dozzer
Member Since: 26 May 2011
Location: South Yorkshire
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Ok Ive not had the D3 for long, its just turned 100k miles but cant believe how comfortable the seating is. Ive owned a good few other 4x4s and suffer with back problems but to date not one issue, the drivers seat is in great condition, obviously far from new but still offers great support and comfort 8)
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
Posts: 8491
 
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Leather or cloth?
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| 23rd Nov 2011 9:06 pm |
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dozzer
Member Since: 26 May 2011
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 64
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Leather
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| 23rd Nov 2011 9:07 pm |
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euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
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Couldn't agree more.....I have a dodgy back and spent 2 hours in the passenger seat of a Citroen recently.Thought it was lovely and comfy...then found I could hardly stand upright for 4 days...the Disco is one of the few cars I can spend a long time in and not suffer for it afterwards  "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
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| 23rd Nov 2011 9:18 pm |
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Miguel
Member Since: 16 Sep 2008
Location: Viseu
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Got to love those Volvo seats!!!  Best thing that came out of FoMoCo ownership!
On the down side however, the windows electrics are as bad as a Ford can be (it takes ages to go up and down, and auto function only on drivers side)
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| 25th Nov 2011 10:42 am |
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ZacSmith
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Dover
Posts: 709
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The only real bugbear I have with my S (cloth) is the lack of lumbar support in the seat back. Am I alone? Are my S seats different to yours? VIN: A175A328***
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| 25th Nov 2011 11:02 am |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15214
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Seats in my old D3 were much better than those in my D4.
I now get back aches [even on medium drives] in the D4, never had that in the D3.
SWMBO also finds the same in the passenger seat!
I've had it checked and the seat base cushion is softer [and not as supportive for me] in the D4.
In fact, that's going to be my next mod on the D4 -- to get some D3 seat base cushions fitted. I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 25th Nov 2011 11:13 am |
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chalky
Member Since: 22 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3145
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ron we have a landmark at work and after driving up on a long Mtwy journey last week i thought i was gonna have to book myself in for a hip replacement,
The whole hip, buttock lower back were killing me, i put it down to different seating position, i drove the Wife's Golf the other day and that did the same thing, ached like mad yet my own D3 cloth boggo seats oh they are heated though, are a real pleasure to be seated in.
 Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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| 25th Nov 2011 3:15 pm |
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Miguel
Member Since: 16 Sep 2008
Location: Viseu
Posts: 103
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ZacSmith wrote:The only real bugbear I have with my S (cloth) is the lack of lumbar support in the seat back. Am I alone? Are my S seats different to yours?
Lumbar support is excellent in my Disco. There is little lateral support, but the armrest kind of solves the problem.. You just use your elbow to make up for the lack of support 
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| 25th Nov 2011 6:22 pm |
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wvlenthe
Member Since: 07 Jan 2009
Location: Arnhem
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Miguel wrote:There is little lateral support, but the armrest kind of solves the problem.. You just use your elbow to make up for the lack of support
My brother told me he thinks the seats in the D3 are crap because of the lack of lateral support. I told him I had no problems with it. Got in the first time after that, paid a little attention and found out I *automagically* use my elbow... don't even have to think about it. 
Wiljo D3 V8 HSE Auto in Zermatt silver - driveway version gone but not forgotten, only the living room cupboard version remains
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| 25th Nov 2011 7:54 pm |
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daz216
Member Since: 24 Jun 2011
Location: walsall
Posts: 70
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d3 by far volvo s60 t5 close 2nd love the heated leather mmmmmmm
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| 31st Dec 2011 1:22 am |
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fukovski
Member Since: 26 Dec 2011
Location: on the sunny side
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yep, had a short ride in an audi q5. could hardly walk afterwards (s5-L1 prolapse 4 years ago). d3 no probs - nice warm back too.
using electromuscle stimulation via an abs trainer fixed the back - better than a shiatsu massage. i reccommend the abtronic X2 http://www.amazon.com/Abtronic-Abdominal-S...B003FZ5ABQ
crap for slimming but strengthens the lower back and abdominals for spinal support and relieves pain quickly whilst you eat breakfast read books etc..
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| 31st Dec 2011 4:52 pm |
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choppa60
Member Since: 16 Oct 2009
Location: chelsea tractor land ....london
Posts: 904
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agreed my seats in hse ,great ,i have the back support you can pump up into the spine lower back ,drove all the way to the south of france,not an ache at all they are perhaps the best seats around, 2008 ,hse, it does what it says .
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| 31st Dec 2011 5:56 pm |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
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Initially, I hated the Landmark seats in the D4. Exactly the same problems as ronp above. Nowhere near as comfortable as the old D3 HSE's. However, they've got better? I can't tell if it's just me getting used to them or if they've just started to give a bit with wear and weight. Longest days drive I've done recently was Hampshire to Berlin. I was dreading it, but even with just one stop, I got out feeling fresh and relaxed both ways. After some heavy mileage things have actually improved?
(Still hate that silly stitching down the middle though).
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| 31st Dec 2011 9:09 pm |
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zarnd
Member Since: 23 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 794
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The front seats are fantastically comfortable. Done lots of European jaunts in it and got 5,000 miles for two trips planned this year in it and really looking forward to it already! Find the middle row of seats a bit uncomfortable as they seem to be a lot lower to the car floor and my thighs don't get that much support, but as I'm always in the front it doesn't matter
cheers Alex
2007 D3 TDV6 HSE
2009 Caterham Supersport
2005 FFRR Vogue SE 4.2 Supercharged
2004 SL55 AMG
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