Leather Seats

[bob944]

How are all you guys who think leather seats are best getting on in this weather?
I don't understand why they are a preference. They're also freezing in winter and look worn far quicker than cloth?

[dazren]

Two words:

AIR CON

[hussar10a]

Two more :

SEAT HEATERS

[bob944]

Rich kids! I meant for us older cars, where fitted AC never worked for more than 5 minutes anyway?
Seriously
Does AC take away performance? or is that a myth?

Edited by bob944 on Thursday 20th July 12:00

[anonymous-user]

Leather seats ... tis the only way!!!!

[b.johnson]

my ass feels 'medium-well done' every day after work, but it is well worth it.
i never used to like leather untill i brought a 320i coupe bmw with full lether, well and truly converted. dead cow seats all the way for me.

[silver993tt]

bob944 said:

How are all you guys who think leather seats are best getting on in this weather?
I don't understand why they are a preference. They're also freezing in winter and look worn far quicker than cloth?

Leather will outlast cloth by a long way if maintained properly.

[Pickled Piper]

Good quality leather seats are like good quality leather shoes. They take on a patina with age and also take on a "set" over time. They can be uncomfortable in extremely hot weather for a short period of time but once the AC kicks in that's not a problem.

pp

[welshchris]

Not as uncomfortable as an alloy handbrake lever - Mine was almost too hot to touch yesterday

Chris

[b.johnson]

welshchris said:

Not as uncomfortable as an alloy handbrake lever - Mine was almost too hot to touch yesterday

Chris

my first car was a mini, that had a aluminium gear knob.

[richardlw]

Any discomfort is negated by one not sitting in crap velour or being hemmed in by a recaro

[wrn]

bob944 said:

Does AC take away performance? or is that a myth?

It used to on older cars but as far as I understand modern efficient air con systems make negligable difference to the performance or fuel economy.

[stables555]

Any air conditioning system relies on a compressor which takes power from the engine, either mechanically or electrically - enough said!

[HAB]

So does it make a difference to performance when the air con is switched off, since the compressor is driven of the front of the crankshaft?

[BliarOut]

You can notice a small difference in performance on the 996 with the AC switched on but it's definitely a must have. Just turn it off if you want the extra oomph.

[scruffy101]

My 944 had pin stripe interior which needed replacing and of course porsche do not supply anymore(it was £70.00 sq/m anyway and i needed 4sq/m)I replaced it with leather and i smelt and looked so much better

[Fatboy]

richardlw said:

Any discomfort is negated by one not sitting in crap velour or being hemmed in by a recaro

mmmm velour....

[DiscoColin]

bob944 said:

Does AC take away performance? or is that a myth?

Yes there is a very slight cost, but not enough to worry about and I very much doubt that you would notice. I am fairly sure that the GT3 manual claimed that the car will temporarily turn the compressor off under extreme driving conditions because of this. Frankly, I wouldn't consider anything without it though. Also, I have heard that the cost of AC in enomomy terms is no worst than the drag from putting the windows down in typical driving, so the case for the prosecution seems lacking unless you are in a racing car.

[diver944]

silver993tt said:

Leather will outlast cloth by a long way if maintained properly.

You can also vomit on leather and it simply wipes off yet it takes ages to pick the carrot chunks out of velour

[sprint355]

Both mini sprints have had occasion to chunder in moving sprint vehicles recently, however in the landy the seats are shall we say gently contoured but in Helmut, wipe off and go, we love the hot weather.