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16th Dec 2016 8:56 am
ruggedpeak
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Personal choice, not a fan of leather. Hot in summer, cold , winter, can look awful when it gets older. Cloth with seat covers is cheaper, more flexible and looks better when you sell. . Not the majority view though.Tony
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16th Dec 2016 9:28 am
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^^^^ I'm another of those weirdos that doesn't like leather for exactly the same reasons. D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
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16th Dec 2016 9:31 am
petersw
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Yes, it's why I've specified Climate seats on my D5Peter
16th Dec 2016 9:35 am
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And me. Prefer the seats in my D3 to the D4.
16th Dec 2016 9:35 am
ruggedpeak
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Moo wrote:
^^^^ I'm another of those weirdos that doesn't like leather for exactly the same reasons.
Us D3 weirdos must stick together. May be we could start a forum or a club for D3 owners? Tony
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16th Dec 2016 9:41 am
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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Cloth seats are alright if you don't do outdoorsy things, leather is easy to clean mud and blood from and wet coats don't stain it either.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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+1. I agree leather probably isn't so comfortable on the whole, but when it comes to mud and stains I wouldn't want to be without it. Current: Discovery 3 06MY (55 reg) HSE Auto Zambezi Silver Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
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16th Dec 2016 10:33 am
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Cloth seats can be pretty unhygienic too. My Mrs has a fair few allergies and one of them is dust & dust mite related. Try taking a cloth seat, that's been used for at least a year or two, then pound the seat squab a few times with something like the back of a wooden hand brush (do such things exist anymore?!); do it on a sunny day and watch the clouds of dust (mostly dead human skin - yuck!) rise into the air
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16th Dec 2016 12:36 pm
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My current D4 has cloth seats but I have LR seat covers on, I was happy with the D5 S spec but can't get LED headlights or 3.0l so pushed the budget and gone for SE which has leather interior so won't need the seat covers.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
16th Dec 2016 12:47 pm
ruggedpeak
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Pelyma wrote:
Cloth seats are alright if you don't do outdoorsy things, leather is easy to clean mud and blood from and wet coats don't stain it either.
Cloth seats with covers means you can take the covers off and wash them. Much like our Renault seats - they unzip and are washing machine proof to make removing chocolate, crisps etc from them very easy Genius.
However much you wipe the leather it will never be 100% clean. Reminds me of the Top Gear episode where they forensically examined some [leather] interiors for stains
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17th Dec 2016 2:07 pm
Pelyma
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Seeing as I don't go dogging in my car I'm not worried about being forensically clean and I very much doubt that your seat covers are either. I like leather you like plastic, I'm glad you're happy, I couldn't live with plastic myself but there you go. DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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17th Dec 2016 2:45 pm
ruggedpeak
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Does one not get out the car for dogging? Not familiar with the rules
Still can't escape the fact I can put my covers in the washing machine to remove all those dodgy stains Which has been very useful over the years with kids and teenagers.Tony
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17th Dec 2016 2:53 pm
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17th Dec 2016 3:14 pm
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ruggedpeak wrote:
Does one not get out the car for dogging? Not familiar with the rules
As the resident expert in such things, DG will be along shortly to clarify the rules.
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. Not the majority view though.
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