[flyguy27]

All i know is that they feel great and heat up fast. My hands are very sensitive when cold so im loving this feature. The whole wheel feels to me like the heat is evenly distributed.

[bavarianboar]

The settings are probably ambient temperature dependent?

Take it to Alaska and 3 LEDs mark would give more heat than if you are in LA. I m taking a wild guess but seems plausible. It might be too much to call adaptive heated seats. You perceive heat slightly differently as well, depending on what you wear.

[inChargeOfIT]

3 bars is super hot for me and even 2 bars is a little too warm. I guess it's fairly subjective but even the steering wheel heater gets too hot for me.

It's been hovering around freezing here. When I get in the car in the morning (shivering by then) first thing I do is 3 bar the seat and turn on steering wheel heater. By the time the engine has warmed up on my commute I have to turn the seat down to 1 bar or it cooks my ass. I am not wearing any cold weather gear, just jeans. Maybe clothing is the difference?

[tdizzle]

Just had my car taken in for service (335 sportline) and its was a cool morning (in the 20s). My car with the sports seats heats up in about a minute and I have to turn the thing off because it's too hot, even on the lowest setting.

The loaner car (328 modern line - no sport seats obviously) seems to exhibit the behavior some mentioned in the thread. Seat took awhile to heat up and didn't get nearly as warm as my car. Not sure if it just varies car to car, 328 vs 335 or sport seat vs other, but there was a definite difference.

I wont even get into how much better a fully optioned car is than one with none. I don't know who would buy a 328 with few options but I'd rather an altima or many other cars given the $40k price tag. The loaner cars suck...

[Rose33]

Originally Posted by tdizzle

Just had my car taken in for service (335 sportline) and its was a cool morning (in the 20s). My car with the sports seats heats up in about a minute and I have to turn the thing off because it's too hot, even on the lowest setting.

The loaner car (328 modern line - no sport seats obviously) seems to exhibit the behavior some mentioned in the thread. Seat took awhile to heat up and didn't get nearly as warm as my car. Not sure if it just varies car to car, 328 vs 335 or sport seat vs other, but there was a definite difference.

I wont even get into how much better a fully optioned car is than one with none. I don't know who would buy a 328 with few options but I'd rather an altima or many other cars given the $40k price tag. The loaner cars suck...

If i wanted a nissan altima i would have gotten a nissan altima..
I have a 328i loaded with Msport (which comes with the sport seats!), Nav, heated seats, moonroof etc. A fully optioned car should make no difference to whether the seats get warm enough or not. I could have gotten the 335i but I opted for the Msport over the 60hp difference between my car and yours, but thats me.
FYI my car's tag reads $46,595

[Kafkaesque328]

I ordered heated seats as a standalone option on my 320 and I'm in LA. My GTI had them and I used them all the time. My back is wrecked half the time though so it is nice for that and I like driving home from work late at night with the windows cracked but the seat heaters on. Can't live without'm

[sroc]

I have the same car as you - I love my seat heaters......I have the cold weather package on mine (from NJ....was an Executive Car) and it also has a heated wheel....GOLDEN on cold CALI days Love it!

[snowghost]

Originally Posted by sroc

I have the same car as you - I love my seat heaters......I have the cold weather package on mine (from NJ....was an Executive Car) and it also has a heated wheel....GOLDEN on cold CALI days Love it!

Yes the heated wheel is awesome. I read recently that contrary to popular belief, the greatest point of heat loss is not your head. But that a disproportionate amount of body heat is lost through your hands.

[nigeb1]

agreed, my old E92 seats were way hotter than my new F30.

[nepats81]

Originally Posted by davidjbak

Ok so I agree it's get warm or hot very quickly. But I wouldn't consider the heat coming from it "hot" by all means. I think it would make more sense to keep it "warm" since these aren't like seat heater where you can control the intensity of the heat. It wouldn't make sense for the heated steering wheel to be hot all the time. Any else can chime in on this?

And I agree with you there are some "hot spots". I think on mine the top are gets the hottest while the 9 and 3 position and bottom part just get warm. Any else can agree with this?

mine just gets warm...not hot. Will see how it responds tomorrow and then will get it checked out

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by snowghost

Yes the heated wheel is awesome. I read recently that contrary to popular belief, the greatest point of heat loss is not your head. But that a disproportionate amount of body heat is lost through your hands.

I dunno my man, I see steam coming off of my bald head whenever it's cold. Damn bald head!

[Mr.G20 M340]

All though this is irrelevant to your post, but am I the only one who thinks that our cars should come with heated seats when you get premium package or even basic models! I wish i had heated seats

[Kafkaesque328]

You and me both amigo. The 320 I ordered was w/heated seats as an option but then the one that popped up locally that I ended up getting came w/sunroof and not heated seats. Sunroof is cool, no heated seats is a bummer but I'll live.

[shivaswrath]

Originally Posted by Rose33

Anybody else think the seat heaters suck on the F30? I have a 2013 328i Msport and it seems like my seat heaters don't get nearly as warm as any other MAKE and model I've ever sat in.

I sat in a friends 2013 528i and the seat heaters burned me they got so hot.

Why would BMW downgrade on the seat heaters for the 3 series?

Depends on your seat.

Another Lear duck up....like the rusty seats if they ain't warm, they'll replace coils under warranty.

[DanielBimmer]

M6's seat warmer compared to my f30 burn me

[northerncalguy]

To correct my earlier thread about not having the heated steering wheel on the 435 - it's definitely there, on the steering column to the left is a push button to turn it on/off. Duh.