Re: Heated Seats question -Reply

["Hot Ass" <kmk@pacificrim.net>]

At 2:08 PM -0600 12/29/97, Vojin Janjic wrote:
>>>> "Khan M. Klatt" <kmk@pacificrim.net> 12/29/97 01:37pm >>>
>>>At 11:33 AM -0500 12/29/97, FlyinVR6 wrote:
>>>What does the outside air temperature have to be at in
>>>order for the heating element to be turned on?
>
>>Outside temperature doesn't make any difference on when the heating
>>elements come on in my GLX. The dials, however, do.
>
>I agree with Khan - I think that heated seats will work regardless of an
>outside temperature, if you have the dials set anywhere from 1 to 5
>(setting the dial at 5 will fry your 'hiney after a while!).
>
>After initial period of "you can't be serious, that is such an unnecessary
>luxury", my friends have learned to appreciate the "butt warmer", as
>they call i).  Now they complain that rear seats don't have it (buy Audi, I
>tell them)...  So, besides fighting for a driver's seat, I have to mediate on
>who seats in front during winter months!   :-)
>
>Seriously now - I have noticed, that passenger seat does not get warm
>if no one is sitting in it, regardless of the dial position.  Is there a
>sensor
>for that purpose?

Perhaps it radiates away into the car easier? It seems like if you've got a
"hot ass" the seat just gets a little bit hotter? Anyone of you have an ass
that has an ambient temperature that is higher than your friends notice
that the seat gets hotter for you than for others?

Just wunderin'

Signed,

"Hot Ass"

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