"dan" <dan@nospam.net> wrote in message news:4S6Xi.104$OW1.111726@news.sisna.com...
> 68Pszemol wrote:
>> "dan" <dan@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:G06Xi.101$kV1.31776@news.sisna.com...
>>> Pszemol wrote:
>>>> I am looking at my driver sit leather and I see it
>>>> significantly wrinkled - not cracked yet, but...
>>>> The car is 2004 with 48000 miles on it - how long
>>>> before I should expect the leather sits to crack?
>>>
>>> My leather seats are 18 years old and are like new.
>>
>> Cool, how much driving have you done during these 18yr?
>> How do you take care for your leather?
>
> I should have said the car has been garaged it's whole life, and has
> 68K miles. Usually only has a driver and no passengers. The back seat
> is like brand new and the fronts are real nice. I don't think that
> there has been anything done to the seats except the original owner had
> "perma-plate leatherguard" and "vinyl protectant" applied at the
> stealership that had a 5 year warranty.

Well, you gave very missleading statement then... :-)

Anybody reading your first post here about 18 years
old car could have imagined a car with a normal driving
schedule of 12k-15k miles per year, so it would mean
a car with milleage of 216-270k ->>> Good luck
finding such car with original leather sits in good
condition... :-)

Sits are not geting damage from being in the garage
for years - they get damage from sitting on them :-)
Getting in and out of vehicle, temperature changes,
UV rays and humidity, etc...

> I think the wear and tear has a lot to do with the owner of the vehicle.

What exactly do you mean?

> I have not, and do not plan on using any chemicals on the seats whatsoever.

With that rate of driving I would not either...
I got my '04 accord in May '07 with 38k miles - now in November it has 48k.
Probably somewhere next year I will hit 68k and get equal wear with
your 18 years old car :-)