cloth or leather in a car?

[RainbowSprinkles]

I asked about a Toyota Sienna in another thread. Thanks for all the positive feedback. It is def the car I'd like to get.

 

Now, we always had leather seats. But I can't find that many used siennas with leather interior in our price range.

 

So, how are you liking cloth seats? :) Would it be completely crazy to have cloth seats with dc under 10?

[chiguirre]

So, how are you liking cloth seats? :) Would it be completely crazy to have cloth seats with dc under 10?

 

Honestly, yes. I guess you could get seat covers, but leather is a deal-breaker for me and my messy kids.

[Angel]

My dd's get carsick. Leather is so much easier! If it wasn't for that, I would probably vote cloth. I hate sitting down on a hot leather seat in summer.

[NorCalMom]

Honestly, yes. I guess you could get seat covers, but leather is a deal-breaker for me and my messy kids.

 

:iagree: If I had to have cloth, I would definitely get a Bissel Little Green Machine to go with them! :001_smile:

[Farrar]

Recover in leather. When we bought our car, I didn't want to spring for the next model up just to get the leather seats so I had the cruddy cloth ones recovered instead and it was a lot less.

[Parker Martin]

I prefer cloth. Leather gets too hot for my taste. In my experience, car interior cloth is pretty rugged and cleans up pretty well.

[Meriwether]

I'd love to have leather, but I won't spend extra money to get it.

[Parrothead]

I've never wanted leather. I find it is too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.

[QuirkyKapers]

I would go with leather. It is easier to clean and have it not permanetly stain.

[momofkhm]

We have leather in 2 vehicles and cloth in one. Given a choice, dh won't buy another vehicle with cloth.

[LaxMom]

I prefer cloth. Leather gets too hot for my taste. In my experience, car interior cloth is pretty rugged and cleans up pretty well.

 

I agree. And I do not care for the slidy-ness of leather.

[gingersmom]

All of my cars have had cloth.

 

The dog (8 month old puppy) has made more of a mess of the car seats then my children and their endless snacks and juice boxes every did.

[dirty ethel rackham]

We have cloth seats (can't stand leather in hot or cold weather.) We got our Sienna when my older two were 6 and 3 and the younger wasn't born. I am the one who made the mess, not the kids. Nobody notices it but me. I am sure if I went out there with the Green Machine, I would find lots of dirt, but they don't look too bad. When the kids were in car seats, I did put a towel underneath the seats to keep them cleaner.

[Bootsie]

I found that leather seats and car seats didn't go together well. The car seats would slide and dead a lot more damage to leather than to cloth seats (however, from a purely cleaning standpoint I preferred the leather). Car seats have probably improved quite a bit since I was using them.

[Bootsie]

I found that leather seats and car seats didn't go together well. The car seats would slide and dead a lot more damage to leather than to cloth seats (however, from a purely cleaning standpoint I preferred the leather). Car seats have probably improved quite a bit since I was using them.

 

 

That probably wasn't clear--when I was referring to car seats I meant baby and toddler car seats--not the regular seat in an automobile.

[LaxMom]

I found that leather seats and car seats didn't go together well. The car seats would slide and dead a lot more damage to leather than to cloth seats (however, from a purely cleaning standpoint I preferred the leather). Car seats have probably improved quite a bit since I was using them.

 

No, they haven't. ;)

[Jenny in Atl]

Leather! I currently have cloth and HATE IT!

[MIch elle]

Swamp butt =leather seats on long car trips. Yuck! We will never get leather again.

[ChristusG]

We have cloth in our mini van. When I do it over again, we'll have leather. Our cloth doesn't look so great.

[RoughCollie]

I prefer leather because it is much easier to clean.

[ereks mom]

I prefer cloth. Leather gets too hot for my taste. In my experience, car interior cloth is pretty rugged and cleans up pretty well.

 

:iagree: Leather is too. hot. during the summer here in the Deep South. We HATE having out sweaty skin stick to leather seats. It's just as bad as the old vinyl seats from the 70s.

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[kdeno]

It cleans so nicely and is so comfy.

[Mommyof4ks]

We have a 9 year old van with cloth seats, and my youngest is 6. Our seats still look brand new, and the kides eat in there all the time. I have had the seats cleaned once a few years ago, but that was mainly because it was free with the floor cleaning. We live down where it reaches over 100 in the summer, so leather will not work for us.

[Happy]

I prefer cloth. Leather gets too hot for my taste. In my experience, car interior cloth is pretty rugged and cleans up pretty well.

 

I'm not fond of leather. We've always enjoyed cloth. It does clean up and hold up pretty well.

[houseofkids&pets]

Leather due to kids and pets. It can be sticky in hot weather, but air conditioning makes it ok. Heated seats help with the issue of being too cold in winter. I don't want to deal with stains and smells; leather is just easier for us to keep clean.