Weird seat fitment - is your Cayman like this?

A few days ago I began to hear a squeak.....somewhere in the cabin of my CS. I thought..."oh no the infamous trunk clunk!" But its not a clunk its a distinct squeak. Then I thought, "hmmm I must have put something into the rear hatch area that is rubbing against one another...or who knows." Nope. Then I had a new friend in the CS for lunch the other day.....he asked what was squeaking. I was embarrassed. Yesterday, my wife was in the car and heard it too.....her hearing is better than mine so she helped me pinpoint it. Sure enough.....the passenger side seat was rubbing against the top of the passenger window sill (not the glass or the weather stripping, but the plastic trim almost where it meets the headliner). The seat was horizontally not all the way back (close) but the back of the seat was reclined as far as it would go. So the rear of the seat was NOT touching the engine compartment. Weird! Why would Porsche design a seat that, in ANY position, would rub against another part of the car? I mean...horizontally all the way back and fully reclined....MAYBE I could understand it touching the carpeted engine compartment wall. But the window trim? The portion of the seat that was rubbing was the top radius corner area of the headrest (if you are looking at the seat from the dash its the top northwest corner of the headrest). Anyone else noticed this design flaw? It is as if the seats are about one inch too tall. I have readjusted the seat and there is no rub now.... BTW I have standard leather seats.

I think Porsche has a very different design philosophy than say, Mercedes. If the seat needs to be a certain size and shape, then that's what it needs to be. And if there's a possibility it will hit the window in a certain position, then the owner must be trained not to put it in that position.

So you set your seat up as a lounge chair? Interesting. Maybe you are the first to do this and discover that because...no sane sports car driver would ever do that, LOL. Not to mention this is a no-compromise car, so we cant be chopping the seats or anything! I would agree with you Mr know it all.

Yeah noticed that, although pretty annoying, its easily avoided by not putting the seats in the wrong position!! ________________________ "Sir! We're surrounded!" - "Excellent! We can shoot in any direction!" A good car will get you from point A to point B. A great car... will just get you into trouble!

Ummm its the PASSENGER seat Mr. Know It All, not the DRIVERS seat. And in case you didnt notice the interior cabin of the Cayman does not exactly allow the lounge chair position, you know, because of the engine being right behind the seat. In fact I do not think the conflicting position in discussion is a relaxed position at all, its more upright and seat forward.

I guess everyone has a different definition of "wrong position." I would think there would be no such thing as a "wrong position" for a seat in cars designed with computers and advanced technology here in the 21st century. Imagine if they used that same philosophy when designing say, the brakes...... "Oh he was good with it until he applied 117 psi to the brake pedal, then the pedal rubbed the edge of the floor board and stuck and thats where it got nasty." Seems to me that the fitment of the seat in all positions was an after thought. Porsche knows about the flaw, but they decided that the squeak was enough to make you do the "work around."

Just lower the seat . . . I guess I can see where it might contact the headliner trim if you have the seat height cranked up, but I always keep my passenger seat lowered all the way down, even though my daughter complains she can't see out - lower COG you know.

There is also the slightly disturbing possibility that the seats were designed to fit the 911, and are merely "close enough" for our cars. In any case, they feel great!

Glad to hear that your wife did not comment on the way the seat was all the way back, (just after you took your secretary home, after working late the other night?) ................ Sorry a Wicked Mind..........

It has been noted before... when the seat's all the way back, it will rub against plastic parts... this was the same in my other two seater, the SLK... so it's not a Porsche not caring thing; they just want to maximize leg room/etc. for the specs sheet and for shoppers who are trying to fit in the car lot. Personally, I'm short so I just don't put the seats all the way back