Hello guys, my current 2011 Turbo came with ventilated comfort seats.I do not know if you can replace these seats with the sports adaptive seats.My question is if I do not track the car is it worth the money and is it that big of a difference.This car is not my daily driver.Also do comfort seats hurt resale value?..Thanks in advance

 

My guess is that you can replace them but you will lose the ventilated feature with the adaptive seats. I think it depends if you feel like you need more support from the bolsters. If you do a lot of high speed driving on bakc roads then the adaptives will probably keep you in place better. But that is subjective and differs from person to person. I doubt it will hurt resale value much if any. The biggest hurt in resale is that you likely purchased the car brand new and thus will lose quite a bit over the first 3 years regardless of comfort seats. Hope that helps! Enjoy!

 

As a buyer looking for a used turbo. I will only consider adaptive sport seats. MY 09C2S has the confort seats but thats a cabrio PDK car.

 

If you only wants sports adaptive seats why did you buy your current car with comfort seats?

 

Go to a dealer and try sitting in cars with both seat types. Unless you are fairly skinny and not too tall, the adaptive seats will probably prove to be too restrictive in the long run.

I'm 6'-1" and 210 lbs so the comfort seats were the only way to go for me. Such is the price for being "portly".

 

Stick with the seats in your car, the ventilation is nice and unless you track the car the
comfort seats are more than adequate. Spend the money on some new wheels or an exhaust system. Your gonna love the car no matter what!

 

who cares? why would you spend that much money and not order or know what you wanted. boggles the mind. btw, sport adaptive are the only seats for that car. buy a lazy boy for comfort and watch the simpsons. LOL. Just saying.

 

I've seen Sports Adaptive seats on ebay. They can be swapped out... it's only money.

I wonder if anyone could comment if there are aftermarket harnesses, etc for further belting for the 'comfort' seats.

 

No need to scoure ebay

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ort-seats.html

 

my turbo sees the track 5-6 times a year and I haven't been left wanting. I haven't tried the adaptives, but I've got a dedicated track car and feel just as planted in my turbo. I'd say keep the comfort. As said before, the success of the turbo is the combination of civility and brutal performance in one chasis.

 

+1 to this

 

I'm 6'2" and weigh 195lb. I have the adaptive seats in my car and I think they are great. In particular the way you can "tune in" the side bolsters to suit your build.

 

What are the options for further belting is you have the comfort seats and wish to track more (short of replacing them)?

When do you really need the adaptive seats?? What kind of tracking?

Thanks@

 

I've gone full circle with this question when searching for a turbo, few thoughts from my experience. (i landed with adaptive)

- I have wide shoulders and long arms, so first time I drove in the adaptive sport seat it felt great to sit in, but felt like shifting into 2nd 4th and 6th gears became a little restricted in arm/shoulder movement. (i still needed to learn how to shift more efficiently)
- After watching countless online car reviews (evo, autocar, etc) I saw how most of the drivers used more of a wrist motion to provide quick and efficient shifts, reducing the motion of the entire arm and shoulder. Trying this for myself, it really sharpened my shifting and made the adaptive sport seats feel perfect. Even with a wingspan ( 6' 8") much exceeding my hight (6' 0"), it feels like the perfect seat.
- Because they are so "adaptive" you can literally change the angle of every portion of the seat individually. Like it was said, you can widen the side bolsters as needed. First thing that comes to mind is these seats can literally "lock you in" like a lego piece, feeling like a mold of your own body. So when taking a spirited corner at speeds only a widebody 911 can handle, there's no movement between you and the seat. Passengers don't need to grab for support.

That being said, standard seats feel great too...so no knock against them. Very impressed with Porsche seats in general, every option feels nice. And congrats to them for not making seats that are heavy and approaching a foot thick for no reason, like on many luxury car manufacturers!

 

The price was right and thats what the car had. As I said it's an S - Cabrio - PDK. For me thats a cruiser. The Turbo is a driver that needs adaptive sport seats. (I'm 6'-3")