Wife is FREEZING !!!!

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  1. Airbalancer

    Airbalancer Active Member

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    She on the east coast babysitting the grandkids for the last 6 weeks.
    She is use to BMW with heated seats
    Was talking with her this morning and she was compalining it was cold in the car, so I thought to myself wait 5 mins for a hot flash :D
    I will probably get heated seats installed once she gets back
    Are the Prius, like a TDI which really does not get as warm as a old techonlgy car?
    I tried a search, really did not find much
    Any thing I should do
     
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    In the USA, the 2010 Prius IV with solar has heated seats, not sure why it would be different in canada.
     
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    In the US, Prius IV and V have heated seats options. But my understanding is that you cannot install them as separate items after you bought the car. Installing aftermarket seats may not be practical money-wise. It may even void your waranty.
     
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    Just for grins, have her feel in the compartment underneath the console, towards the front of it (sort of under the Gearshift and to the Left Front), there IS a 12 Volt outlet there, if the car is equipped with Heated Seats, they'll be located to the LEFT of that 12 Volt Outlet, It's fairly hard to find, so have her look in the opening of the console on the drivers side towards the front to see if there are TWO buttons stacked above each other, if so, the TOP button is the Drivers Heated Seat button, the LOWER one is for the Passenger seat.

    GOOD LUCK!

    David (aka Blind guy)
     
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  5. Airbalancer

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    I believe, you only get heater seats with leather, they should have a northern climate package, heated seats in cloth, heated wash fluid and block heat, I rather have this then 6 cd changer
    I had seat heats installed in GMC pick up works great for the last 5 years and had a price of $500 to install the heaters in the Prius, $1600 to install leather and heaters
    Not 100% sure if we want leather, but only a grand to leather it may not be a bad deal
     
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  6. DeanFL

    DeanFL 2010 owner - 1st Prius

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    Nothing worse than a frigid wife. ;)
     
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    Is it only the seats that she finds uncomfortable? Does she know how to set the air temperature in the climate control?
     
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    If she is using eco mode and the climate control is set to auto, the fan runs slower, so she should take it out of eco.
    You can install seat heaters without replacing the seats.
     
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  9. Airbalancer

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    I do not think she use the eco mode,
    she would probably have the temperture set to a high temperture
    The BMW heat is also set by turning the temperture to a high #
     
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    interesting....so in canada the solar package is not in leather...here in the US, prius IV with solar is in leather.
     
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    It appears that leather seats and nav aren't available except in the technology package, the most expensive version--is that true? That would be very different from the packages here in the US.
     
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    no seats heat up as fast or as hot as BMW heated seats.

    i'm just saying.
     
    #13 TalkingMuffin, Oct 21, 2009
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    The exact reason I got rid of mine.
     
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    Good thing my wife does not read this forum LOL
     
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  16. Airbalancer

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    you can get leather with all the packages, it is like $1900
     
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    We already know that when you posted this:
     
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  18. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    I don't know. I found the heater to work well (coldest so far has been -5°C or thereabouts). Then again, I have the grille blocked.

    Yeah but you also have a Prius III w/ Solar and that's fairly close to our Premium w/ Solar package (add 3-dr SKS and auto-dimming mirror)

    Yup. Packages have always been different. For example, in 2004, there were 9 packages available for the Prius in the US. In Canada, there were 2 - base and fully loaded.

    Ugh.. It may be factory leather but it's strictly leather seats only. No steering wheel or door panels. On the basis of that, it's quite a pricey package. Ironically, it gets you 2-stage heated seats while the factory one comes in 1 stage only. :rolleyes:
     
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    Here's a gas saving solution.
    Park the car half a block away and walk to it.
    By the time you get there, you will be sweating profusely and not need an electrically heated seat.

    Really, that is the greenest solution.
     
    #19 tpfun, Oct 22, 2009
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    In Ontario winter, you more likely turn into popsicle when you get there. (-20C (-4F) is the normal here!):D
     
    #20 hitechboy, Oct 22, 2009
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