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Feb 16, 2022 21:34:20 GMT
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I’m looking at upgrading the front seats in my motorhome and wondered what experience you gents have had regarding the comfiest seats you’ve sat/driven in whilst in a car or van etc ?
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Feb 16, 2022 22:08:33 GMT
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The seats in my Jaguar XF are amazingly comfortable. We drive to Hungry every summer, a 1000 miles each way. And Not a hint of a numb a##.
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1955 Austin A30
1981 Jawa Mustang
1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy)
1989 Trabant 601
2009 Jaguar XF
2012 Toyota AYGO
2018 Scomadi TL
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Feb 16, 2022 23:43:04 GMT
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Seats in my old 02 plate Saab 93 it was like driving while sitting in you favorout armchair
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75swb
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Comfiest seat ? 75swb
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Saab were good buy leather was a bit warm for nz, Citroën cx excellent but sadly only briefly experienced, Peugeot 406 fabulous, I'd have put them in my house if I could
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Paul Y
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Volvo V70 seats. Back when I was a ‘Road Worrier’ could drive several hundred miles in a day and feel like I had just popped down to the shops. Fantastic. P.  |
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I vote for SAAB - my 9000 and 9-5 were the comfiest cars, so much so I fitted 9-3 2 door seats in my Cortina to drive to Italy and back - super comfy.
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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paul99
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Keep it Swede. Saab or Volvo.
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norm75
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Volvo. My wife had a slipped disc years back and would go and sit in our S40 at the time, as it was the only place she could get comfortable.
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Bolf
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older volvo ones are nice , especially the leather ones if you feed them
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misteralz
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Porsche tombstone, 8N TT, and '70s-'90s Recaro are the comfiest seats I've ever experienced. Done literally thousands of miles in all of them without complaint. Recaros from the first gen S3 were good as well, but less side support than I usually like.
Every Peugeot or Citroën seat has given me violent back pain within ten minutes.
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Recaros from a mk3 Astra GSi/Sport are spot on, done 800 mile round trips with no hint of aches, wish the same could be said about the ones in my Mondeo...
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Feb 17, 2022 13:29:35 GMT
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Hmmm, the swede’s are getting a lot of votes, I’d have to say (in no particular order) the old Audi 100, series 2 jag, vectra c gsi and finally the rear seat of a Renault 16 (I was a kid so there wasn’t an option of the front) but I do wonder how much of the above are down to the car itself as much as the seat ?
I suppose a lot will depend on personal preference and obviously what’s available out there 🙂
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Feb 17, 2022 14:09:09 GMT
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2000 Merc S Class 430. Beautiful.
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Feb 17, 2022 14:19:37 GMT
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My E46 Sport seats (only in alcantara, leather doesn't do it for me) are really comfy, or failing that, the seats from my 1989 Peugeot 205 GRD. The seats in my 2005 Mazda 6 were good too, hundreds of miles and never so much as a twinge.
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VIP
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Feb 17, 2022 14:23:52 GMT
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The Recaro 'Sport' seats from an A8 D2, were the comfiest seats I've ever sat in.
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VIP
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Feb 17, 2022 14:24:58 GMT
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As an aside, just because the seats were comfy in a car, doesn't mean they'll feel the same in a motorhome. The driving position is quite different.
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Feb 17, 2022 15:18:23 GMT
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The 205 GTI type seats (I don't know what model they were from but they were a sandy velour material) I had in my old 205 Style were very comfy indeed... Soft padding and nice firm side bolsters to hold you in place!! Very comfortable...
Another vote for Peugeot (by me!) were the front seats in a '51 plate 306 estate we ran into the ground as a family!! So unbelievably comfortable and so unbelievably hard wearing!!
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misteralz
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Feb 17, 2022 16:23:19 GMT
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As an aside, just because the seats were comfy in a car, doesn't mean they'll feel the same in a motorhome. The driving position is quite different. That's very true. I've got an Alfa GTV Recaro as a driver's seat in my T4 and it's useless in that. But that could be due to the fact that there's no real leg support and those D2 S8 Recaros you mentioned would be great because they do? |
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norm75
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Feb 17, 2022 16:34:03 GMT
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Driven most things mentioned here (and hundreds more cars besides) apart from the s8 or m3.
Still maintain Volvo seats are most comfy
Have owned four, driven about a dozen. 2006 v70 chairs were the best of them all.
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