Leather?? - Page 2

Foggy69 · 2nd April 2007, 12:24

I will stay on this thread then

My previous car was a Subaru Legacy, so I would hope that the leather was of a reasonable quality.
When the car had been sitting in view of the sun all day cooking, the seats were almost unbearable hot.
The sliding around might have had something to do with the fact the Legacy was a quick car with 4 wheel drive, so it could be driven really quickly around corners with complete confidence. I did notice very quickly after getting the Civic, that cornering speeds were very much lower, so I presume less sliding on the leather

aoshi · 2nd April 2007, 13:11

Personnaly I have been used to having leather in all my previous car and never had any particular problem with it (sliding for example). I personnaly wouldn't imagine buying a new car without leather seats now, as long as the leather is of good quality of course.
When I tried the civic I thought the leather interior was good and I didn't sense any inconvenience while test driving.
But it is all a question of personal preferences, I have friends also who like you would never put leather in their car (for the same reason you emphasized).

Obo · 2nd April 2007, 21:38

I've got part leather in my car now and this time was determined to have full leather in a new car I went to just about every car manufacturer going and all the dealers said you'd be hard pushed to find leather these days apparently its going out of fashion now?! When I was first going to change the car I was looking at cars up to 6 months old and there was absolutely nothing available with leather unless I went to another ford.

When I went to the Honda dealer and specified leather he said every other civic they sell has leather these days!
My brother has leather in his vectra, my mum has it in her fiesta and dad in his BMW so I cant understand it. Even BMW said that they dont get so many orders for leather anymore

Personally I think it adds a touch of class to a car

apemonkeyman · 2nd April 2007, 23:37

In the windows of my local dealer is a profile picture of a cow with "£2500 OFF" written on it. Made me chuckle.

Topcat · 2nd April 2007, 23:42

My husband's cars have always had leather and one problem i always found is that the kid's car seats would slide around a bit too much for my liking!!

ma98ard · 5th January 2008, 00:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by LNT

This is the leather in mine...

Great - many thanks... that interior looks excellent!

illegalhunter · 8th January 2008, 19:18

I got a customer sat form from Honda & they asked what would you have that we dont offer . I wanted leather int for the R

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aoshi Wheelnut Join Date: 21st February 2007 Location: Suburb of Paris, France Posts: 58 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Personnaly I have been used to having leather in all my previous car and never had any particular problem with it (sliding for example). I personnaly wouldn't imagine buying a new car without leather seats now, as long as the leather is of good quality of course. When I tried the civic I thought the leather interior was good and I didn't sense any inconvenience while test driving. But it is all a question of personal preferences, I have friends also who like you would never put leather in their car (for the same reason you emphasized). Last edited by aoshi; 2nd April 2007 at 13:33.

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This thread is about: Leather??, it's in General Discussion at the Honda Civic forum Civinfo; I will stay on this thread then My previous car was a Subaru Legacy, so I would hope that the leather was of a reasonable ...

2nd April 2007, 12:24	#21 (permalink)
Foggy69 Vivid Blue Rocks!!! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 5th December 2006 Location: Westerham Posts: 1,028 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	I will stay on this thread then My previous car was a Subaru Legacy, so I would hope that the leather was of a reasonable quality. When the car had been sitting in view of the sun all day cooking, the seats were almost unbearable hot. The sliding around might have had something to do with the fact the Legacy was a quick car with 4 wheel drive, so it could be driven really quickly around corners with complete confidence. I did notice very quickly after getting the Civic, that cornering speeds were very much lower, so I presume less sliding on the leather

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Obo Rusty Nut! Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 15th March 2007 Location: Weston-super-Mare Posts: 615 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've got part leather in my car now and this time was determined to have full leather in a new car I went to just about every car manufacturer going and all the dealers said you'd be hard pushed to find leather these days apparently its going out of fashion now?! When I was first going to change the car I was looking at cars up to 6 months old and there was absolutely nothing available with leather unless I went to another ford. When I went to the Honda dealer and specified leather he said every other civic they sell has leather these days! My brother has leather in his vectra, my mum has it in her fiesta and dad in his BMW so I cant understand it. Even BMW said that they dont get so many orders for leather anymore Personally I think it adds a touch of class to a car

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apemonkeyman Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 2nd February 2007 Location: Gloucester Posts: 645 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	In the windows of my local dealer is a profile picture of a cow with "£2500 OFF" written on it. Made me chuckle.

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Topcat Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 11th May 2006 Location: Middlesex Posts: 2,730 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	My husband's cars have always had leather and one problem i always found is that the kid's car seats would slide around a bit too much for my liking!!

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illegalhunter TYPE R GT (R-8130) Rocketship door handle Join Date: 10th May 2007 Location: In the woods armed to the teeth Posts: 1,890 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	I got a customer sat form from Honda & they asked what would you have that we dont offer . I wanted leather int for the R