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 amazeer
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 03:26 PM |
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leather interiors
I'm mentally scarred from my childhood days when you jumped into mum and dad's car with vinyl seats and getting 2nd degree burns. Now I find that
half the cars I find to buy have leather seats. Should someone who has to park their car outside at work in summer be wary of buying a car with
leather interior?
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 03:36 PM |
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yes i know. As kids we had an international v8 petrol bus with no ac or tinted windows that had all vinyl seats.
was noisy, dusty, slow and very hot in summer and freezing in winter.
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 04:25 PM |
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yes even the cream colour leather is hot in summer especially when it's been in the sun
One summer I had the sunroof open in the beemor and jumped in with my short skirt on and nearly burnt my twat ooops did I say that.
the leather does smell good, but hot in summer and cold in winter and you have to treat it all the time as well as it's exposed to the elements.
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 04:26 PM |
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Leather is the best for car seats. The main thing is not to let it dry out. A good leather dressing, such as Gee-Why, will keep it looking - and
feeling - good for many years.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 04:28 PM |
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What about modern vinyl there are some high quality vinyls that im considering for my bug
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 04:43 PM |
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Well thats a bummer cos there's a nice bright red gti that got traded at the toyota dealer on friday. 2 doors and burnt legs. One I could possibly
live with.
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 05:54 PM |
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We have had leather seats in our cars for years but always put lambswool seat covers on them so we didn't burn ourselves. If the car is good value,
just factor in the covers to the price and you will be fine.
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 06:10 PM |
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But doesnt installing seat covers on leather seats sort of remove the reason you go with leather?
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 07:18 PM |
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The thiing with us was, we had no choice, leather just came as standard in the cars. They are also convertibles so take a pounding from the sun as
the roof is down most of the time. The seats also get VERY dirty from all of the road grime around so we get the seat covers dry cleaned every now
and then and they look like new. We tried cleaning them at the beginning but they never clean fully so now they are fully protected from the elements
and will last pretty much forever.
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| posted on October 24th, 2010 at 09:15 PM |
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I thought leather would be as bad as vinyl but its really not.. my sisters golf (08) has leather interior and its not uncomfortably hot in summer, it
does help that the car has tinted windows. A bonus in Melbourne is that the leather interior comes with heated seats.
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