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Sport Seats?
While we're discussing the sport seats...
I've had quite a few questions just in general about the different sport
seats.
1) Seat height? Asked and not answered. Is there a difference in seating
height between the regular seats and the sport seats. Specifically I'm
interested in the 20v CQ seating, but I'll assume an answer for other models
may be revealing enough. (Although it never works that way with audi...)
2) Seat movement. My std seats in the CQ "give" (fore & aft) during hard
acceleration or braking. I could feel the subtle movement and chalked it up
as another annoyance. I'm assuming it has to do with the electric
adjustment motor being not up to the task? Any opinions on whether or not
manual seats have an advantage in this regard (i.e. less likely to give)?
3) A4 2.8 v 1.8 sport seats. I'm not sure that Jim's statement regarding
the differences remain accurate. Although the 1.8's are manual of course.
The S4 I sat in at Ingolstadt did have the adjustable thigh support, whereas
I haven't seen that on 98's. Not sure about 99. However, I do feel that
the leather upholstery is softer already when new, allowing you to sink in
MUCH more so than the cloth covered sports of the 1.8. Again, this is only
IMO.
4) Finally, and I've beat the horse dead on this one, quattro GmbH may sell
seats independently. My guess is that it may even be "reasonable" compared
to what your local dealer will want. Plus you could get some great
perforated alcantara backing....;-)
5) Oh yes, the US sucks. Another eurocentric case in point...passat.de
shows available HID lighting for ~$800. How many of us would buy that? For
crying out loud, probably 80% of former audi owners would go for that. So
much for choices...
derek daily
90 CQ (off now to check on it)
86 VW qsw
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Simone [SMTP:jmsimone@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 1:41 PM
> To: Quattro List
> Subject: Re: A4 Sport Seats
>
> Anand Dhanda wrote:
>
> > I was wondering what the difference is between the normal 98 A4 seats
> and
> > the "Sport" seats.....
>
> Stiffer cushions, larger side bolsters, lumbar adjustment. A big
> difference
> in the 1.8T; not as much in the 2.8. (They have different "normal" seats.)
>
> > . and i was wondering if I should find a pair and
> > install them?? Any ideas???
>
> Unless you can trade with someone else who wants the standard seats, it's
> probably too expensive to buy them through a dealer. You're better off
> buying
> Recaros or the like.
>
>