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      05-07-2015, 05:08 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by aahmichael View Post
I just did a little google search and found out what's happening. The vented seats in my Jag use thermoelectric cooling. That's why they get cold. The seats in the BMW just recirculate the cabin air. That's why they don't get cold. Bummer.
You are correct. The BMW seats rely on evaporative cooling. When I picked my car up in Camarillo last week, it was 90 and dry so the seat cooled so well it felt like my pants were wet when they were completely dry.

Now that I am home in Laguna where it is 72 and humid, it is much less noticeable.
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