Would you buy a Z with no heated seats?

[Pastry]

I hardly use my heated seat but the wife loves hers, just got back from a jaunt and she had hers on, 17c too :roll:
What age is the Z your looking at OP, early ones have the wiring loom, so you should be able to get another set of seats and plug them in.
Remember, the heater in these cars is fantastic too.

You could have a real fire going in the footwell of yours Dad with the amount of wood on your dash

 

[firebobby]

I hardly use my heated seat but the wife loves hers, just got back from a jaunt and she had hers on, 17c too :roll:
What age is the Z your looking at OP, early ones have the wiring loom, so you should be able to get another set of seats and plug them in.
Remember, the heater in these cars is fantastic too.

You could have a real fire going in the footwell of yours Dad with the amount of wood on your dash

Jealous

 

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't buy anything other than a town runabout type car (micra, fiesta etc) without heated seats. There's loads of Zeds with the option so shouldn't be a problem to find another if it's something you really want.

 

[bazza190]

Only things on my must have list were Sport, manual, privacy glass, not a dark colour and heated seats. Everybody has different priorities but most seem to have them.Even if you don't use them, next owner might want them.

 

[Ben-R]

Heated seats were a must for me. Definitely worth holding out for them.

It's so nice driving on a cold day with the roof down and the heated seats on, sometimes better than having the heaters turned on full blast (listen to the car rather that the blowers).

 

[Ewazix]

I've never felt the need for heated seats, but I'm down't south and only drive it in good weather. I think I'm right in saying that most e85's didn't have heated seats so it's a 'nice to have' option rather than an expectation for most.

Not standard on any car, but think more E85 would have than not in the UK.

There are just under 300 E85 Roadies (2003-07) on Autotrader at the moment, 136 advertised with heated seats, so call it 50-50 8)

 

[Cookie]

My e85 doesn't have heated seats. Did not look for them when buying the car as it was an impulse buy at the time. My past experiences with heated seats I don't care for them. They made me feel as though I had wet myself, so spent more time off than on.
Out of interest it was said earlier that the e85 had the loom for the heated seats. Was this before a certain year like the cruise control loom.

 

[Sgr74]

I don't have them. Don't really care. I love my wee zed.

 

[ESP]

Hi guys,

As you may have seen in my 'wanted' thread in the for sale section; I'm looking for another Z4.

I've seen a car in the ideal spec for me (Montego Blue, Grey seats etc) however the seats aren't heated.

Would I miss them and would it be hard to shift when I want to sell it down the line!??

My head says wait but I'm eager to find my new Z.

Matt

Theres plenty of companies out there that'll retrofit the heated element in your seats, and rig them up to the OEM switches if you can find them on ebay. So its no major ball ache if the cars right for you other than that.

 

[enzed4]

Love my heated seats, means you can drive the Zed top down for longer over the year. Not sure why the 'naysayers' just say it's for warming your bum, I absolutely love the warmth on the lower and mid back areas, I can feel the stress and tension melting away, making a great car even more enjoyable :heart: .
Anyone who says it's 'soft' should immediately trade in their Z4 for a Caterham or Ariel Atom, or else they're not practising what they preach :lol:

 

[ranski]

the 2003 - 2006 are pre-wired for heated seats so can be retrofitted

 

[step_change]

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Best option ever, in the universe, is folding mirrors IMO, so useful especially on wide cars like the 5 and 6 series. Would love to have that on my Z4.
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[Fishy Dave]

Mine didn't have them but did have virtually all other options so I bought the car and retrofitted heated seat liners, wiring and switches. A lot of work but they perform perfectly.

 

[tomscott]

If its a coupe, not a big deal.

Roadster I would walk away. There are so many roadies I would wait for another to pop up.

 

[Marlon]

Seats have to be heated and M Sport for me.

 

[john-e89]

No I wouldn't, ever. No heated seats, no buy.

 

[Silverzedtom]

I wouldn't be without, I have the top down even if it's 0*c outside... heated seat on, heater and scarf on - laavly

 

[Steve84N]

I use them a lot and I have a coupe, just makes the first 10mins much more comfortable and on cold days it's a nice feeling to keep them on.

 

[hopz121]

My zed had most options other than heated seats, it didn't bother me to be honest as id rather be cold than be hot, but the misses used to moan in the winter with the roof down quite often so if I was to buy another I would haver to have them to keep her quiet!

But its up to you OP if you could cope or not, the heaters are very good as standard and you could retrofit it easily enough too

 

[olsonn]

I believe that pre October 2004 BMW fitted the full loom regardless of what extras you had fitted. My is an August 2004 model and the only thing not plug and play was the electric folding mirrors