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Air conditioned front seats
Are air con front seats available for the Discovery 3?Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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23rd Mar 2019 9:35 am
gstuart
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Hi
Think it’s only available in the D5 or Range Rovers ??
23rd Mar 2019 9:53 am
discovery3ski
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So no way to,retro fit as the ducting won’t be available,I guess?Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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23rd Mar 2019 10:00 am
Pete K
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no.
not sure they had been invented in 2004 ?
23rd Mar 2019 10:05 am
gstuart
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Hi
Also imagine if it was possible would be seriously expensive
23rd Mar 2019 10:26 am
jonno1
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Got them in my Jaguar xfs. Absolutely brilliant in hot weather once the sensation that you’ve wet yourself wears off😯.
23rd Mar 2019 10:35 am
jonno1
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Got them in my Jaguar xfs. Absolutely brilliant in hot weather once the sensation that you’ve wet yourself wears off😯.
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23rd Mar 2019 10:36 am
Pete K
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yeah the ones in the Jag XE are very powerful apparently.
23rd Mar 2019 10:39 am
Chris x
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Pete K wrote:
no.
not sure they had been invented in 2004 ?
My 2003 AMG has heated and cooled front and rear seats! Think they were introduced late 90's/early 00's.
23rd Mar 2019 11:08 am
discovery3ski
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I think the seat cooling is fabulous and would be willing to spend a bit of time mackling it in if the basics had been available. I’m not prepared to turn it into an experiment though. Thanks for the replies.Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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23rd Mar 2019 11:30 am
kajtzu
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Saab had cooled seats at least on 9-5 early 2000ish.
23rd Mar 2019 11:50 am
Jimmy S
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I have air conditioned seats in my old 2004 W12 phaeton so theyve been about for a while.
23rd Mar 2019 1:35 pm
discovery3ski
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I had a couple of Saab 9-5 Aero estates. They were great cars. I had both good spec but neither was fitted with air con seats.Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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23rd Mar 2019 2:22 pm
kajtzu
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A friend has a 2003 9-5 Aero station wagon with close to 500k km on it. It’s officially been ethanol converted. He’s had it from new. The car seems to last forever.
On my Mercedes SL, it has the “cooling seats” option. All this amounts to is an “extractor fan” built into the seat back, and perforated upholstery. It does tend to stop the “shirt sticking to your back” syndrome, but they don’t work that well as your body tends to block the ventilation holes.
I stand to be corrected, but I don’t think anyone makes car seats which are truly “air conditioned”. A similar comment applies to the claims for glove boxes- they are normally slightly cooled by creating an air flow.
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