New car question....

CoriA · October 2011

...if you had been looking for a new vehicle for quite a while and you knew exactly what you wanted, would leather be a deal breaker for you?

Finally found the exact vehicle that I want (it actually has more bells & whistles than were on my list) but it isn't leather.

TJ123 · October 2011

Haha, I'm totally the other way. I was thinking if it was leather, it would probably be a deal breaker for me. I do not want leather, too hot in summer, too cold in winter.

jab4ever · October 2011

After being spoiled with leather heated seats... not leather. NO way!

LindsaymR · October 2011

I used to have cloth and now have leather. I thought I'd hate it but I actually love it. If you spill it is easy to clean and doesn't stain (I spilled a blizzard once on my cloth seats). I would just make sure you have seat warmers for winter and light interior. Mine is a beige/tan. I would never get black. It does get hot in the summer but not too bad.

cracky! · October 2011

CoriA:
...if you had been looking for a new vehicle for quite a while and you knew exactly what you wanted, would leather be a deal breaker for you?

Finally found the exact vehicle that I want (it actually has more bells & whistles than were on my list) but it isn't leather.

Hmm, probably would not be a dealbreaker.

We didn't go searching for leather; it was just a bonus our car came with it. The second I drove it away from the lot, though, I said to myself, "I'm never not driving a car w/o leather again!"

Now give me the deets on the car! (BBM, please!)

TJ123 · October 2011

VW makes heated cloth seats

indomesticbliss · October 2011

Yes. I love leather-so much easier to clean.

jasarah · October 2011

I'm actually not a huge fan of leather seats. I do love the heated seats in our Jetta...but they're SO hot in the Summer. So, to me, it wouldn't be a deal breaker.

Edit: Guess my opinion doesn't really matter, since I don't have kids.

katie00224 · October 2011

Yep. No leather = no deal

jr009j · October 2011

TJ123:
VW makes heated cloth seats

So does Subaru.

Kelli3 · October 2011

With kiddos....leather a deal breaker.

Without kiddos.....indifferent.

But I do love my heated and cooled seats in my new car. Cant imagine being without now.

Good luck!

kms34 · October 2011

If the car was an amazing deal I could possibly live without leather but I do love it a lot!

smiles4ya · October 2011

little h gets car sick..... I had to rug doctor the cloth seats in dh's car. not a good situation.

leather gets hot and sticky in the summer

not a deal breaker for me

brynners · October 2011

I'd rather have cloth, so leather isn't a deal breaker for me.

Cloth may be harder to clean with a kid, but I'd assume a good detailing could get almost anything out, so as long as it had everything else you were looking for, I'd go for it.

shannie21 · October 2011

My Explorer was leather and I hated it. With 5 kids one would think it was better but the seats were constantly stick, too hot or cold depending on the season and definitely ruined from years of car seats on them

October30 · October 2011

I love the leather in my new car and thought I would hate it prior to buying it. It's dark grey, and I've had no issues with the car being ungodly hot and I had it in Oklahoma for a week when the temps were 110+ everyday. Granted my windows are tinted but still.

How long do you plan to keep the car? Have you driven it with the cloth? For mine the leather is way more comfortable than cloth.

RugbyBride · October 2011

For me, maybe a deal breaker. I'm not gonna lie... I chaperoned Tommy's preschool class the other day on a field trip and one of the kids I drove had an accident in my car. I have never been so glad in my life to have leather seats.

MommyofAlissa · October 2011

I love the heated leather seats in my car. My interior is black, but I have tinted windows, so it doesn't get too hot. Plus, I have remote start which means I can start it before getting in and it pre-cools!

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