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- From: donr@dolphin (Don Robinson)
- Subject: Re: Leather Seats
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.192108.2942@dolphin>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:21:08 GMT
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- Slartibartfast (cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote:
- : In article <184279@pyramid.pyramid.com> lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes:
- : >In article <lg5ebgINN1e8@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill) writes:
- : >>
- : >>Anyway, what's the verdict on leather? I've found cloth to be
- : >>much more durable and comfortable than vinyl (or leatherette, as
- : >>pseudo-luxury carmakers call it). Leather furniture I've sat on
- : >>in the past has always made me sweaty. Are carseats different?
- : >
- : > Nope. And black leather will burn the crap out of your keister
- : > in places like Ariz. Much worse than vinyl...cloth is the way to
- : > go there.
- : >
- : Really (sorry, no question mark on this terminal!). My mom's car
- : has leather trim, and my car has vinyl. Her's is Black, and mine is Carolina
- : (UNC, of course) Blue. Mine stings something fierce, while hers is simply
- : warm after sitting out in the sun. I don't know, maybe the sun in Arizona
- : is different to the sun in MD. I doubt it though.
-
- You apparently have never endured a summer in Arizona. :^) Here in the Phoenix
- area the interior of a parked car - closed and locked for security - can reach
- temps well over 150 deg F!! The metal buckle of a seat belt in the direct sun can
- be quite painful when you sit on it while wearing shorts!! YEOW! You can probably
- imagine how warm a black vinyl or leather seat can get. Not many car interiors are
- leather here and virtually none are vinyl.
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