Hi All - New owner/ site user.
2012 Countryman that I got this week!

It came with the sport seats.
I love the car, but the driver seat is making my upper legs/butt numb. The vertical side support of the seat pushes against my legs. I'm tall & skinny, so probably not fitting in as the engineers designed.

A simply cushion would 'level' the seat off, but I'm 6' 5" and don't have any head room to work with.

Any ideas? It's killing me. I wonder if I need to pay big bucks and downgrade back to the original non-sport seats? Hate to think of what that would cost...plus I'd lose my heated seat package.

Thanks in advance for ideas.

 

I have heard of the same issue with the regular Mini, sport seats vs regular seats. One option would be to try and a WTT (Want to Trade) on the Marketplace. If I had a Countryman I would sure be willing to swap.
Good Luck.

 

Actually, I think the narrow-hipped were in the seat designer's mind. I thought it was just us big-assed folk who find the real problem with Mini seats.

I've only had standard Minis, not Countrymen, but I can say that I used to have the same problem. But I found the cure was to carefully centre myself in the seat before driving off - so not just dropping down into the seat but shutting the door, and lifting myself up to sit absolutely straight and square. Tedious, but worth it to avoid discomfort.

 

Have you tried out the lounge leather seats? The side bolsters are pretty flat and some people find them more comfortable.

 

I think I may end up downgrading to the stock seats. Headed today to try out a model with those. Bummer to pay what I'm guessing will be a fortune to lose sport seat and heated option!

Thanks for all the ideas.

 

In order to get Lounge Leather, you have to get sport seats too. They may not appear to be as aggressive as the leatherette ones, but they are. I have them in my Countryman. I've had 3 MINIs now, two with sport seats and one without. I actually prefer the sport seats, but that's the beauty of MINI - to each their own!

 

Try this experiment. Take a bath towel. Fold it into a cushion, put it on the seat and see if that helps. Adjust the towel back and forth to see if you can find a sweet spot. Sorry you're so tall - I assume you have the seat lowered as far as it will go.

 

If you want to add a little bling to your interior, Go Badges makes something called a "seat wrap". Basically, it's a thin cushion that sits on top of the seat bottom and is held in place by a tab that tucks into the gap between the seat bottom and back. They come in Union Jack, BlackJack, Checker, and RedJack. I have them in BlackJack in my Countryman. They add a little cushion to the seats without interfering with the seat heaters, and I like the look. Plus, they protect my lounge leather from scratches.

 

PM me I'll trade you the normal seats for your sport ones.

 

Man I'm a noob, anyone got pictures of sports seats vs stock?

 

From the Mini web site configurator, standard on the left and sports on the right.