RE: Sport Seats?

["Daily,DerekSJMCG" <DDaily@sjmcb.mitsui.com>]

>From the option codes listed on your site Eric... ;-)

Sport Seats: Q1D
Elec. Operated Front Seats: 3L4
Heated Front Seats: 4A3

Now.  I'll insist that this does NOT mean all US coupes have sport seats.
Unless the CQ has different sport seats than the 200.  All sport seats I've
been in (200tq/S4/S6/A4) have much higher side bolsters and a very stiff
back seat frame...perhaps upholstered fibreglass? or carbon?  In fact, I can
"knock" on the back of sport seats from the rears, while my std seats have
no such backing.  Actually, most of us have the standard seating. (nomex)
Here the fiche is woefully inadequate again.  Can't you have non-heated?
YUP.  No cold weather.  How about non-elec?  YUP.  (But not sure about US
spec here).

RE:  Movement front to back in quick stops & starts.  It feels like a smooth
movement, not a jerky movement.  The syncro is missing the plastic spacers
and we call it the "rocket chair" because you move back and forth during
turns.  (too lazy to work on that car right now).  However, I hadn't
considered the rails that the seats are on.  I had assumed they are pretty
rigid, but if a weld was coming out, this would provide this type of smooth
motion.  Money's still on under seat internals though.  

Derek Daily
90 CQ
86.5 VW qsw

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Eric Renneisen [SMTP:renneie@hlthsrc.com]
> All CQs (in the US, at least) came with the sport seats, so you 
> probably won't get any BTDT from someone with barcoloungers in a 
> CQ. There was supposedly a replacement seat bottom for the CQ that 
> provided a little more head room, but I've never had any 
> confirmation. 
> 
> Ooops, maybe I just found it. I've got a list of all the TSBs for 
> the CQ, and number 74-89-T02 is the one. It states:
> "Front power seats: Insufficient headroom for very tall persons in 
> vehicles equipped with power seats and sunroof. Install reduced 
> height seat padding. 80/90/Coupe - Sport Seat: P/N 895 881 361 B 
> Non-Sport Seat: P/N 895 881 361 C.
> 
> Hmmm... the P/N above for the sport seat is the exact same (and 
> only) P/N listed on the fiche for the padding. Either the P/N 
> listed in the TSB is the part that is affected, or they simply 
> stopped making the original padding and put the shorter piece in 
> all the seats.
> 
> >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)?
> 
> I think this means something is broken. Several folks on the 
> mother list have had this problem in the older cars. I don't 
> remember if the seats were manual, power, or some of both.
>