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Old 10-14-2012, 09:16 PM   #1
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No Race Track Seats in Race Car Drivers Every Day Cars..!!

I knew this was going happen...

I put a thread up about how the FRS front seats are puting the hurt on me... maybe you saw..

So I was just thinking I wonder if these race car drivers are driving around in race track seats in their every day cars...

Answer - No...

German Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel drives an Infiniti FX50 as his personal vehicle, and Infiniti has a partnership with Sebastian’s Red Bull Racing Team...

So while Scion has got everyone thinking, yeah, you're a race car driver now, here's your race track seats, real race car drivers are cruisin around seatin on Big Comfy Ones...

http://llcollection-groupll.blogspot...yday-cars.html

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Old 10-14-2012, 09:25 PM   #2
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cool article, Danica Patrick sounds like a tool.
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Webber drives a 911 GT2 RS. Those seats are WAY more aggressive than ours are. It's not like every race car driver has a plush SUV or every race car driver drives a stripped out car with race seats. I think your definitive "NO" isn't right, but isn't wrong either.

Side note, for the price I think our seats are a great mix of something between entry track, and daily driver. Perfect for a sports car.
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Old 10-14-2012, 09:47 PM   #4
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Hi SuperHatch,

Yeah I guess some are drivin in race track seats, but I would like to visually confirm it before I say for sure...

Do you really think though they're toolin the family around in a 911 GT2 RS.. I seriously doubt it..

Weber may have a 911 GT2 RS, but does he really drive it other than a few miles here and there...

I'm getting mine re-upholstered as soon the man can do the job...

http://lanestrimshop.com

My instructions - make it feel like a Lincoln... or at least like the Infiniti FX50 that Sebastian drives..

Also I got to find another place to keep my wallet, or it's going to end up in a place I really don't want it to be... know what I'm sayin...
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Not to thread jack, but has anyone weighed the stock seats?
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Old 10-14-2012, 10:06 PM   #6
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I don't consider the seats in the FR-S overly aggressive. Almost all sports cars come with 'sportier' seats.
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My instructions - make it feel like a Lincoln...


I've been on 4 1000 mile round trip drives in this car. The seats aren't that aggressive. I guess it could depend on your body type though. I'm 5'8" 155 lbs and they fit me perfectly.

I don't know why you would want them to be plush though. A tight well connected seat helps you to feel what the car is doing, and allows the forces applied by your driving to not swing you out of position. Keeping planted allows you to better feel what the car is doing and what your inputs are doing to the car...that's the whole point of these seats, and this car.

Perhaps you should have gotten a G37?
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Old 10-14-2012, 10:27 PM   #8
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Not sure what cars you're speaking of, but my 2006 Mit Eclipse Seats were super comfy, and I loved the car, can't believe they stopped making them.

I know one thing for sure, people aren't buying this car for the seats, they're buying it for the body of the car...

I just don't understand the need for these things... what do they do anyone..?
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Actually for another 10 grand I might have... but that's another 10 grand...

but I do like the body of the FRS way better anyway, it's for me much more of a European Exotic look..

As mentioned my Eclipse was awesome, for $20,000 a great looking car and seats that let you feel the ride but didn't bust you up...

I'm kind of kidding about the plush, although if I needed to pick one extreme that would be the one..
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Stop complaining. I drove around in non-reclinable fiberglass Recaro seats for years (daily driver/race car).
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Of course I love complaining... especially since my Advil and Aleve usage has gone up...

but that sounds like a whole bunch hard you had there...

ouch...

now I see a nice Lexus though...
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Of course I love complaining... especially since my Advil and Aleve usage has gone up...

but that sounds like a whole bunch hard you had there...

ouch...

now I see a nice Lexus though...
Thats the wify's. I had a S2K but got rid of it for a FR-S that has yet to come in yet.

Sorry if I came off brash, I was just messing around.
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im 6' 300 pounds and i haven't had any discomfort from the fr-s seats..
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If you don't like the seats than get a SUV. Obviously sports cars aren't your thing.
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