Heated and Cooled Seats.

MmmmmMMMm Leather Seat heating and cooling.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm buy a caddy.

Heated seats I could understand. Cooled seats though... not so much.

vented seats [passive cooling] (standard) and heated seats (option) would be nice options to see.

Put em in. I just ordered a set for my new ws6 fronts. They really do make a big differance.

I could see it as an option, but not standard.

Screw extra weight.

I could see it as an option, but not standard.

Ahh, I didn't mean standard equipment. Sorry I didn't specify "option" :D

Id go for heated seats. No way im sloching on my heating system hehe.

My mom (she's 70) has heated seats in her Grand Cherokee. I make fun of her that she has them, although I have to admit they're cool on a luxury car. On a Camaro? Uh... why?

My mom (she's 70) has heated seats in her Grand Cherokee. I make fun of her that she has them, although I have to admit they're cool on a luxury car. On a Camaro? Uh... why? If it was just an option and not standard, I think it would be fine. I guess it all depends on what you want, but if it has an awesom heater, then I won't need heated seats.

If it was just an option and not standard, I think it would be fine. I guess it all depends on what you want, but if it has an awesom heater, then I won't need heated seats.

Heated seats are only needed (well they're never NEEDED) on leather anyway since it's freezing in the winter (and scorching in the summer).

Cloth seats (a nice heavy fabric) are what I prefer anyway.

I wouldn't want em'

i don't see why they would be even an option on a Camaro. Also, just because something is an option, doesn't make it free for those who don't choose it. If GM develops and builds an unpopular option, they increase their overhead for the model and either raise prices or lose money because of it.

You may say "well only the people that choose the option will pay for the extra cost". If only 3% of Camaro buyers want heated seats, and you divide the overhead costs of developing and manufacturing the heated seats over that few units sold, you'd be charging more than anyone would pay for the option. End rant :D

I don't care too much about the heated seats, but vented or cooled seats would be so nice. My back gets really hot in my TA in the 80, 90 degree summer heat. Especially with the T Tops off. My mother in law's Caddy DTS has the cooled seats and they are oh so nice!! But I highly doubt they'll do it on a camaro. Heated seats I could see as an option just because its more common on cars now as an option.

cooled seats optional, awesome. sweaty back :(
heated seats? even middle of winter not a big deal here.

The use of cooled seats tends to reduce the use of traditional air conditioning, which improves fuel economy...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060302174451.htm

Though I will say that when I worked at an upholstery shop we did have a number of Lincoln Navigators come in because the air conditioned seats were forcing foam fragments through the pores in the seat fabric, creating a furry effect...

I still say cooled seats are a good idea...

i want both, i love leather, I hate a cold ass and i hate a sweaty back, so its perfect for me:D

too much weight...gimme some nice cloth seats that are simple but nice/comfortable..kinda like the 93-96 lt1 seats. the seats in my 97 are ok but too "fun" for my taste

too much weight...gimme some nice cloth seats that are simple but nice/comfortable..kinda like the 93-96 lt1 seats. the seats in my 97 are ok but too "fun" for my taste

What exactly makes a seat 'fun'?

I agree a nice heavy fabric is preferable to leather. My '05 Aveo has nicer cloth than MANY other cars I've been in...

like the fabric design change they did..93-96 got plain style cloth seats, and 97-02 got some funky weird pattern in seats

like the fabric design change they did..93-96 got plain style cloth seats, and 97-02 got some funky weird pattern in seats

Really? I don't remember my '02 having an 'funky weird pattern' on the seats...

Anyone have a pic of this?

I think it would be a great option and would probally sell pretty good just dont make it standard with leather make it extra.

heres the 97-02 interior: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ONE-OWNER-FLORIDA-2000-CHEVROLET-CAMARO-T-TOPS_W0QQitemZ190080892012QQihZ009QQcategoryZ6161Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
heres 93-96:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CAMARO-B4C-5-7-LT-1-B-M-SHORT-SHIFT-6-SPEED-3-42-REAR_W0QQitemZ280079335224QQihZ018QQcategoryZ6161Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

i'm sorry but the 97-02 ones look waaaay better.

i'm sorry but the 97-02 ones look waaaay better.

I have to totally agree.

The 93-96 looks cheap, thin and rough.

The 97-02 looks (and now that you've jogged my memory, is) soft and thicker.

The seats had a slight 'marble' pattern. I don't consider that 'strange'. LOL If it looked like bubbles or something, then I could see the 'too fun' comment.

The one thing I remember that I didn't like though, was how the material wrapped up on the top of the door. I tended to rest my elbow/arm on there, or out the window and it began to show signs of wear in that one spot.

heated seats that would be cool

I don't want them.

i would love to have air cooled seats..(i never use the heated seat option on our jeep)..i stay warm while my wife stays cold....this would be a great option for us.

I'm laughing at the "weight savings" guys posts. :lol:

How much do you guys weigh? I'm 140 lbs. When I take my car out, should I tell my woman that she can't ride with me because she's an extra 125 lbs?

I have heated seats in my Grand Prix. Love them. In a new Camaro??? Cooled would be all that I would desire.

I'm laughing at the "weight savings" guys posts. :lol:

How much do you guys weigh? I'm 140 lbs. When I take my car out, should I tell my woman that she can't ride with me because she's an extra 125 lbs?

well your girl or wife is removable weight. :D
i just dont want a pig heavy camaro with terrible balance like the gt500.

I'm laughing at the "weight savings" guys posts. :lol:

How much do you guys weigh? I'm 140 lbs. When I take my car out, should I tell my woman that she can't ride with me because she's an extra 125 lbs?

Sheesh man, eat something!! 140lbs...you must be like 5'2? If thats the case, you also have to factor in the weight of the 2-3 phone books on the driver seat :D.

After driving/riding in my GF 2007 Aura with heated cloth seats all I can say is I'd buy that same option on a Camaro in a second.

I'd buy them. Ever since my dad got his ES which has them ive loved them and want them on all my cars from here on out

I don't care too much about the heated seats, but vented or cooled seats would be so nice. My back gets really hot in my TA in the 80, 90 degree summer heat. Especially with the T Tops off. My mother in law's Caddy DTS has the cooled seats and they are oh so nice!! But I highly doubt they'll do it on a camaro. Heated seats I could see as an option just because its more common on cars now as an option. I know how you feel, my back is soaked after even a 20 mile drive or so.

This is not a luxury car.
Buy a buick or a cadillac.

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My buddy's Denali is like a friggin spa! A/C on and the seat warmer on medium! :cool:

my upper is cool, but my lower half is warm!

Although the Camaro isn't really a cold climate type vehicle to require heated seats... But October to November w/ no snow can get kind of chilly here...

I'd love to have them, really just cooled seats but they are always bundled with seat heating.

I think we'll get heated seats as an option since other cars in the market segment have them, but I think they will leave cooled seats on the shelf for development $ and time reasons. While I would order them for sure (they would be great to fight back sweat with the T-Tops off in 90-95 degree heat) they aren't a make or break option for me.

Now how about that in dash nav system with a map screen ;) ? Onstar turn by turn doesn't do it for me.

Now how about that in dash nav system with a map screen ;) ? Onstar turn by turn doesn't do it for me.

I'd rather have a Garmin or something than a proprietary system included with the car.

You guys sound like your more in the market for a Corvette than the stripped down Vette that the Camaro is SUPPOSED to be.
Not gonna get all that fancy crap that helps performance none, without increasing the price substantially.

I'd rather have a Garmin or something than a proprietary system included with the car.

Same here. I'd rather have something I can remove instead of that big ugly screen in the dash all the time.

Besides, I've read that those in-car Nav units are actually REDUCING trade-in value due to the fact that they will become too out of date in years to come as new hardware becomes available.

Garmin Nuvi 350 is the way to go (you can even use it in place of a handheld map when you're visiting a city such as NY).

Heated seats I can see, but as nice as cooled seats are, I doubt we'll see them. I know this isn't apples to apples, but my 07 Cobalt SS/SC came with leather heated seats. They were not an option, just came with the car. That may be the way GM is going? They were nice last winter.

The use of cooled seats tends to reduce the use of traditional air conditioning, which improves fuel economy...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060302174451.htm


First off i dont understand the logic in this. The ac pump is on or off right? then the blend door and the fans control the amount hand how cold the air coming in is.


i think the heated seats on this car seem well sorta odd because most camaros will be driven in warm weather. But i do see chevy putting heated seats in. I could logically see a/c seats more then heated but i dont see chevy putting them in there and personally dont think they belong there but hey i just wont order that option if its has it.

My friends 350z has heated/cooled seats. Even though its at least 80* here in SC at night, we still have the windows open and the heated seats on. Feels good on the bum.

I'd spring for heated/cooled seats.

GM isn't going to give me t-tops so the AC will be on a lot more and it minus well go on my ass too.

like the fabric design change they did..93-96 got plain style cloth seats, and 97-02 got some funky weird pattern in seats

i've got a 2000, and i really like the pattern on the cloth interior.. i think it's pretty tasteful and far from funky..

I could see it as an option, but not standard.

definitely agreed.. i think this would be a pretty popular option actually...


Although the Camaro isn't really a cold climate type vehicle to require heated seats... But October to November w/ no snow can get kind of chilly here...

there are plenty of people that use Camaros as daily drivers in cooler climates.. i see a ton of them driving through the snow in the winter here in Chicago, and mine is one of them.. heated seats should definitely be an option

Heated seats I could understand. Cooled seats though... not so much.

Get in your car after its been parked in the South Florida sun all day while youve been at work.

Its pretty much like enveloping your body with fire. Worse if you have a leather interior.

Get in your car after its been parked in the South Florida sun all day while youve been at work.

Its pretty much like enveloping your body with fire. Worse if you have a leather interior.

This is true ^. In Virginia it does the same thing. :death:

no, it would only increase the price (R&D costs divided among ALL units), weight and complexity.

no, it would only increase the price (R&D costs divided among ALL units), weight and complexity.

Yup.

If you want a Cadillac, but a Caddilac.

Methinks people are hoping for a champaign sports car, on a beer budget.

I'll take a solid, well priced sports car with a strong and durable drivetrain and non-clanky doors.. less squeaks and overall solid construction.

What people like all of you will give us, is a 35K hunk of garbage. Slap on a bunch of gimmicks, and keep the price competitive and drop the quality of everything even more than the cheap sports car that its supposed to be would've been otherwise.

Vettes are available, so are Buicks and Cadillacs. No one wants to actually pay for those to get a well built car with those options.

I want a STRIPPED DOWN Corvette. Not a ****ty, clunky corvette for 15K less.

i have heated seats in my blazer and i use them all the time. since my ac is broken cooled seats would be real nice to have, but if i can only have heat i'll take that. if there is no option for heated or cooled i would buy an after market kit to install it.

Mustangs caught a lot of flak over not having heated seats....and they are now available as an option. Do you think GM is NOT going to match the competition on this option? I doubt it very much....

But I would also like to see cooled seats as an option....it gets awful sweaty to have your butt wrapped in foam rubber 3 inches thick. In the "old" days we did'nt have that much insulation under the fabric and your butt did'nt get as hot as in todays cars.

I'd like to see GM be innovative with these cars, and make a model for every taste. Have models for every taste with option packages....luxury, performance and daily drivers. Thats how a manufacturer can reach their goal of selling large numbers of a vehicle and make a profit on it.......

why you guys hate on the heated seats. arguing buy a luxo car? Within the next few years, heated seats will be standard on most cars as its not exclusive to the luxo market anymore. They are easy and cheap to add to a car.

I added heaters to my TA seats that I had custom made for my car. And i love them. Put them on LOW and even on a normal temp day ~78* it is soothing, and can make idiot drivers not tick me off so much.

Also, people saying its stupid for cooled (AC. not vent air) seats, come to CA in the middle of the summer. Air Conditioned seats FTW!!!!!!!!

why you guys hate on the heated seats. arguing buy a luxo car? Within the next few years, heated seats will be standard on most cars as its not exclusive to the luxo market anymore. They are easy and cheap to add to a car.

I added heaters to my TA seats that I had custom made for my car. And i love them. Put them on LOW and even on a normal temp day ~78* it is soothing, and can make idiot drivers not tick me off so much.

Also, people saying its stupid for cooled (AC. not vent air) seats, come to CA in the middle of the summer. Air Conditioned seats FTW!!!!!!!!


IMO any car with leather seating should have heated/cooled seats standard. They're freezing in winter and scorching in summer.

no thanks...

I need cooling seats more than I need a/c due to my swamp ass issues. I could go easily without heated seats.

Ahhh, just give me some aluminum buckets and 5 points...;):D

I don't know...I think I'll leave the leather and heated/cooled seats to my Buick.
I do hope for a nice breathable material, the "feels" as good as it looks..:cool:
(With some color for crying out loud....)

Also, people saying its stupid for cooled (AC. not vent air) seats, come to CA in the middle of the summer. Air Conditioned seats FTW!!!!!!!!

um im not arguing with the heated/cooled seats i agree with you on that but...... using that part of cali wont make your case.come to Dallas in the summer.i will trade you Hayward for Dallas ANY day :D well.....maybe not Hayward


i would definately buy them if it was an option

Wasted Money, not to mention, if the seats look anything like the flat ass ones that are in the lates spy pics, I will rip them out and put in some Corbeau's or Sparco's anyway.

I'd love the option to get heated seats in the leather (or cloth for that matter) but you can kiss your dream of cooled seats goodbye. That is something that is too luxury for a car like the Camaro. Yeah you can dream all you want, and state your opinion that you want them, but its a pipe dream and you all know it. Hell even heated seats may not be a viable option. Cool seats are something you see in the likes of the Infiniti M series, Cadillac, Lexus etc... Not on a $20k base sports car.

I don't drive my Camaro in the winter, so heated seats would be frivolous for me. I'd love cooled seats, though. Even having the A/C blowing full blast isn't going to keep you from getting a sweaty back (at least for people that are prone to such things, including me). Plus, as stated earlier (almost a year ago!), cooled seats tend to reduce usage of air conditioning, which increases fuel economy.

Heated and Cooled Seats

Option(s) only, please.

Normally I don't like superflous options, but I would definetly order cooled seats if not heated.

I want leather because it's easy to clean and doesen't hold odor like cloth does. On hot days the backs of my shirts are drenched by the time I get where I'm going. Off course, the A/C is also broken, but nevertheless, I would order cooled.

Heated, not so much.

I'd take cooled seats on an A/C-Delete package..:D

They are pretty nice to have, but seriously just buy a Caddy if you want something that luxurious.

i want all options to be standard so it drives down the base cost but slightly rases the total price. because you know most of us want the options.

maybe a easy pop in/out rear seat for us that like to haul arround a mean sub when we dont have passengers and some in seat speekers to enhance our enjoyment.

Holy old thread, Batman!

I'd rather have cooled seats than heated seats.

With 105 degree + summer days in Texas......cooled seats would be nice. My new Camaro heated seats help me when my bad back flairs up, and will be nice taking the winter chill away!

Cooled seats in my next car........for sure!!

wouldnt cooled seats work off the ac? they use AC air and pump it into your seat then it comes out little holes in the seat back right? thats how it is on some cars i know but hells yes on the cooled seats i live in az where it gets up to 120 in the summer so i wouldnt mind them.