pulling air down through the seat leather and ejecting it out the back of the seat downward into the rear footwell area. However, when you are sweating, that airflow produces more evaporation on your back and butt, and that cools you... just as driving with the windows down does. When you first turn the ventilation on, it feels like its air conditioned.. though its only the cabin air flowing around your backsides.
Now isn't that the truth. That is why I didn't turn them on until just a few weeks ago. I got my car in November, so I was using the heated seats, and then in the mild spring and early summer of the Puget Sound, just the windows down was fine.. the AC being explicitly turned off. It wasn't until the evening drive home in the upper 80's sitting at a stoplight with the sun beating down (and the lack of window cooling... because I was stopped).. that it suddenly hit me.... "Wait a minute, I've got this seat ventilation I ordered..."
That yell of "oh, yeah! Thats the stuff!" coming from the Sammamish plateau.. that was me.
Now isn't that the truth. That is why I didn't turn them on until just a few weeks ago. I got my car in November, so I was using the heated seats, and then in the mild spring and early summer of the Puget Sound, just the windows down was fine.. the AC being explicitly turned off. It wasn't until the evening drive home in the upper 80's sitting at a stoplight with the sun beating down (and the lack of window cooling... because I was stopped).. that it suddenly hit me.... "Wait a minute, I've got this seat ventilation I ordered..."
That yell of "oh, yeah! Thats the stuff!" coming from the Sammamish plateau.. that was me.
Drifting
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From: Semiahmoo/Blaine, Wa
Minok: :Thanks for straightening this out. I had a hard time accepting that there was AC in the seats.
Also, I agree with MikeBat that heated seats are not of much value to me. Sure, I live in So Cal, but even when I lived in Canada I didn't use them. My butt has adjusted to the cold seat long before the heat can do any good, so I don't bother with it. Haven't had ventilated seats, but everyone I know that has had them won't settle for anything else now.
Also, I agree with MikeBat that heated seats are not of much value to me. Sure, I live in So Cal, but even when I lived in Canada I didn't use them. My butt has adjusted to the cold seat long before the heat can do any good, so I don't bother with it. Haven't had ventilated seats, but everyone I know that has had them won't settle for anything else now.
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Heated seats were the dumdest thing since bottled water. Now I use the seats because the heater is never warm by the time I get to work, and get my first bottle of water for the day. But the seats are warm in 60 seconds. They work well.
Minok hit the nail on the fan. The seat suck air through the seats and since the air is coming from the AC
the air is cool PLUS since your skin is sweating and the air is evaporating it, its like a mini Swap cooler and thats effective.
Minok hit the nail on the fan. The seat suck air through the seats and since the air is coming from the AC
the air is cool PLUS since your skin is sweating and the air is evaporating it, its like a mini Swap cooler and thats effective.
Racer
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From: Treasure Coast
They are not air conditioned. Its just a fan pulling air down through the seat leather and ejecting it out the back of the seat downward into the rear footwell area. However, when you are sweating, that airflow produces more evaporation on your back and butt, and that cools you... just as driving with the windows down does. When you first turn the ventilation on, it feels like its air conditioned.. though its only the cabin air flowing around your backsides.
