Seats...too flat?
#11
NativeTexam:
My wife has your same complaint. Riding long distance in the Defender seats is really tough on her bad back -- even as she uses all the adjustments to try to get the seat to lay back and support her lower back. She much prefers her LR4 seats.
Her wish is for the Defender's map / audio capability and the LR4's seats. .......
My wife has your same complaint. Riding long distance in the Defender seats is really tough on her bad back -- even as she uses all the adjustments to try to get the seat to lay back and support her lower back. She much prefers her LR4 seats.
Her wish is for the Defender's map / audio capability and the LR4's seats. .......
Last edited by TrioLRowner; 06-21-2022 at 12:25 PM.
#12
Interesting.
A Counterpoint: I quite like the seats and am used to deeply bolstered sport seats on other vehicles we've owned / currently own. Did a 5 hour journey few weeks back up to the Cascades, and I was concerned it may hurt my back (have a very problematic lower back) -- yet no issues whatsoever on my end. I kind of like having "a truck" with "truck seats" that are flat for this Defender. By contrast, the highly bolstered sport seats in an M car I own -- I can't do more than 2 hours in the car without being in some sort of pain.
I was suprprised to see that they didn't "bolster up" the seats for the V8 though.
A Counterpoint: I quite like the seats and am used to deeply bolstered sport seats on other vehicles we've owned / currently own. Did a 5 hour journey few weeks back up to the Cascades, and I was concerned it may hurt my back (have a very problematic lower back) -- yet no issues whatsoever on my end. I kind of like having "a truck" with "truck seats" that are flat for this Defender. By contrast, the highly bolstered sport seats in an M car I own -- I can't do more than 2 hours in the car without being in some sort of pain.
I was suprprised to see that they didn't "bolster up" the seats for the V8 though.
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ficklma1 (11-14-2022)
#13
Am I the only one who feels the seat bottoms are too flat? While I understand the need not to have too high of side bolsters to aid in egress, it seems that even driving at relatively normal speeds around turns/bends, I find myself wishing I would feel more secure in the seat. I'm not expecting Recaro sport buckets, but even my Jeep Wrangler and Ram 2500 has more seat side bolsters.
OMG!! Yes!! - i test drove the souped up 90 and i couldn't believe how much i slid all over, thanks to the spanktastick engine.. the seat belt didn't help because the seat is so wide.. i've been looking for aftermarket seats if/before i buy the defender.
#14
Interesting.
A Counterpoint: I quite like the seats and am used to deeply bolstered sport seats on other vehicles we've owned / currently own. Did a 5 hour journey few weeks back up to the Cascades, and I was concerned it may hurt my back (have a very problematic lower back) -- yet no issues whatsoever on my end. I kind of like having "a truck" with "truck seats" that are flat for this Defender. By contrast, the highly bolstered sport seats in an M car I own -- I can't do more than 2 hours in the car without being in some sort of pain.
A Counterpoint: I quite like the seats and am used to deeply bolstered sport seats on other vehicles we've owned / currently own. Did a 5 hour journey few weeks back up to the Cascades, and I was concerned it may hurt my back (have a very problematic lower back) -- yet no issues whatsoever on my end. I kind of like having "a truck" with "truck seats" that are flat for this Defender. By contrast, the highly bolstered sport seats in an M car I own -- I can't do more than 2 hours in the car without being in some sort of pain.
We have a second Defender on order to replace the X5. Seats were a small part of the reason but the main issue is too many winter travel features are missing on the X5 like snow mode, heated windshield, fog lights, ground clearance, low gear and headlight washers.
Last edited by PaulLR; 11-14-2022 at 06:46 AM.
#15
I feel the same way, this is one of the most comfortable cars (seats being a big part of that) I have ever experienced over long distances.
#16
It may be my imagination, but it seems to me that it takes some time for the seats to be broken in. Initially I thought the seat bottom a bit flat, but now approaching 8K miles not so much. By contrast, when I switched to the passenger side on a recent long jaunt to let my wife drive I thought the seat quite hard and flat, perhaps from simple lack of use.
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NativeTexan (11-26-2022)
#17
It may be my imagination, but it seems to me that it takes some time for the seats to be broken in. Initially I thought the seat bottom a bit flat, but now approaching 8K miles not so much. By contrast, when I switched to the passenger side on a recent long jaunt to let my wife drive I thought the seat quite hard and flat, perhaps from simple lack of use.
#18
I'm in the "the seats are great" camp. I was worried about the 10-day road trip I took from the DC area to South Dakota / Wyoming and back, but no issues whatsoever. That was actually a first for me, as all other vehicles left me with a painfully locked up shoulder among other issues. Maybe I got set in my seat preferences early - first vehicle was a Ranger with a pretty flat bench seat.
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mdgs (11-17-2022)
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