Leather or cloth seats?

[Anonymous]

I’m trying to decide between cloth and leather seats. We will be keeping the car for at least 10 years and we have young kids. Which should we choose?

[Anonymous]

Leather hands down. I don’t see what argument there would be for cloth other than money? Cloth smells bad and stains

[Anonymous]

Leather. No question.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never bought a car with cloth seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never bought a car with cloth seats.

I have because I’m old. You definitely do not want cloth seats.

[Anonymous]

Leather is def easier to clean. It gets hotter though. Most cars now use fake leather fyi. I looked into this when I bought my lady car because I didn’t want dead animal skin seats.

[Anonymous]

Last car… not lady car

[Anonymous]

Leather seats get hot in the summer, cloth seats don't. However, leather seats are definitely easier to clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leather is def easier to clean. It gets hotter though. Most cars now use fake leather fyi. I looked into this when I bought my lady car because I didn’t want dead animal skin seats.

My prior car had leatherette and it was soooooo awesome!! Nothing damaged those seats. I scrubbed and used magic erasers on them. Wish couches were made of that stuff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leather seats get hot in the summer, cloth seats don't. However, leather seats are definitely easier to clean.

This. Everything is a trade off. Leather is easier to clean, but it’s colder in winter and hotter in summer. Back when I was single and the only person in my car, I was happy with cloth because it was comfortable and I kept my car clean. Now I’m older with kids and I can afford heat seaters, so that makes the winters better, and I have messy kids so the leather is better for me. So I’d say it depends on your circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Thanks all! So brown or black leather? (Car is grey).

[Anonymous]

I'm as cheap as the day is long. My last 2 vehicle purchases had over 100k miles on them and am so glad that they have leather seats. More comfortable, more durable and easier to clean. I could never keep my cloth seats clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks all! So brown or black leather? (Car is grey).

I still remember our sales guy at VOB BMW telling us that we could not get brown leather with our gray car because “it’s so ugly” in his extreme Turkish accent.

I got black leather on my most recent car after avoiding it for years because I thought it would be too hot. It’s not that much worse than any other leather and looks great.

[Anonymous]

Black. I have an eleven year old Merz with leather seats that still looks great. Doesn’t show any stains.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks all! So brown or black leather? (Car is grey).

I would do black with a grey car.