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So this afternoon while having coffee at Robertson we met up with a lovely young couple who have had a brand new ND. They've had it since July and done 7,000 kms, but he's thinking of selling the car because he says his back is getting sore. He has no pre-existing back problems, and when I sat in it he had, in my opinion, the seat back up too much. I told him this and he said he'd tried all sorts of variations with the seat but nothing seemed to make any difference. I adjusted the seat to how I would like it (!!!) and he said he'd try that on the way back to Sydney...
But surely the seating in the new model should have at least the padding and range of adjustment as my older model?? Is anyone else reporting seating discomfort with the ND???

On first sitting and driving my new ND with cloth seats I declared it was the best MX I had ever sat in!! I was wrong!!! The seats need extra lumbar support and that can easily be done by using an inflateable device or unzipping the back of the seat and putting a bolster in.Haven't done it yet but know others who have done so apparently easily.
I am off to Coffs harbour for the WRC round and had decided to take the Clio RS200 which has amazing seats but will do the mod to the MX and then decide.
Can understand his issue .

Peter.

The hammock design of the ND seat backs provides next to nothing in lumbar support, and in my case it gave me a sore back on extended drives. But like Peter writes, it is easy to remedy by unzipping the rear of the seat and inserting some padding. In my case I inserted some high density foam backed with some stiff card. Comfort is vastly improved.

One product that might work is a gel pad. These could be used on horses where the steed had a sore back exacerbated by saddle and rider. A gel pad which was flat distributed the load and definitely works. A trimmer may also be able to make a bolster that would slip in or another thing which is really worth a try is a lambswool cover. You don't even need a full fitted cover just a proper lambswool cover which can be fitted with straps to hold it in place. A trimmer remarked to me recently that the new Mazda have cut back on quality in their choice of seat trims- his opinion - I have no direct experience on whether that's right.

What frustrates me most is these helpful answers and the fact that I know the guy's name but didn't get his number so I could contact him and tell him...