[V8] Comfort? Seats

Dave Head v8q at bellsouth.net
Tue May 31 21:02:27 EDT 2005


Even a fatass like me likes sport seats better...

Buchholz, Steven wrote:

>... I've only driven long distance in Audis with "sports" seats ... on
>three different models (Audi Fox, urq and V8 #344).  I think the
>"sports" seats may be a bit less comfortable based upon one's anatomical
>features, but I must say that I find Audi's "sports" seats to be quite
>comfortable for mine.  When I go on long distance drives they are done
>with long days and few stops ... and at least for me I've never had a
>case of tired butt syndrome at the end of a day or three.  My wife's
>anatomical features are quite different from mine, and one of the things
>she *doesn't* like about #2 is that it has "comfort" seats!
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>I guess my jaunts up to Sacramento and back in a day may qualify as
>"long distance" ... ~300 miles in one day ... and I did some trips in
>the Avant, so I guess I've done long trips in the Barcaloungers too ...
>they seem to be pretty comfortable as well ...
>
>Steve B
>San Jose, CA (USA)
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>>I've only driven long-distance in Audis with "comfort" seats.  How do
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>they
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>>compare to the "sports" version.  Not the ones like the mid-1990
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>S-cars
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>>with the extendable bottom cushion, just the ones with the higher
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>bolsters.
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>>I have a set of sports acquired some time ago because I had a torn
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>seat
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>>cover in a 5ktq that's no longer being used, and I never got around to
>>installing them in that car, but I've been thinking the driver seat
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>might
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>>be good for my 200q20v because the comfort seat in that car is getting
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>a
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>>bit tired after 230k miles of use.
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>>Is there a reason "comforts" are called that?
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