Re: Rear seat heat beat treat sweet peat neat meat

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Brooks Ellis <brooks@frii.com>
To: quattro list <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Saturday, June 20, 1998 11:24 AM
Subject: Rear seat heat beat treat sweet peat neat meat


>
>This is probably the most posts you've seen from me, but now that I'm back
>in the Q saddle with a different ride, I'm curious about a bunch of things
>not on my 100 Q, and things I've needed to ask when I had it, but never got
>around to it.
>
>Anyway, I was installing an Amp in the trunk, and pulled up the rear seat
>to get a good + connection from the battery. Unlike my 100, this one had
>wires going into it, so I couldn't just pitch the seat in the garage until
>I needed to reinstall it. I am assuming there is some heated seat
>functionality for the rears..? If so (I'm pretty sure), what controls them?
>Does the drivers side heated seat control engage the rear left seat, and at
>the same temperature? Does it do both seats?
>
>I recall once I was rolling in a '90 (91?) V8 Q, and it had controls in the
>back for each seat! That'd be nice.
>
>Something else I noticed - When I turned off the car in my 100, and pulled
>the key out, the interior lights popped on. Not so with this 89 1/2 - Is it
>supposed to light up when you pull the key out? Or was this a new feature
>for '90 models?
>
>Gee whiz, I think that about takes care of my current curiosity. Thanks for
>any info you might have on the above!
>
>brooks

    The heat for both sides of the rear seat is controlled by the front
passenger seat controller to the same level as the front seat. I believe
there are weight sensors in the rear seat that only activate the heat when
someone is sitting in it.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  254k km