Honda Car Forum

"Tony Harding" <ToHard@nowhere.org> wrote in message news:eUFXi.13$Gq7.10@newsfe09.lga...
>> 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.

This is true, but normal drying and air pollution
does not avoid sits in car normally used - on top
of this leather works, bends, stretch, warps under your
butt while getting in-out the car and when driving... :-)

It is also easily proven by the fact, that if a leather
sit car has damage on the sits from wear it is in most
cases on the driver sit, not on the back or passenger.
Driver sit is the one used the most.

On several sites I have read that leather sits last longer
than cloth sits, but my experience with seeing old cars
is quite opposite to this statement - I see frequently
10 years old cars with cracked/torn leather and very
rearely I see damaged cloth sits. I have 1995 toyota
camry with cloth sits and 240k miles on the odometer.
Sits are little dirty but cloth has no rips or holes.

On Nov 3, 4:19 pm, "Pszemol" <Psze...@PolBox.com> 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?
>
> What is the best way to extend their life expectancy?
>
> BTW - are the sits made from *real* leather? I have
> my doubts looking at the map pocket behind the sit,
> which looks like just black vinyl with white foam
> or cloth undercoating...

I use Meguiar's leather care products on the leather seats in my Audi
several times a year. Keeps them hydrated. Wrinkles are okay, they
develop over time and, in my opinion, give the seats a nice look.
However, if you don't keep them treated they will crack, which ISN'T
good. So use any quality leather care product.

Dan D
'07 Ody EX (non-leather)
Central NJ USA