Pszemol wrote:
> "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

Au contraire, I beg to differ here, time is certainly a factor in the
service life of leather seats. True, no one's sliding in and out of them
while the car's garaged, but they're aging nonetheless, e.g., drying out
& splitting or cracking, being attacked by whatever air pollution flies
around your neighborhood, dust (dirt) settling on them, etc.