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How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« on: December 22, 2010, 10:48:27 pm »
Hey folks!

To those of you with heated seats, how long does it take for the seats to warm up?

My leather ones take about, 5 minutes on the highest setting(5) before they get warmed up, is that about right? I know the cloth ones tend to heat faster due to the material.

Just wondered, more of a comparison really!
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2010, 10:53:18 pm »
The ones in my Pirelli seemed to heat up very quickly when I drove it last week and it was only on number 2!
 :sad1: Havent been able to drive it since!!
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2010, 10:54:39 pm »
Yeah, my leather heaters also take about 4-5 minutes before I start feeling the full effect.

Andrew
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2010, 11:00:13 pm »
Yep about 5 minutes for mine as well. Then i have to turn them off after ten mins before i melt.  :laugh:
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2010, 11:00:41 pm »
Quote from: Norbreck21a on December 22, 2010, 10:54:39 pm
Yeah, my leather heaters also take about 4-5 minutes before I start feeling the full effect.

Andrew

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And toasted balls happens at about 10mins  :signLOL:
« Last Edit: December 22, 2010, 11:02:57 pm by richwig83 »
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2010, 11:03:15 pm »
about 3 or 4 minutes
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2010, 11:04:41 pm »
As above, about five minutes. Honestly can't tolerate level 5 for too long as it becomes very uncomfortable. Even 4 is very warm for me. 1 and 2 are barely noticeable so I use 3. If I need the heated seats (which I do in this weather!).
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2010, 11:06:00 pm »
can you please confirm - with the heated seats do you simply roll the dial from 1-5 and they heat? regardless of the actual heater settings?  or do you heater(s) need to be on as well?

Sounds silly I know only got the car today still working out the setting.
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2010, 11:07:14 pm »
My missus think's it's funny to sneak it on at 5 in the height of Summer, she pretends to turn the stereo up then waits for me to squeal.   :fighting2:
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2010, 11:07:37 pm »
mines about 5 mins too, as my journey to work takes about 6 ish mins i just start to feel the warmth then have to get into another cold car with leather and no heated seats  :sad1:
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2010, 11:10:43 pm »
Quote from: Johnny_tro on December 22, 2010, 11:06:00 pm
can you please confirm - with the heated seats do you simply roll the dial from 1-5 and they heat? regardless of the actual heater settings?  or do you heater(s) need to be on as well?
Have you not actually sat in your car yet?  :grin: They were one of the first things I fiddled with once I'd bought the car and drove it home.

Quote from: Top Cat on December 22, 2010, 11:07:14 pm
My missus think's it's funny to sneak it on at 5 in the height of Summer, she pretends to turn the stereo up then waits for me to squeal.   :fighting2:
:grin: I used to do exactly that to every person new to my car. It was fun to watch them squirm! Got bored of it and stopped doing it until recently.
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2010, 11:19:59 pm »
I put it on 5 when I leave work in the evening, and the drive home is about 20-25 mins or so, and the other day I managed to go the whole way home with it still on 5.

... I think my coat was taking most of the heat though!!! Otherwise I may have had to turn it off  :grin:
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2010, 11:27:09 pm »
.......About 30 seconds....

I have them wired directly to the alternator, thats right is'nt it??
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2010, 08:23:12 am »
Quote from: apollo13 on December 22, 2010, 11:27:09 pm
.......About 30 seconds....

I have them wired directly to the alternator, thats right is'nt it??

Bloody hell Lee, is that through leather or cloth ?  :grin:

If it's through cloth, then it's about the same time as my wife Polo takes (with cloth upholstery). If it's through leather, that's the quickest I've ever heard of ?
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Re: How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2010, 08:24:01 am »
Mine take about 1 min as I have Cloth  :happy2: heated seats as Standard Spec  :P
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