Celts88 Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Just picked up my GTi on Tuesday, but one of the 1st things I noticed was the nearly complete lack of lumbar support. The lumbar support only JUST started to be felt with the knob turned 90%, and was only barley noticeable at the full setting. I was expecting far more support than the feeble effort it is giving; I have a bit of a sore back and find the lumbar support in my 7 year old Passat a million times better than the GTi. Is there something wrong with my seats (same on both driver and passenger side) or is it just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 This is very subjective but I am impressed by the support given. I suggest a visit to the dealer's to try out Lumbar Support on their demo GTI to make a comparison then take it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonl Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Celts, could it be that your Passat seats are just much more worn in, making the Lumbar appear more pronounced. Either way it should be better... is it standard in Oz, actually thinking about it, is it standard in the UK?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzGTI Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 LeMan, Lumbar is standard in Oz. Its the only part of the seats that are driven electrically - apart form the heaters on the leather equipped cars. My seats are fine - woldn't have the lumbar at more than 40-50%. You might be right...the Passat seats might be a bit more pronounced after 7 years of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 From what I have read in the past. Lumber support shouldn't really be used if you don't have a back problem as it can actually generate a problem. New cars / seats sometimes take a bit of getting used to. But often when you do they can indeed be better than the ones in the old car. What is often annoy to me is the people that wear big coats etc. in a car that ruin the hundreds of thousands that car manufacturers have spent on designing them correctly. A lot of work goes into it. Any thats my two pennies worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Big coats are bad, but gorilla costumes are worse. I really hate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 ....About 25 years ago I had a girlfriend who worked in ITV Wardrobe and she got me a Bear suit which I promptly wore to drive up and down Park Lane and around Hyde Park Corner in her Fiat 500. I lived in Mayfair at the time. Mr. Plod wasn't so alert in those days!! Another time she got me a seriously realistic Gorilla suit and boy did I have some fun with that! Didn't drive in it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomx3 Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 hey celts, i didnt even know there is lumbar support on the interlagos seats for australian gti's. i checked the manual late last night and found 2 possible adjustments, one manual (the knob) and the button (electric). which is it? i havent had a look at it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celts88 Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] From what I have read in the past. Lumber support shouldn't really be used if you don't have a back problem as it can actually generate a problem. New cars / seats sometimes take a bit of getting used to. But often when you do they can indeed be better than the ones in the old car. What is often annoy to me is the people that wear big coats etc. in a car that ruin the hundreds of thousands that car manufacturers have spent on designing them correctly. A lot of work goes into it. Any thats my two pennies worth. [/ QUOTE ]Carmad The reason for asking is that I don't want to have to use any additional support - brand new car with big ugly pillow on the seats (maybe I could look around for an interlagos lumbar pillow that would be part camouflaged) [ QUOTE ] hey celts, i didnt even know there is lumbar support on the interlagos seats for australian gti's. i checked the manual late last night and found 2 possible adjustments, one manual (the knob) and the button (electric). which is it? i havent had a look at it yet. [/ QUOTE ]Zoomx3 Yes, the interlagos and leather both have lumbar support (one manual and the other electric adjustment), it's just that my lumbar support (interlagos) seems to be virtually non-existent. By the way, still finding it hard to control the urge not to put the foot down on my new GTi (only picked it up 3 days ago), but I realise that perseverance will pay of in the end (it's hard when you have a Monaro beside you and you want to put him in his place, but have to be controlled). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomx3 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 interesting that you should mention that you want to drag a monaro. since ive been driving the gti i have had numerous invitations for a drag. at the lights, namely wrx's (from bug eye ones to the newer ones)and some grunt fords, and on the south east freeway ive even had an SL eyeing up the little gti for a race!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Re drag invitations - I'm glad to say that I get very few such challenges so far after 2,600 miles. Surely my infamous Milltek quads aren't THAT frightening! I am inclined to totally ignore any that do. I have had the occasional car come up close behind in a challenging way and then I have usually nudged the DSG into S-mode and floored it. When it comes to the gear change the DSG has such an advantage because the car's motion is totally uninterrupted and the shift lightning fast and utterly faultless. Obviously I'm more courteous to some cars such as the Morgan Eight I let through the other day - In fact I slowed and wound down the window so I could hear the 8 under acceleration . It's strange how we are able to read a driver's body language even when hidden in a vehicle. In a desperate effort to bring my digression back to the topic, I would say how impressed I am under hard driving conditions with the GTI seats and the degree of lumbar support possible....Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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