Hi,

I am getting ready to order a 2012 Cooper S Hardtop and am considering the Leather/Cloth (Toffee) seats. Does anybody know if the heated option is necessary with these seats? I've heard that with leather seats you want to have heat for those cold winter days but I'm not sure if that is the case for the leather/cloth seats.

I'm also not opposed to the seats being a bit cold when I first get in. I wonder if they would warm up just as quick from my body heat as they would with a built in heater.

I'm a bit over budget and trying to decide which options to drop. I'm not planning to purchase the power heated mirrors, so the cold weather package is not an incentive for me.

Thanks for any advice!

Chris

 

My wife seems to think so (as a passenger) but I'm not too fond of it. My leather seats warm up fairly quickly with body heat. But then again I live in Northern CA (SFBA) and it rarely goes below 60*.

=Laserjock=

 

Yeah, I should mention that I live in DC, which frequently enough gets down to freezing or close enough.

 

I live in Colorado, have the cloth/leather seats and absolutely love my heated seats. I doubt I will ever by another car without them!

 

I live in Houston, TX and love my heated seats. I use it sometimes in the morning on the way to work and sometimes in the evening because the warmth feels good on my back. I wish we could set to only turn on the back part because I would use that all the time if we could.
It's good to just turn them on, let it warm up, then turn them off.

Get them, you'll be glad you did.

 

I love my heated seats!! I like them so much I wouldn't want to get another car without them

 

I live in Florida and would never have a car without heated seats. Love them!

 

yes! worth every penny

 

If you're a guy just remember that heated seats can cook your *****. It can make you go sterile over time. No man should ever cook his *****. Read about it on the Health web sites. Very bad voodoo.

http://www.google.com/search?client=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

My better half likes the heated seats, even early in the fall and late spring when the temps are mild. I only use them occasionally when the car has been sitting out in freezing temps and turn it off maybe a minute later. But for my spouse, it was a mandatory option.

 

Love mine...

 

I don't see this being a problem unless you leave the seats on for extended periods of time. I suppose the site is gonna tell me I have to wear loose baggy underwear too?

 

walk0080...

Sounds like you bought Heated Seats and you need to rationalize your decision! Real men don't rationalize any level of risk to their *****! Nope, not gonna happen over here!

 

The heated seat is the only option I chose to skip and I regret it. I also live in Northern California and those heated seats would be awesome around here.

 

+1!!

My point exactly, just didn't know how to say it!! I live in the PNW there a must up here as well!!

 

Heated seats are indispensable to me, I use them every morning, even in the summer.

This summer on Car talk they discussed how it's usually women who prefer heated seats and men who fore-go them ....

 

Yes.

 

I love mine. Combined with the lounge leather (if thats within your budget), you can't go wrong....

 

Get the heated seats. Great idea for a cold climate. Especially since leather gets cold and hot very easily.

 

go for it

 

Not only is the seat bottom heated but the back is heated too. I had a tight back one morning and drove around for an hour with then on and felt better the rest of the day.

Also, if I have the air a bit cold for my wife and comfy for me, she will bump it on the low or mid level and we are both perfect.

In south Florida, it is still worth it.

 

How hot do you get your seats! You don't use them everyday and you don't get it so hot you are sweating. Christ, my "*****" get hotter simply working out in the gym.

 

now if they would just make a heated steering wheel

 

I guess I'm in the minority then. I live in central PA and my 2007 had heated seats which I used only 4-5 times in 4 years. They were too hot for me even on the lowest setting so when I ordered my 2011 I passed on them. My MINI is garaged and so is almost never outside overnight. If it was I would probably consider them.

 

Just wondering...2 things, can you turn them off and on, and when you turn them on how fast do you feel the heat radiate out them??