Ventilated seats: awesome or gimmick?

[Seki]

have them and I love them…

[WinterWagon]

I'd say the cheapest car you're going to find them on is a Saab 9-5. Loved them in my old '01 9-5.

[AZGolf]

Is swamp-ass really an issue for any vehicle with air conditioning?

Ah, spoken like someone who does not live in the south or southwest.

And yes, even with legal limit window tint, an insulated, reflective windshield cover, and powerful A/C system, getting in a hot car in Phoenix anywhere from May through September may very well be uncomfortable for 5-10 minutes in the absence of cooled seats. I have family in the south too, and the effect can be similar there due to humidity, although I really have to say that anywhere in the American southwest that regularly gets over 105 degrees for a couple months in a row is a good candidate for this option. I've only gotten to drive one car with it and it was amazing how much quicker it cools you down.

[Pizza Cat!!!!]

Swamp-ass is simply a national concern. Even in the Northeast it's bad on muggy mornings.

[Yo Teach]

I want them. I will start sweating within 30 seconds of getting in my car when the temperature is even just 65 if it's been sitting in the sun. Air conditioning is just fine for my face, but for my back and my garden of good and evil, more technology is needed.

[Professor Gascan]

They were high on the list of features we wanted in the new wife mobile. They're fantastic!

[Spray`]

What car?

We need to make a list of vehicles with these

They were high on the list of features we wanted in the new wife mobile. They're fantastic!

[Golgo-13]

awesome to prevent schwetty balls.

[Impeccable]

use to valet cars, honestly this feature feels amazing on a hot day park the car and sit in it for like 5min enjoy it. having to run none stop through a lot at 12 noon on a 100 plus summer day. id fight some one to park a car a knew had them.

HAHAHAH I agree
The last gen Avalons were one of the first "Cheaper" cars to haev them felt like ice on my gonads

[Sortafast]

Yes. A/C doesn't reach every part of your body that has the propensity to sweat. Assuming you have a job where you need to look somewhat professional, being not-sweaty, especially in swamps like Atlanta, where the humidity and heat index can easily reach Bigfoot's crotch levels, is a godsend. Anybody who thinks cooled/ventilated seats are a gimmick is a stupid moronic idiot who shouldn't be alive, much less driving. I don't care how they did it back in the stagecoach day....there's a reason they're all dead.

Too right. Got 'em in my Charger. Part of the Road & Track package.

[ATL_Av8r]

I didn't even know this existed. Sounds amazing for us back-sweaters.

I'm amazed someone in Louisiana didn't know these existed

[chrisj428]

This is more important to me than a heated steering wheel or ACC.

One of the things I truly miss from the Phaeton. And, note: some are cooled, some just circulate air. The ones on the Phaeton and on current MBs circulate air, they don't actually cool. That way, you can stay dry without being chilled. The MB ones will let you switch the fan on in conjunction with the heater, so you can be warm and dry in the wintertime!

[Professor Gascan]

What car?

We need to make a list of vehicles with these

Q7 TDI. I believe they're an option on all Q7 models though.

[nemesis099]

Q7 TDI. I believe they're an option on all Q7 models though.

Dodge Durango has it as an option and I think the Ford Flex has it now as well.

[Sortafast]

Oh, and combined with remote start = luxurious coolness on a hot day.

[Numbersix]

I had vented leather seats in my '04 9-5.

I test drove it on an 80 degree day. I won't lie, they were a selling feature.

They totally remove the sticky back/legs you can get with leather on hot days. (Another reason I don't understand America's infatuation with leather/leatherette seats...)

[hushypushy]

I'm the type of person who gets swamp ass from sitting in a leather chair in a cold office, so ventilated seats in a car are a godsend. I especially love the A/C type (everything but MB which is just a blower?) which feels like you're sitting on a chunk of ice

[Live-Wire]

One of the nicest features I have used... that and heated steering wheel. Both need to be on every car sold in Canada IMO (heated seats for the winter of course too)

[Professor Gascan]

Dodge Durango has it as an option and I think the Ford Flex has it now as well.

Yup, as do the Ford Explorer Limited and Sport, and the Sante Fe LWB. M-B does on the ML and GL for sure.

[1995Camry]

I'm the type of person who gets swamp ass from sitting in a leather chair in a cold office, so ventilated seats in a car are a godsend. I especially love the A/C type (everything but MB which is just a blower?) which feels like you're sitting on a chunk of ice

I think they are all just blowers. I know my grandpa's 2012 Chevy 2500 is just a blower but it calls it air conditioned seats.

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[chrisj428]

I think they are all just blowers.

Some of them actually do have cooling via a Peltier Effect device.

[hushypushy]

I think they are all just blowers. I know my grandpa's 2012 Chevy 2500 is just a blower but it calls it air conditioned seats.

No way. Lexus and Nissan seats get icy cold. The Escalade we had got cold pretty fast too. Couldn't have just been simple ventilation.

Maybe it's just the Germans who ventilate without cooling. I drove an X5 for only a few minutes and the seats didn't get cold. I've driven a couple MBZ's (SL55 AMG and CLS550) and they didn't get cold either.

[1995Camry]

No way. Lexus and Nissan seats get icy cold. The Escalade we had got cold pretty fast too. Couldn't have just been simple ventilation.

Maybe it's just the Germans who ventilate without cooling. I drove an X5 for only a few minutes and the seats didn't get cold. I've driven a couple MBZ's (SL55 AMG and CLS550) and they didn't get cold either.

Hmmm maybe there is ducts running up to the seats. I'll have to look.

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[Wrong Beach]

Really keeps your junk nice and fresh.

this right here.
I had them in a loaner Azera for a trip to san francisco, they were the best thing ever,I did not want to give the car back. I will more than likely get that as my next lease unless the next sonata has better visibility.

[Jedidub]

Great unless you fart.