Seat woes
by Darren on Aug.10, 2010, under Build
Unfortunately there has been no progress on the car today as it’s raining, and I’ve not got the EZ-up in the drive.
However, something has happened – Paul’s seat is a Cobra Imola, which is FIA approved (as it has to be for International use), and it’s 5 years old. The FIA’s rules allow a seat to be returned to the manufacturer for examination and recertification to give it an extra 2 years life. I just phoned Cobra to arrange this to be told that they don’t recertify seats. So a seat which has seen maybe 20 days’ use (if that) and which cost £300 is now no use, and I have to replace it.
Nice customer service, Cobra.
August 10th, 2010 on 6:00 pm
This is a test comment. Nice.
August 10th, 2010 on 6:00 pm
This is a test comment. Nice.
August 11th, 2010 on 6:35 pm
Yay! Disqus!
That *is* a bummer about the seats. Hope you get good money for them when you sell them off. I forget, Darren, do you have a regular co-driver? If not, what if you could find someone to partner up and co-drive for you for the next 2-3 years. Maybe this person could pay for his or her seat.
If you don’t know of anyone off-hand, you might check out Bryan Hull’s Rally Matcher site to see if he can get you in touch with anyone.
When you mentioned your cage is illegal due to changes in the door bar rules, you can get the cage modified and reinspected, right?
August 12th, 2010 on 6:05 pm
I may have found a pair of seats to replace the current ones at a reasonable price, and they’re legal to 2012, which is when I’m hoping to do Monte Carlo.
The other cage (in the brand new shell) would be easy enough to change the door bars, yes – everything else is large enough, so it’s odd they’ve built it like that, particularly given the quality of the cage, which is superb!