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The seats in any car are better engineered and far more comfortable than the typical chair in an office, home, park, bus or train. Never underestimate the valu

The seats in any car are better engineered and far more comfortable than the typical chair in an office, home, park, bus or train. Never underestimate the value of a comfy seat.

LeonidasXIV 7y ago
When we scrapped our old '90ies Opel Astra we kept the passengers seat and made it into a funky-looking but insanely comfy regular chair at home by attaching it with some screws to a simple base made of wood, so it is high enough to sit it. At some point my dad said he's sad we didn't keep the drivers seat as well.
- Theodores 7y ago
  Did you watch re-runs of Top Gear on Dave too? I am surprised given the popularity of the show that more people haven't gone for the car-seats-at-home option. You get head rests into the bargain, plus, if you need to re-upholster there are after market seat covers and even those bead things that people had in their cars then. Essentially all these seats go for scrap so you could get the leather seats from a 7-series BMW to have a mega cool sofa at home complete with arm rest and cup-holders. With a few more bits of wood you could make some outer arm-rests. Heated/cooled seats could be nice too. Maybe there is a 1990's sweet spot where the electronics aren't present so adjustment can be done with mechanical controls, as per your Astra option. A Transit Van could have particularly good pickings with the right vintage.
  - LeonidasXIV 7y ago
    > Did you watch re-runs of Top Gear on Dave too? Nah, I haven't watched any Top Gear. But the seat was just always so comfy in a way none of the seats in the never cars I've been in was. I think it is due to how the seat envelopes you, in a way reminiscent of race cars (which the Astra was not, by any stretch of imagination). I think heated seats could be possible as well, I assume the required electronics and the protocols they speak for regulation should be rather simple. But given the seat is at home there is not that much need to heat it up :)
- cr0sh 7y ago
  Something I'm planning on doing at some point, is to make a frame to attach the back seat of my Jeep on, to turn it into a "couch". It would be great for camping, or in the garage. There was a company that sold a frame for doing just that, but they went out of business. Fortunately, you can still easily get all the attachment points/latches and such, and welding up some simple legs and whatnot isn't that hard.
etatoby 7y ago
In fact, the expensive "gaming chairs" that popular kids buy nowadays to flaunt online always looked like car seats to me.
- cr0sh 7y ago
  You ever sit in one of those? I was recently chair shopping, and thought the same - tried one of those gaming chairs, and it was terrible. Maybe it was the demo model, I dunno - but I couldn't see sitting in it for hours. An actual racing seat for a car, though - those can be really comfortable. The closest I own is the set of Recaro's in my Isuzu VehiCROSS (they came standard with the vehicle); even as old as they are, they are super nice for driving. I could see using one for an office seat. Maybe I should look into a cheaper racing seat (I could not afford an actual Recaro seat) for my next office chair? Maybe something from Jegs would work...hmm.

The seats in any car are better engineered and far more comfortable than the typical chair in an office, home, park, bus or train. Never underestimate the value of a comfy seat.

LeonidasXIV 7y ago

When we scrapped our old '90ies Opel Astra we kept the passengers seat and made it into a funky-looking but insanely comfy regular chair at home by attaching it with some screws to a simple base made of wood, so it is high enough to sit it. At some point my dad said he's sad we didn't keep the drivers seat as well.

Theodores 7y ago
Did you watch re-runs of Top Gear on Dave too? I am surprised given the popularity of the show that more people haven't gone for the car-seats-at-home option. You get head rests into the bargain, plus, if you need to re-upholster there are after market seat covers and even those bead things that people had in their cars then. Essentially all these seats go for scrap so you could get the leather seats from a 7-series BMW to have a mega cool sofa at home complete with arm rest and cup-holders. With a few more bits of wood you could make some outer arm-rests. Heated/cooled seats could be nice too. Maybe there is a 1990's sweet spot where the electronics aren't present so adjustment can be done with mechanical controls, as per your Astra option. A Transit Van could have particularly good pickings with the right vintage.
- LeonidasXIV 7y ago
  > Did you watch re-runs of Top Gear on Dave too? Nah, I haven't watched any Top Gear. But the seat was just always so comfy in a way none of the seats in the never cars I've been in was. I think it is due to how the seat envelopes you, in a way reminiscent of race cars (which the Astra was not, by any stretch of imagination). I think heated seats could be possible as well, I assume the required electronics and the protocols they speak for regulation should be rather simple. But given the seat is at home there is not that much need to heat it up :)
cr0sh 7y ago
Something I'm planning on doing at some point, is to make a frame to attach the back seat of my Jeep on, to turn it into a "couch". It would be great for camping, or in the garage. There was a company that sold a frame for doing just that, but they went out of business. Fortunately, you can still easily get all the attachment points/latches and such, and welding up some simple legs and whatnot isn't that hard.

etatoby 7y ago

In fact, the expensive "gaming chairs" that popular kids buy nowadays to flaunt online always looked like car seats to me.

cr0sh 7y ago
You ever sit in one of those? I was recently chair shopping, and thought the same - tried one of those gaming chairs, and it was terrible. Maybe it was the demo model, I dunno - but I couldn't see sitting in it for hours. An actual racing seat for a car, though - those can be really comfortable. The closest I own is the set of Recaro's in my Isuzu VehiCROSS (they came standard with the vehicle); even as old as they are, they are super nice for driving. I could see using one for an office seat. Maybe I should look into a cheaper racing seat (I could not afford an actual Recaro seat) for my next office chair? Maybe something from Jegs would work...hmm.