Boxster seats.

[sja]

Been looking at loads of Boxsters, some are advertised as full leather / partial leather / leather & suede.

Are the Leather & Suede classed as leatherette? Just they seem a fair bit cheaper.. Cheers...

[Irish]

sja said:

Been looking at loads of Boxsters, some are advertised as full leather / partial leather / leather & suede. Are the Leather & Suede classed as leatherette? Just they seem a fair bit cheaper.. Cheers...

Poverty spec.......

[abarber]

Leatherette usually means plastic / PVC, at least on the rear seats of various 911s.

[agent006]

Leatherette and Alcantara is the basic option, but it's not as crap as it sounds. The alcantara is actually rather nice and hte leatherette is nicer than the leather found in most non-porsche wheely things out there. Alternativly the option for somone who doesn't fancy sitting on a dead animal.

[Porsche Boxster]

accept nothing less than leather

[mikeg996]

agent006 said:

Alternativly the option for somone who doesn't fancy sitting on a dead animal.

Which raises an interesting question. Just WTF is "alcantara"?

[Porsche Boxster]

Alcantara is .....Artificial leathers for the fashion, furniture, automotive, marine and
contract markets

[thornettj]

It's got to be the leather, if you are buying a porsche you don't want to spoil it for the sake of a few hundred quid

[sja]

I agree but Autotrader is awash with them, 04 plates around 24k.. Marketed as partial leather..

[mikeg996]

Poverty spec = poverty servicing. Avoid.

[sja]

Fair point cheers..
I need to find a Porsche dealer / independant that sells lotus as well to part ex mine..

[Darlo]

Can't agree with that point - I opted for half leather and alcantara because I prefer it to full leather. Freezing cold or boiling hot when you get in as opposed to comfort just because the 'socially acceptable' position is full leather is better.

Why?

[richardb.jones]

Alcantara is not 'poverty spec' at all - on seats it will hold you better (you don't slide around) - it is lighter than leather - and as another poster has already said, it gets neither hot nor cold. Clubsport versions of GT3's,GT2's will have partial alcantara or full alacantara on their seats and panels - says it all really. (I have full leather btw, so I'm not trying to defend it ...) :-)

[richardb.jones]

"povery spec = poverty servicing" - yea ok - if that's your opinion, just because you didn't want to waste money on unnecessary options, doesn't mean you skimped on servicing... Maybe they wanted to 'drive' their Porsche rather then show off their Porsche logos on their tyre valves ... :-S