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DJ · 2007-01-25 05:34:34

Those seats and that interior are so sick, shame its not an option :(Martin you need those seats and steeringwheel in your 2!

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01-25-2007, 09:24 PM

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The DOT requirements for seat mounted air bags went into effect for all 2007 model cars. The Carrera GT ceased production before 2007. For $5000.00 you would think that Porsche could have designed some sort of seat airbag system that could have passed the DOT and be used/ disconnected by the driver for competition. Porsche should have included these seats along with the standard sets and let the customer decide to change them out(or reduce the car by $5K). Afterall, since the latest report shows that Porsche makes an average of $23k profit off of each car, including these seats for all NA GT3's would not hurt their bottom line!
-z

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Originally Posted by kfitz911

Why is it those seats were DOT approved for the CGT but not for anything else? Is it because there is no recline or way for them to tilt forward? Seems crazy as they are so sweet! Would love them in my 996, even though it doesn't match the vintage.

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