Heated car seats, they have certainly evolved over the years.

[Gunk]

I remember about 10 years ago making a round trip of 250 miles to collect a used Mini for Mrs Gunk as she was insistent that it had to have heated seats.

 

[mustang1]

Mercedes brought out Air Scarf 10 or 20 years ago. Blows warm air around your neck.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Seats that double as a BBQ?🤣

 

[Electric_Andy]

They were a requirement for my partner when we bought a new (to us) car. For back pain, it can be a good comfort. I find them too hot so turn them down and then it feels weird like I'm sitting in warm pee. So I rarely use them. IMHO anything heated works well as a kickstart when it's freezing outside, but once the cabin is warm, anything else becomes redundant

 

[Drago]

Mercedes brought out Air Scarf 10 or 20 years ago. Blows warm air around your neck.

They launched it in the 90s. Alas, it had already been patented by an independent Deutsche engineer and it ended up in court. In short, they half-inched it, and were banned by the court form selling it for a while. It only got resolved when the patent expired.

 

[Dave7]

They were a requirement for my partner when we bought a new (to us) car. For back pain, it can be a good comfort. I find them too hot so turn them down and then it feels weird like I'm sitting in warm pee. So I rarely use them. IMHO anything heated works well as a kickstart when it's freezing outside, but once the cabin is warm, anything else becomes redundant

I concur......it does give you the feeling that you have accidentally wet yourself.

 

[Jameshow]

I remember about 10 years ago making a round trip of 250 miles to collect a used Mini for Mrs Gunk as she was insistent that it had to have heated seats.

My mini doesn't or I haven't found them yet!!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The Tesla does it unbidden by me - not sure if it measures my bumcheeks' temperature, or ambient temperature, or what.

 

[Punkawallah]

My mate got a car with posh gadgets like heated seats, in car entertainment system, sat-nav, rolling roof, computer controlled window tinting, etc. When I asked him about the MPG, he didn’t know. Said it wouldn’t start ;-)

 

[Gunk]

My mini doesn't or I haven't found them yet!!

back in 2008 they were on option on ours, very few ticked the box, so a rare extra

 

[presta]

Not so sure about that assertion. It is well known that being too warm can make you drowsy, and opening a window to cool down helps you stay more alert.

Being comfortable entails not being too hot or too cold.

 

[tyred]

My 20 years old Yaris has modern features like carpet.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My 20 years old Yaris has modern features like carpet.

Wait until cars get this new fangled wireless technology

 

[oxoman]

I'm from the era when a passenger side wing mirror was an optional extra. My OH prefers young oxos car when its cold because its got heated seats unlike my nearly new car which hasn't. She reckons I've got to change my car to one with heated seats in the future, I've said its not happening 🤭.

 

[fossyant]

Some Fords (this was a while back) had heated and cooled seats - can imagine that's great on a hot day as well as the a/c.

My van has heated and massaging seats. No heated steering wheel, but has rear a/c and heating, and it has a diesel heater that kicks in if cold so you've got hot air coming out of the vents immediately - very useful as diesel vehicles take a while to get to temperature.
I'm pretty sure why many now come with heated seats and steering wheels as they don't warm up quickly (my BIL has noticed this about his Kuga).