The weather has been going back and forth between nice and freezing, we have had a few warm and sunny afternoons. Warm enough to put the top down, with the heated seats on. The little VW is the first car we have owned with heated seats. Until I had heated seats, heated seats never really made sense to me. My father's last Buick in Florida had heated seats - a car that he never drove out of Florida. To get the compass in the rear view mirror, he had to buy the package that included heated seats.
On cold mornings, I twirl the switch and within a couple of minutes my lower back and rear end are nice and warm. The seat warms up much faster than the heater starts to warm the air. On a warmish day, turning on the seats and putting the top down, makes me warm on the back side, cool on the front side, with a little sun on the top side.
The signs of spring are out there. The ends of the tree branches change color, showing green or red depending on the variety of the tree. The buds are swelling for the early bloom. The daffodils are 4 or 5 inches tall and soon will put up flower stalks. We saw snowdrops blooming when we were out for a walk last week.
The changes of season are subtle. Growing up on a farm with a grandfather who really understood nature, I probably notice signs that many do not.
I enjoy this time of the year, except for the back below freezing part. And it is so nice to drive with the top open after the coldest months of the year.
I like heated seats. Before I leave the car park, I can feel the effect. I only like the steering wheel heated for a minute or. I mentioned once about why cars don't have cooled steering wheels, surely a must in Australia where the wheel can burn your hands. One reader in the US said her 2002 car has a cooled steering wheel. Why not here? Have you experienced one?
ReplyDeleteI have not had a heated or cooled steering wheel. A cooled one would have been handy when I live in Florida.
DeleteWe’ve had heated seats. Jerry loved them. I never turned mine on. So funny to ride around in your convertible with the top down and the seats turned up. But you sure look happy.
ReplyDeleteIn the summer when I put the top down the air conditioning comes on. The climate control changes temperature setting when I open or close the top.
DeleteI love my heated seats. And like you mentioned, the seats will heat up before the car does. Sometimes I don't even turn on the heat as the warmth from the seat is enough for me.
ReplyDeleteThe climate control is automatic in this one,
DeleteYou crazy teenager!
ReplyDeleteIt is never too late to have a happy childhood.
DeleteI rented a car with heated seats and swore that the next car I buy will have them.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I'd also like it to fly.
Are you still hoping for a personal jetpack?
DeleteI don't like heated seats as it makes me feel as if I have wet my pants. Weird but true. ;)
ReplyDeleteThe first time I accidentally turned them on in my father's car, I thought something had gone terribly wrong.
DeleteFunny.
DeleteHeated seats and the top down, that sounds great. I could get used to that.
ReplyDeleteAbout six month out of the year you need cooled seats, I drove a Saab one time that had air conditioned seats.
DeleteOne summer my back was really sore for a few days. When I went out for errands, I turned the heated seat on, windows down, radio loud and AC on. It was a crazy, wonderful combination!
ReplyDeleteThat would work so well.
DeleteMy wife and I also enjoy our heated seats which are wonderful when the days are cool.
ReplyDeleteAnd it does get cool where you are.
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