Carbon fibre racing seats

[JDH1]

Does anyone have any experience of the 'standard' carbon fibre racing seats in a 720S. I keep coming back to this car:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/11623460

but haven't sat in these seats and the car is a long way from me. I don't particularly want the performance pack. but nice cars are thin on the ground and the spec on this looks good. Unsure about the seats though. No issues with the regular seats.

[JDH1]

I've just read elsewhere that these are very snug even for relatively skinny folk. Shame because the car looks great otherwise.

[JDH1]

xcentric said:

I may be strange, but I always tick the 'national' search box when looking for cars, even at a few £k. I'll happily travel (perhaps a little less so in the current climate) to find a good one, and it's not overmuch hassle, all told. - though to be fair, I went to Portugal to buy a Land Rover on spec, so maybe I am odd..... But for a car at >£150k, when there are so few around, if it ticks all the other boxes and you just need to sit in it, then I'd be going to visit.

Either that, or find someone closer with the same seats to try out: it seems a little odd, to me, to potentially rule it out when it's an easy check. Why would you not go to take a look?

I might, but it's a 350+ mile round trip and if I can rule it out by getting information from someone who knows, that seems sensible.

[JDH1]

mhh said:

I had the carbon buckets in a 650S Spider in regular size and loved them but bigger friends found them too tight. I went up a size to Touring carbon buckets in my 675LT Spider which didn't suit my narrow frame quite as well. I'm going back to regular size on my 765LT. It's all about me this time. I'm 32" waist and 73kg.

Interesting. Not a million miles from me so would probably be okay.

[JDH1]

Palmball said:

That track pack car is no longer for sale, I tried to buy it last week from the owner directly but he’s decided to keep it. Don’t blame him, that’s one of the nicest on the market.

I ended up buying another car with touring size buckets and they’re a superb fit (34” waist here), but I do personally find them a touch too reclined. I’ve also just bought a set of manual comfort seats so I can have for daily use, and I’ll pop the buckets back in for road trips etc.

You can never get a straight story can you? I had a reply back from the dealer to say that they were part way through completing a sale on the car but would let me know if it fell through.