Agreed with the desk chair. For car seats, I used to think so. First I thought that the "common man" cars like Toyota Corollas (well, a lot of Japanese cars which are not sports or extreme luxury versions like Lexus) were designed by a committee of dental chair makers. I even had Audis (the 80 and A4 sedans) that were plush and refined, but the seats were also mediocre (the 6-cylinder versions owned by friends had strangely more comfortable seats - which were not sports seats). When I bought my previous car, a used 2001 BMW 316ti (base hatchback), it didn't even have lumbar support adjustment and wasn't a sports seat, but back support was good, I could drive for hours without a backache. Fluke, I thought, but after 9 years I replaced it with another BMW (base trim) 320i 2009, again cloth trim, not sports seats, no lumbar adjustment, but the seats were spot-on again. To be fair, many newer cars now, even Japanese, have more supportive seating, but at a Suzuki showroom, I sat in I think a brand new Swift hatch and a Baleno, and their seats felt totally different from each other - both from the same maker, and roughly the same vehicle class.
17th Jan 2024, 21:30
Agreed with the desk chair. For car seats, I used to think so. First I thought that the "common man" cars like Toyota Corollas (well, a lot of Japanese cars which are not sports or extreme luxury versions like Lexus) were designed by a committee of dental chair makers. I even had Audis (the 80 and A4 sedans) that were plush and refined, but the seats were also mediocre (the 6-cylinder versions owned by friends had strangely more comfortable seats - which were not sports seats). When I bought my previous car, a used 2001 BMW 316ti (base hatchback), it didn't even have lumbar support adjustment and wasn't a sports seat, but back support was good, I could drive for hours without a backache. Fluke, I thought, but after 9 years I replaced it with another BMW (base trim) 320i 2009, again cloth trim, not sports seats, no lumbar adjustment, but the seats were spot-on again. To be fair, many newer cars now, even Japanese, have more supportive seating, but at a Suzuki showroom, I sat in I think a brand new Swift hatch and a Baleno, and their seats felt totally different from each other - both from the same maker, and roughly the same vehicle class.