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Sports Adaptive vs std. seating...

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I'm going to buy a 997 within the next little bit and one of the prospective cars (about 800mi away..) has the SA seats. How are they for a civilian? I do not plan any track days, in fact don't drive particularly over my head. I'm a nominal 6-0 x 190lbs and my wife, who get's more left seat time than I, is quite small. Is there a downside to these seats?

Jim

Salisbury MD

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I'm going to buy a 997 within the next little bit and one of the prospective cars (about 800mi away..) has the SA seats. How are they for a civilian? I do not plan any track days, in fact don't drive particularly over my head. I'm a nominal 6-0 x 190lbs and my wife, who get's more left seat time than I, is quite small. Is there a downside to these seats?

Jim

Salisbury MD

I have sport seats on my 996 Turbo and I find them very comfortable and they are not as fully adjustable as the 997 adaptive sport seats. Can't speak to the 997 sport seats but the best way to find out if you will like them is to test drive a car with them. Your local dealer will be happy to find you a car with sport seats to test drive. The sport seats give you a bit more support than the standard seats and I like the "look" much better. The 997 adaptive sport seats give you the extra adjustment of seat bottom bolster and backrest bolster adjustment for a custom fit.

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I'm going to buy a 997 within the next little bit and one of the prospective cars (about 800mi away..) has the SA seats. How are they for a civilian? I do not plan any track days, in fact don't drive particularly over my head. I'm a nominal 6-0 x 190lbs and my wife, who get's more left seat time than I, is quite small. Is there a downside to these seats?

Jim

Salisbury MD

I bought my 06 S for the Adaptives , sport shift and sport chrono +. I am 5'6" 150 and go back and forth to Mass. from NJ every other week.

The Seats are very comfortable. My wife is 5'2" amd small she also finds them very comfortable.

Take a test drive, adjustments are infinite, practically impossible to not be comfortable.

Worth every penny, IMHO!

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I bought my 06 S for the Adaptives , sport shift and sport chrono +. I am 5'6" 150 and go back and forth to Mass. from NJ every other week.

The Seats are very comfortable. My wife is 5'2" amd small she also finds them very comfortable.

Take a test drive, adjustments are infinite, practically impossible to not be comfortable.

Worth every penny, IMHO!

Similar height and weight, I also have the adaptive sports seats and find them very comfortable. I really like the inflatable bolsters, although it took me a few miles in the seat to fine tune all of the settings. Drove from Uk to north Germany and back last month and recently returned from Scotland, a 6 hour trip, with just one fuel stop and finished the trip with no aches or pains. These are the only seats I have used so I am unable to comment on their relative merits but I'm sure you wont regret having them.

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I bought my 06 S for the Adaptives , sport shift and sport chrono +. I am 5'6" 150 and go back and forth to Mass. from NJ every other week.

The Seats are very comfortable. My wife is 5'2" amd small she also finds them very comfortable.

Take a test drive, adjustments are infinite, practically impossible to not be comfortable.

Worth every penny, IMHO!

Similar height and weight, I also have the adaptive sports seats and find them very comfortable. I really like the inflatable bolsters, although it took me a few miles in the seat to fine tune all of the settings. Drove from Uk to north Germany and back last month and recently returned from Scotland, a 6 hour trip, with just one fuel stop and finished the trip with no aches or pains. These are the only seats I have used so I am unable to comment on their relative merits but I'm sure you wont regret having them.

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