Leather is good enough for us?

[acesanbuena]

Leather seat is good enough for us? when parked on the unshade parking space feels hot

i found myself feels hot on leather seats. it parked on the unshade parking space. it feels hot when getting inside the car and starting to turn the engine. on my crv its monquette its never feels hot when getting inside my car. Leather seat feels its sticky on hands.

i love the smell of brand new and its leather seat.

Tsikoteer have your suggesstion on Leather seat. Your experience on using leather seat and your comments will be appriciate. Thanks.

[BlueBimmer]

ganyan naman talaga pag leather or leatherette, kaya i always have a sunshade in the car para if nakapark sa open area hindi directly naiinitan ang seats.

[OTEP]

Genuine leather seating surfaces will have invisible natural pores in it (since it came from animal skin) to allow it to cool down within a reasonable time. Leather apparently works well enough in the Middle East and in the hottest parts of the U.S. so I guess it'll work for us too.

Some very high end vehicle have heated and cooled seats (e.g. Saab, Mercedes). Leather is also initially uncomfortably cold during wintertime.

I used to have cloth seats but now I'm on leather. The leather cools fast enough before I have time to complain. Or is it because of the good a/c? :D

[VtEC]

I'm comfortable with leather seats.Easy to clean compared to clothe.When the car is parked on an area where it is not shaded, i just open the doors wide open for atleast 5-10mins before i go inside the car.or sometimes, starts the engine and open the doors with the fan switched on.

[tm27tt]

Leather seats are a must if you have kids. Easier to clean up all the spills.

[rion]

yeah leather is cool. even Britney Spears walked out a Passenger plane recently because it doesn't have leather seats.

[Jun aka Pekto]

We have leather seats on our 95 Contour. We get over 300 days of nothing but sunshine. The leather seats do get hot enough that it can really hurt, esp if we're wearing shorts (which is most of the year). That's why our newer 06 Sonata has plain cloth seats. We got tired of our bare skin getting singed.

Our old van (traded in) also had leather seats. But, the large roof area helped keep most of the seats under shadow. So if we do buy a new van, it'll have leather too.

[wewoy_romero]

i got leatherette. mas madali kasi linisan compared sa cloth.

pag nakabilad sa araw ng matagal, i open the car with aircon on muna for a few minutes before i drive to cool the interior.

[mcbry]

we're using leatherette also. mas madali kasi linisin at kita mo kaagad if madami na alikabok. we use sunshade nalang sa windshield para ma lessen ang init sa leatherette seats.

[cardo]

I dunno, I think having genuine leather seats are more arduous to maintain. You need reputable leather cleaners and conditioners to maintain it, which are pricey. You'd have to be more careful on putting stuff over it bcause damage on the leather would cost alot to replace it. although its very luxirous, it hurts when your skin comes in contact with a hot(and humid) interior haha.

With cloth, i dont worry as much. sharp objects dont put as much aesthetic damage on a moquette than it would on a leather.

although my only gripe with cloth is that, it collects alot of dust. it would also smell is some form of liquid was accidentally spilled. kelangan mo ng odor eliminator hehehe

edit(i changed my comments to refer to cloth seats my bad)

[ssaloon]

pag genuine leather, mainit nga pag nabilad, pero mabilis din mawala yung init unlike leatherette.

[baludoy]

moquette is more expensive than leatherette seatcover sets, right?

[acesanbuena]

I notice that easy to clean the leather than monquette seat. Monquette seat for the long time is being *dark* o magiging maitim if you notice that. I found myself difficult to clean and maintin the monquette and fabric seats.

There is a genuine leather found on many luxury cars like Cadillac, BMW, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, and some luxury model of Toyota.

Expensive to clean the monquette seat. If you using leather just help your self to clean the leather. Monquette seat can clean by your self. There is a product that clean the monquette and leather seats.

[Asus700]

i have a kid so having a leatherette is a must, easy to clean and maintain.

kahit yung sidings ko pina leatherette ko na rin.

[kyle618]

pag genuine leather, mainit nga pag nabilad, pero mabilis din mawala yung init unlike leatherette.

yep noticed this on the exalta which has true leather while our civic had leatherette, sobrang mas mainit un leatherette in the long run. sbi pa ng uncle ko paminsan pawis un likod nya sa civic kahit nalalamigan un harap nya.

[LexTer]

leather!

bangong-bango ako

[Asus700]

leather!

bangong-bango ako

kahit ako addict sa amoy ng genuine leather, mapa sinturon, wallet or shoes