Hey guys, I have some questions about seatcovers...

Recently saw a good sale in Ace Hardware on seatcovers (leatherette) and my inquiry led to a purchase. (it was less 10% with another less 10% for SM Advantage sale) The net purchase price is cheaper than my suking upholstery shop I usually go to (which surprised me), plus I got a lot of freebies.

Anyway, this is for our recently purchased Toyota Innova.. barely a month old so still with a new cheap cloth seatcover freebie from the Casa. I jokingly asked the sales agent what am i supposed to do with my existing seat cover..can I trade it in?

She then replied that what they do with some of their other customers with new cars daw is they leave it on, and put the new seatcover over it, and it serves as extra padding.. this is the first I heard of this and im wondering if shes just saying that as an excuse so they dont need to remove it later (purchase comes with free installation and the agents will be the ones doing it later) OR do people really do that?

This is my first time to buy a new seatcover for a newly purchased car. My last car (an Accent), i waited one year to do it... I removed the existing seatcover, had my car interior detailed (very dusty) and shampooed before having it installed. I thought about whether to wash the old one to keep it as a spare but i just ended up throwing it, realizing im not going to use it ever again.. (sayang ba to throw it?)

So what do YOU guys do with the free seatcover? And do you put on new seatcovers while your car is new or after awhile?
Does everyone replace it , keep it on, or prefer the cars natural upholstery..

Because I just realized if I/We had an intention of immediately buying a seatcover, then I should not have accepted that as a "freebie" from the Casa and asked for something else instead (although what, I dont know). Do EVERY dealer offer freebie seatcovers and does everyone take it?

Hope someone can answer me regarding leaving the old one on and putting new one over it, as its ready to be installed next week.. (and if the suggestion is to remove it, as was my earlier intention, what am i going to do with it? sayang naman to throw it...anyone interested in buying a slightly used seatcover for the Innova? hehe )