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#2476 of 14566 Heated seats by rsholland Nov 15, 2002 (8:24 am)
http://www.detnews.com/2002/insiders/0211/15/inside-11631.htm Can you believe they're an option on the new Infiniti G-35? I sure hope Subaru adds heated seats to the US-spec Imprezas—and not just the WRX... Speaking of heated things, I drove a BMW X5 (at that BMW thingy) that had a heated steering wheel. Very nice! I hope to see that feature added to Subaru's All-Weather Package. Bob
#2477 of 14566 heated seats by paisan Nov 15, 2002 (8:32 am)
I love my infinitely variable heated seats in the trooper. You have a heat and a hold. You leave it on "heat" til your bum is at the temp you want then push it to "hold" and it maintains it -mike
#2478 of 14566 by locke2c Nov 15, 2002 (8:38 am)
heated steering wheel? I understand heated seats, provided they are leather. I understand heated outside mirrors too, great stuff. Heated steering wheel... aren't you generally wearing gloves when it's cold enough that you would notice a very cold wheel? -Colin
#2479 of 14566 by ateixeira Nov 15, 2002 (8:48 am)
3-4 loads? Wow. Why don't you get a chipper/shredder to reduce them to maybe one load? I've also seen these lawn vacuums, that look like mowers but are designed to suck up leaves. I wonder if they work. I could definitely use one. Another question - how to you get rid of mushrooms? I'm getting some in the playground area, which has a packed down layer of wood chips. More wood chips, to dry it up, maybe? Wow, 15% of cars have heated seats? That's a lot, considering it's not even offered on so many of them. I think particularly in drop-tops they should be standard. Near-luxury cars, too. I think I'll get them next time around. As back-to-basics as I am, I may give in to a few guilty pleasures. -juice
#2480 of 14566 by jfl Nov 15, 2002 (8:49 am)
Ditto - heated steering wheel - just wear gloves. Opposite experience: hot, hot summer day; black leather steering wheel; parked facing the sun = burning my fingers on the seat belt buckle and needing to wear gloves in order to hold the hot steering wheel. Years ago before subie. Jim
#2481 of 14566 by ateixeira Nov 15, 2002 (8:51 am)
Gloves work well in the Miata. The other thing is that a heated wheel would only warm the inside of your grip, not the back side. Same with the seats, reversed, actually, and you'd still need a hat! -juice
#2482 of 14566 mushrooms by lucien2 Nov 15, 2002 (11:45 am)
I like them sauteed in butter.
#2483 of 14566 Re: just wear gloves... by rsholland Nov 15, 2002 (11:56 am)
Yeah, that's a solution. The heated (leather) steering wheel still felt mighty fine, though... Bob
#2484 of 14566 by ateixeira Nov 15, 2002 (11:59 am)
I wonder how much that stuff costs. Probably not much. The whole AWP used to cost $400, and came with the LSD, heated seats, heated mirrors, and the windshield element. -juice
#2485 of 14566 I'm sure... by rsholland Nov 15, 2002 (12:02 pm)
at first, people laughed at heated seats, heated outside mirrors, etc.. So I'm not surprised the reluctance to accept a heated steering wheel. I think using it one time will convince most naysayers. Bob