Does Australia miss out?

[woofy]

I found it incredible that a Subaru outback was missing lumbar support when I was in a recent model on a long trip. Those things are not cheap and that wouldn't be the first thing I would cut out when they became almost standard in the 90s.

[Gerrycan]

Absolutely, don't they realise Australia has an ageing population.
It is generally a set once and forget thing and also taken for granted, but when it is not there....

[afterdarker]

I have an ergonomic furniture company, sell seats for a living, and can tell you there are at least a thousand different opinions on what is a good seat. Generally though, like software and cars, buyers expect more bells and whistles. Heated chairs have yet to make it to office environments, which is probably a big disappointment to some of the posters here!

[Gerrycan]

Why not? You can get heated 'thrones'.

[hobbie2k]

My wife loves heated seats. She had the seats on our Jetta on "5" (hottest) all the time. I couldn't bear to sit in them at that temp. But, they were nice on those -30 mornings as the seats would be warm several mins faster than the engine.