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Old 10-14-2011, 11:44 PM
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Anyone else hate this?
So it's cold outside so you decide to put your seat warmer on... A few minutes pass and you feel no warmth. Then you notice it's not even on.

I always tend to rest my arm on the center console while my hand is on the shifter, and every time i do the seat warmer turns off!
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Old 10-15-2011, 12:09 AM
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i wish i had seat warmers
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Old 10-15-2011, 01:51 AM
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So it's cold outside so you decide to put your seat warmer on... A few minutes pass and you feel no warmth. Then you notice it's not even on.

I always tend to rest my arm on the center console while my hand is on the shifter, and every time i do the seat warmer turns off!
I live in Texas, and I hate it when I'm looking for something in the console, and 5 minutes later my back is cooking like a bitch!!!

I need to find something useful for those switches..... like maybe a double nitrous setup or something.

Oh, wait!

I'll just clip the wires.
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Old 10-15-2011, 04:33 AM
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I live in Texas, and I hate it when I'm looking for something in the console, and 5 minutes later my back is cooking like a bitch!!!

I need to find something useful for those switches..... like maybe a double nitrous setup or something
Oh, wait!

I'll just clip the wires.
They're connected with little clip connectors. Find a guide for center console removal and you can have them disconnected in a matter of minutes and all you have to do is plug them back in whenever you're ready.
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Old 10-15-2011, 10:16 AM
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I never had a problem with mine...
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Old 10-15-2011, 12:01 PM
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No seat warmers for me... would be useful in the winter for sure though.
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Old 10-15-2011, 01:24 PM
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i have it but i hardly use it. Cuz study shows that these heated seat kills sprem ... I still need my soliders ya know.
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Old 10-15-2011, 11:24 PM
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I'm planning on moving the switches elsewhere (need to get a non-heated seat console first though. Maybe the ashtray or something.
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Old 10-16-2011, 12:35 AM
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I don't have one on my rx8, but i have one on the 6i. It really warms you up on cold days.
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Old 10-16-2011, 01:14 AM
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I used them but it seemed like I always warmed the seat up to body temperature before I felt the heater. By the time I noticed the heater I had already adjusted and would just turn it off.
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Old 10-17-2011, 11:48 AM
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My elbow sits on the top of the cubby hole cover. So, never hit the switches.
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Old 10-17-2011, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by nycgps
i have it but i hardly use it. Cuz study shows that these heated seat kills sprem ... I still need my soliders ya know.
Same goes for tight fitting underwear and hot showers.
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Old 10-17-2011, 02:26 PM
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I didn't really think about this before...

Doesn't the rocker switch move forward to turn the heaters on? It seems much more likely that someone would accidentally turn them on than off.
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They could have redirected some of the heat going into our cup warmers to the seats.
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Originally Posted by monchie
I don't have one on my rx8, but i have one on the 6i. It really warms you up on cold days.
When do you even use them? I couldn't even 100% say my heater in the car works since its never even been on living out here. If I had the heated seats the only time they would come on would be accidentally.
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Originally Posted by nycgps
i have it but i hardly use it. Cuz study shows that these heated seat kills sprem ... I still need my soliders ya know.


Cell phones inside pockets, seat warmers, underwear....everything kills sperm these days

LOL
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