Member Since: 15 Jan 2006
Location: West
Posts: 298
Drivers Seat - Height adjustment
Sorry if this has been covered before.
Test drove the D3 at the weekend and was really impressed, even the wife commented how easy it was to drive and was not as "boxy" as it seemed from the passenger seat. However, it was only a 5 seat base as the dealer is shifting them as quick as they arrive and had nothing else to test that wasn't already sold.
I found the seating comfortable as did the wife apart from the driver’s seat. Her being short she needs to raise the height but found that the rear of the seat rises higher than the front giving the feeling of being tipped forward.
Is this the same on the S variant?
I notice from the handbook, that I downloaded, that the electric seat adjustment on the SE allows you to raise the back and front of the seat base separately - is this correct?
Does anyone know if you can order the following combinations 1) electric seats on the S. 2) leather and electric on the S or are they only available on the SE and HSE?
I appreciate that spending cash on leather seats in the S pushes the price closer to the SE which may end up what I go for.
Thanks for your help.
6th Feb 2006 9:15 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10297
Look and do a search on S spec seats! They dont adjust from the front, and I find mine uncomfortable. It does depend on your size, as some find them OK.
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6th Feb 2006 9:35 pm
vito
Member Since: 26 Apr 2005
Location: Southern Italy
Posts: 21
Same tilting feeling when changing the seat height.
The other problem I noticed with manual regulation is when I get out of the car my leg invariably push the button down lowering the seat. This makes impossible to maintain a constant regulation of seat height .
Vito
6th Feb 2006 10:41 pm
BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
ferret, you cannot. I brought this issue up in March and I have a letter from LR who were prepared to alter the seat at their expense for me. However it was never done as my vehicle died before it could be. However, I am told that the latest vehicle between the base and S now have a pad inserted into the front sqaub, so was the one you drove a brand new one or an old MY05 ?
If you want a seat altered contact Exmoor Trim, they were going to carry out the mod and have all the drawings from LR to do it.
6th Feb 2006 11:20 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
As a short guy (5'3" in oldmoney) I found the S Seat no problem whatsover on the test drive - of course it remains to be seen how well the 06 S Seat performs from Saturday onwards but I will report back (from the perspective of someone who is less than average height)Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
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