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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: M88ony on 29 January 2019, 23:47
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Hi All,
Looking at purchasing a used edition 40. The majority have the standard GTI seats (non bucket) which I am ok with as I find them comfortable.
I have notice the heated seat button on all standard seat edition 40 cars seem to be blanked. Am I right in assuming heated seats were not an option on the edition 40?
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Well mine has heated seats with the standard non bucket seats, it has winter pack though so maybe that's it?
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I’ve just wandered out of warm office into a biting cold car park at 4:20 AM.
The wind is blowing hard, there was a layer of frozen sleet I’ve just had to remove from my car windows.
It’s cold. Damp penetrating cold.
I parked my arse on the Clubsport seat and rested my hands on the steering wheel.
Did I feel the need for heated seats? No.
I’m no hardcore outdoorsy type.
I don’t want to climb a mountain because mountains are cold.
I’m the type of guy who emerges from the shower on a cold morning and squeals like a schoolgirl at the air temperature unless the central heating is on full pelt.
I was the boy my PE teacher suggested I sign up for the netball team when I stood on the rugby pitch whining about the cold and the mud.
I’m the sort of guy my former-Royal Marine Sergeant Major colleague calls a pussy.
I like my creature comforts me.
I’d be the sort of buyer who specs heated seats, right?
Wrong!
Wind back eleven or so years to when we had that really cold spell when the warmest night was minus ten in southern England.
I emerged from my warm office at 4:30 AM and parked my arse on my mk5 GTI’s tartan seats but didn’t feel the slightest need for bum warmers. The steering wheel was horridly cold though!
Yeah, I’ve had heated seats in my leather furnished mk6 GTI, and in the GTD I owned for fifteen minutes.
The latter’s heated seats weren’t used once, the former’s were tried out a couple times, it felt like I’d peed myself and were duly switched off again.
The Ed40 standard seats and steering wheel actually feel quite temperate in cold weather due to the pretend suede and cloth seat sections. They just never feel that cold.
I jumped in my car in the early hours after clearing the screens and just drove off, cabin temp set at 18 degrees and I was nice and warm within a few minutes (I had a thin fleece coat on).
What was the question again?
Oh, yes, the Ed40 seats.
No. Unlike the GTI, GTD and R of the time, the Clubsport didn’t come with standard heated seats.
You could spec them as part of the winter pack or leather upholstery but that was it. Or the buckets :drool:
Welcome M88ony. Good choice of prospective car.
By the way, my colleague Peter says you’re all a bunch of pussies. :laugh:
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Thanks Peter!
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I woke up all excited, a new thread called Edition 40 Clubsport and I thought I'll definitely be able to contribute here! Unfortunately when I logged in I saw that Exonian has already nailed it. Thread closed!
Just to add though, mine doesn't have them. I thought I would miss them after having them on my previous 4 cars but I really haven't. If the car has everything else that you fancy don't let it put you off.
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Everyone's missing the point here. It's not the lack of heated seats but the lack of buckets that matters :whistle:
OP, find a car with those seats and voila: 10 times cooler (random, non-car people get as excited about those when they enter in my car as I do), and they are heated as standard. Especially buying used where you don't have to fork out 1500eur to spec them I don't see any reason not to. They are a breeze for long trips too, don't be put put off from spine shattering experiences in old Fords or Subarus, these are nothing like it.
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Everyone's missing the point here. It's not the lack of heated seats but the lack of buckets that matters :whistle:
OP, find a car with those seats and voila: 10 times cooler (random, non-car people get as excited about those when they enter in my car as I do), and they are heated as standard. Especially buying used where you don't have to fork out 1500eur to spec them I don't see any reason not to. They are a breeze for long trips too, don't be put put off from spine shattering experiences in old Fords or Subarus, these are nothing like it.
Fair point! Just make sure it's not one of the Irish imports, very highly specced but without the numbered badge etc
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..... the former’s were tried out a couple times, it felt like I’d peed myself and were duly switched off again.
It's not often I actually laugh out loud to myself on forums. Sir, take a bow.... :grin:
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make sure it's not one of the Irish imports, very highly specced but without the numbered badge etc
Should be pointed out though that there is no badge on a standard CS from factory, those were being stuck on by VW UK (you won't find them in Germany or any other country), presumably to make CS buyers feel some of the 400 limited CS-S exclusivity :grin: ? That's why it's only a number, not the usual "no. x out of y" indication as the production was not quantity limited. Hardly a fault I'd say and personally I wouldn't like any dealer to stick a non-OEM plate that means nothing on my car.
Badge aside are there any other issues with Irish CS's? Asking out of pure curiosity, not familiar with that market.
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VW Dealer is telling me heated seats can be retrofitted with button same as OEM in centre console. This true?
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make sure it's not one of the Irish imports, very highly specced but without the numbered badge etc
Should be pointed out though that there is no badge on a standard CS from factory, those were being stuck on by VW UK (you won't find them in Germany or any other country), presumably to make CS buyers feel some of the 400 limited CS-S exclusivity :grin: ? That's why it's only a number, not the usual "no. x out of y" indication as the production was not quantity limited. Hardly a fault I'd say and personally I wouldn't like any dealer to stick a non-OEM plate that means nothing on my car.
Badge aside are there any other issues with Irish CS's? Asking out of pure curiosity, not familiar with that market.
It certainly worked on me and I don't think my badge is straight haha! I think they just have a shorter warranty (2 instead of 3 years) and have to be flagged as an import to insurers but they were all fully loaded with kit!
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VW Dealer is telling me heated seats can be retrofitted with button same as OEM in centre console. This true?
I'm sure it's possible but wouldn't like to think how much it would be!
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I wasn't bothered at all about heated seats until I had them for the 1st time in my Ed35. Since then I've always spec'd them, but a lack of them wouldn't be a deal breaker.
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make sure it's not one of the Irish imports, very highly specced but without the numbered badge etc
Should be pointed out though that there is no badge on a standard CS from factory, those were being stuck on by VW UK (you won't find them in Germany or any other country), presumably to make CS buyers feel some of the 400 limited CS-S exclusivity :grin: ? That's why it's only a number, not the usual "no. x out of y" indication as the production was not quantity limited. Hardly a fault I'd say and personally I wouldn't like any dealer to stick a non-OEM plate that means nothing on my car.
Badge aside are there any other issues with Irish CS's? Asking out of pure curiosity, not familiar with that market.
There's no issue at all with them. They all come from the same factory after all. VW Ireland basically exported a few to the UK that failed to sell here. Most of them were very well spec'd (buckets, Pro Nav, etc), better than UK spec.
The 3rd year of the warranty might be open to question. All new VW's in Ireland come with a 3 year warranty but I'm not sure if the 3rd year is factory or irish dealer only.
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Being an owner of import Irish CS I can confirm the comments about them being fully spec'd, the bucket seats are really very comfortable on any type of journey, on twisty journeys the supportive element is top notch! :laugh: Will it affect future value?...no idea really, it didn't bother me one little bit not having a badge, I was more interested in the kit it had and seeing as currently have no plans to sell its not an issue (informed the insurers but were told it wouldn't affect premium although I feel happier they know)
ps now and again I do like having a toasty backside when its cold (they heat up bloody quick) but agree with Exonian that it can feel a bit odd on occasion??! :grin:
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The "I've just p1ssed myself" thing does freak you out for a bit...
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Sorry M88ony, I seem to have derailed your thread with my import comments.
The bucket seats are the best seats I have ever seen and whilst I'm happy with the standard ones, I do wish I had them in mine to be honest. If you can get one with them, that may well be the best solution!
I wasn't trying to slag off the imported Clubsports, I was just trying to make M88ony aware (if you weren't already) that there were some imported and from previous posts on here not all the dealers were completely honest about them. I personally would have been disappointed if I found out down the line (completely different if I had bought one fully informed). I think we all agree that the spec is fantastic (I think even panoramic roof was standard!) and great that the insurance didn't change too.
Whichever route you go down, I'm sure you'll be happy - it really is an awesome car.
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@ Andy28 I think it was a good point to raise, as you mentioned salesman we dealt with was not forthcoming about the import aspect until I'd found out about UK cars having badge and wondering why this one didn't.
@ M88ony, as others mentioned, heated seats standard with the bucket option and available with the winter pack option, not sure about the retro fitting possibility? Good luck with your prospective buy, as andy stated it is an awesome car :wink:
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Heated seats were lovely this morning.... -5 outside, Setting 1 is perfect for about 10 mins then switch off.
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Thanks all. Did the deal so will invest in a pair of long johns for the winter! Looking forward to collecting and some great drives!
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Heated seats were lovely this morning.... -5 outside, Setting 1 is perfect for about 10 mins then switch off.
A balmy minus four here at 4:30am today.
Cloth seats perfectly ok minus heaters, my fingers were a bit cold though!
Bum ok, no piles, I’ll cope! :grin:
Thanks all. Did the deal so will invest in a pair of long johns for the winter! Looking forward to collecting and some great drives!
Congrats! Tell us more about the car. :smiley:
Welcome to the Ed40 club(sport) :afro: you’ll love it.
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An interesting read about the UK versus open border soft Brexit Eire cars though.
They’re built on the same factory lines, have the remainder of whatever VW warranty there is which would be extendable if only two years. And yet there’s always the UK stigma about “grey” imports.
A few years down the line when they’re all well out of warranty they’ll all be equal, but will they be equal in buyer’s eyes? Will the fact they’re not numbered count despite the numbers meaning nothing and the Southern Irish cars having much better spec?
It’s not like buying a Japanese spec car with no E markings and different bits of trim and even body parts.
They’re identical EU cars made in the same production runs, and yet...