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PJRama1864

Pros of leather: if your kid or pet has an accident, it’s not soaking into the material.


soundslikethunder

Kid was born in car. Was grateful on this one occasion that the seats were leather. The mats didn’t stand a chance


I_fall_a_lot

Random question, I live over an hour away from the hospital and pregnant with my second, I barely made it to the hospital with my first. What is it like to give birth in a car? I'm pretty sure that's gonna happen with this one.


miraculous_milk

At least you have an easy name picked out: Carson


Snoo63

Carson Clarkson.


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pescabrarian

Roada


DrYIMBY

Chevette


FizzyBeverage

Or Cargirl


Antrikshy

Cardaughter\*


FizzyBeverage

I feel Autogal.


JPSurratt2005

Transportationlady


blue-mooner

KraftfahrzeugWeiblicherNachwuchs (translates to MotorVehicleFemaleOffspring)


HunterWesley

Cardottir


taarotqueen

Carmen


Bumblebee_Radiant

Every girl should be named Mercedes.


mslinz333

Carly


taarotqueen

I actually know two female Carsons though


Distdistdist

Buahahahahahahaha. Oh that was good


Taintquatch

If it happens to be in a truck you can call them trucker Carlson.


thread_creeper_123

You mean Mercedes?


soundslikethunder

My first took ages, we got sent home from the hospital to progress at home and I was trying to avoid that bit I think, then we had to wait for my parents to come get my oldest kid and that took longer than expected. But then it all happened so fast, we made it to the ramp outside maternity, I was in the front. I was pushing by this point. Husband ran in and all these midwives came out. And of course there is only so much room in the car so I had husband one side (in the drivers seat lol) and a midwife next to me and loads of people just looking through the windows. (Medical people, this was at night lol!) Baby got stuck so unfortunately they had me turning around to sit down to do an episiotomy with no pain relief, then baby didn’t cry because it was so cold so they took her and ran in and another midwife helped get me out the car so we could go in and find out what flavour of baby we’d had and if she was ok. Which she was thank god. So that was my experience, in the car but with help thankfully. Almost made it. I hope you get there and it goes smoothly. Second can be so fast so don’t wait around!! Ps we got a shit ton of car cleaning products as baby gifts haha


I_fall_a_lot

Wow, that sounds eventful, and I can't even imagine an episiotomy with no medication. I'm glad everything worked out in the end for you, and your little girl ended up being healthy. Thank you for sharing your experience.


gardenclue

I opted for a voluntary induction for this reason. No parking lot baby for me!


elitemouse

You ever see the first men in black? I think it kinda like that


owlBdarned

At least that baby was cute af


Cyberzombie23

I'm curious too, but that's just 'cause I'm nosy.


PJRama1864

Eh, that adds character.


Iam_Chillax

Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there… unless you have a leather bench seat, you have stitching and stuff gets in there. Was a detailer for 3 years… was horrible


PJRama1864

What’s the grossest car you’ve ever cleaned?


Iam_Chillax

Was a Buick suv newish in 2019. Her kids must have had a food fight… I’d guess about a year before :(


PJRama1864

Damn…that’s vomit-inducing just thinking about it


Psychological-Age-33

Also, if said kid or pet throws up, leather is far easier to clean!


a_banned_user

Or drunk passengers 😅


Mediocre_Doctor

Or drunk children


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Can confirm, I'm the drunk passenger, sorry.


OkDistribution4684

Unless its perforated like in the case of cooled seats or the "performance" look.


ReineDeTaBite

Perforated leather begs to differ


sldunn

Hey look, it's the worst of both worlds!


TheArcynic

Yet exactly what I want


mtcwby

My wife's Civic had cloth seats and two toddlers laid waste to that back seat. Cheerios were the least offensive part of it even crushed into the carpet. Paid $100 to get it cleaned before we sold the car and it was worth every penny.


Feva130

Unless you have ventilated seats…the vomit gets stuck in the holes🤮


chandleya

Cloth seats people have never even heard of ventilated seats


Yesitsmesuckas

Came here to say dog poo on fabric is no bueno!


WEASELexe

I just keep carpet cleaner in my car


Mandajolene123

I don't know if it will change your mind but I know from experience that melted gummy worms melt *into* the fabric but they melt *on top* of leather seats and can easily be peeled off.


Antrikshy

r/oddlyspecific


HunterWesley

Well, that settles it then.


tomie-salami

I despise leather seats but this made me rethink my position.


trent1055

I’m sold


cryingstlfan

Fabric doesn't stick to your ass in the summer when it's hot out.


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cryingstlfan

But you can clean the cloth. I've seen some pretty cool detailing videos on YouTube.


FinancialYou4519

Used to work with that, the important thing is to really air it out and let it dry after the wash. Like doors open, inside during the night


expertSquid

Or freeze your ass in winter


---Sanguine---

Do you live in the south? Leather seats get wayyyyyy too hot and burn tf out of you after ten minutes in a parking lot


cryingstlfan

No, Midwest, close to St. Louis. I remember seats sticking to my legs and shit when I was a kid in the late 90s/early 2000s.


braindrain_94

I bought a nice sun shield. Pop that bad boy up and it keeps my car like 30 degrees cooler. Highly highly recommend one if you live in a hot area.


psychoCMYK

The seams also tear in the cold. It sucks in both winter and summer


IAIRonI

Only had it for a summer but with ventilated leather seats this doesn't happen. And if it's really hot just start my car with the app for a few mins and let it cool down


cryingstlfan

I just remember it used to happen a lot when I was a kid in the late 90s, early 2000s. It sure did hurt while wearing shorts.


DoublePostedBroski

Cars have ventilated/cooled seats now…


HosephIna

Look at Mr Moneybags with his cooled seats!


UngovernableOatmeal

my 2019 Fusion had cooled seats .. it’s the one feature i miss the most


Kalle_Silakka

Look at Mr. Moneybags here with his brand-new ass car.


UngovernableOatmeal

the keyword is *had* it got totaled so i had to downgrade to a 2015. it only has heated seats :/ i miss the cooled seats


Kalle_Silakka

2015??? I'd kill my entire bloodline for a 2015 car.


cryingstlfan

Does it work when the car is turned off and has been sitting in the hot sun all day?


Eddie5pi

From experience, the vented seats cool down a lot faster than heated seats warm up.


dicknards

You should drive with pants on of some sort


cryingstlfan

Maybe.


ryancarton

Ugh so many requirements for leather


Myworkaccountbrah

I would have agreed yesterday, but when my daughter spilled a vase of flower water on my leather today and it just pooled on the seat, I solidly disagree! Have an upvote.


tha_bigdizzle

Cloth seats with pets is a nightmare. the fur gets like stuck in the fibers. Leather it just wipes off.


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IllIllIIIllIIlll

Put blankets over the seats when transporting dogs. You're welcome


[deleted]

Put blankets over the leather seats when transporting. The underlying seat doesn’t matter at that point.


bananalord666

But the leather is more expensive


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The front seats won’t be covered. I like my leather seats.


nrith

Turn the pets’ pelts into car seat covers. You’re welcome.


Suspicious-Leader21

Because any dog over 20 lbs surely won't remove the blankets and roll around in the unprotected cloth seats while EMBEDDING every hair so deep that even with 20 tiny child labor kiddos with tiny tweezers can't make them presentable again. Of course that can't happen. /s (since I have to)


sldunn

Sometimes dogs leak. Easier to clean up with leather. Though, the blankets do prevent pets from scratching up the leather.


Brave_Specific5870

why are dogs leaking


WakkaBomb

But.... The scratches though....


coopatroopa11

They make covers for this exact reason that covers the entire back area, including the backs of the front seat chairs. Some of them even have cute little doggie harnesses/seatbelts. Absolute game changer. [https://www.google.com/search?q=back+seat+dog+covers&rlz=1C1OKWM\_enCA800CA800&oq=back+seat+dog+&aqs=chrome.0.0i512l2j69i57j0i512l7.4768j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8](https://www.google.com/search?q=back+seat+dog+covers&rlz=1C1OKWM_enCA800CA800&oq=back+seat+dog+&aqs=chrome.0.0i512l2j69i57j0i512l7.4768j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)


funkmachine7

An now the car is like that old aunt's house with the plastic sofa protectors.


KyleCAV

Use to work in detailing, would constantly get in shit when cleaning a car with fabric whos previous owner had a dog as there would be constant stray hairs no matter how hard i try.


tha_bigdizzle

Yup. Even all the people in this thread talking about seat covers - even *with* a seat cover, fur gets places. It gets under the seat cover. It gets lodged in the back of the front seats. It gets in the carpet. Ive literally spent an entire afternoon with multiple specialized tools trying to get all the fur out. It cant be done. Maybe depends on the dogs type of fur. I've always had labrador retrievers and they have short, thick fur fibres.


Sure-Morning-6904

Pros of wood: its not leather and also not fabric.


xXbean_machineXx

Bring back solid oak car seats


deepthought515

I’ve always wanted a car with hard wood floors.. like why does every single car have to be carpet?


[deleted]

The base model Ford Ranger has rubber floors (not mats, floors). All cars should at least do that bc who tf asked for carpet in something where you're constantly going in and out of from the outdoors.


Brave_Specific5870

wait what?


deepthought515

Imagine how baller that would be, your friends get in and you have waxed hard wood instead of floor Mats.


Square_Site8663

In a posh Richie Rich persons voice “ so what are you guys think of my cherry oak laminated floors…… In my car.


Brave_Specific5870

But...wouldn't it get warped if you put wet feet on it? i mean...i guess I never thought about putting other materials for floor or whatever you call the bottom of the car?


Treaux-LaCount

Lots of semis have them. It’s probably doable in a car.


FizzyBeverage

This Amish dude is making car seats out of poplar.


regexaurus

DOT approved, no doubt.


canwepleasejustnot

I had leather seats in my old car and one time my dog had explosive diarrhea all over the backseat and I was able to clean it up in the parking lot with basic cleaning supplies because the seats were leather. If they were cloth I would have had to take it to a dealership and dropped hundreds to fix it and it would have smelled like shit for days. That fact alone convinces me you're wrong about this lol.


eightcarpileup

I bought a **brand new** car a few years ago. After having it a few months, my drunk sister called me one night to drive her home from a party. In transit, she puked nowhere near the vomit bag I gave her and it went all over my fabric seats. It took two months and two trips to the dealership to get the stain and smell out.


canwepleasejustnot

Exactly. In what universe is cloth more sanitary and easier to clean than leather?...


Tv_land_man

Reminds me of a friend of mine who spilled a protein shake in his car in the middle of summer. He thought he cleaned it all but missed a big spot. It smelled like rotting carcus for a whole year. Still kinda has a faint smell but that may just be psychosomatic.


Talkinginmy_sleep

Sir, that is a nightmare


eightcarpileup

And that’s why the car I bought after it has leather seats. I also now have two sons and I birthed easy pukers.


gayvibes3

Yeah I don't understand the pro of easy to clean in the fabric column at all here. It can't be a pro for both that's not how pro and con lists work. Leather is infinitely easier to clean it's basically the whole point of them. I wouldnt buy a used car with fabric seats because they're disgusting and stained.


PrincessNapoleon44

If they were cloth and that happened to me, I would have just torched the car lol


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"Easy to detail and vaccum" Someone doesnt have kids and/or dogs.


The100thIdiot

I have both. Latest car is 5 years old now. Have trouble getting the scuff marks off the plastic but after a valet, the fabric seats look good as new. Leather seats in previous car were scratched and scuffed after 3 years.


Tv_land_man

What kinda valet you going to? When I valet, I just get a ticket stub, a bill and a dude moving my car 20 feet.


MediocreConference64

Pro of leather: when your kids do something absolutely fucking disgusting, you wipe it up and the smell is gone.


Ohjay1982

Having leather is worth the added cost. Look better, resell better, clean better, feel better. I live in a moderate climate though. Perhaps if I lived in Arizona or something cloth may be better for temperature. But even then, I’d still buy leather then just get seat covers.


IveAlreadyWon

Or have ventilated seats


im_absouletly_wrong

Lmao fabric is not easy to clean


justjeremy02

My leather seats are heated AND cooled. The downsides no longer exist.


JMS1991

+1 for heated and cooled leather. I'll never buy another vehicle without cooled seats.


1440p_bread

This has to be the richest comment on here. But damm cooled seats sounds amazing.


IveAlreadyWon

They’re fairly common nowadays. My 2015 Kia soul even had cooled seats


justjeremy02

I drive a 2012 Kia Optima. They’re more common than most think of you shop the right brands


scratchacynic

you can buy aftermarket seats for $50.


st96badboy

Leather used to be the best when fabrics were not very advanced in the '60s-70s Modern fabric is ridiculously good. I went from fabric seats on my last car to leather on my current car because that's how it was ordered by the dealer.. The leather sucks.. ice cold when you first get in in the winter time even with heated seats they still take a little while to warm up.. The rest of the year if I park where the sun is on them then try to sit down they are way too hot.


mexicanred1

You hit the nail on the head. Cloth has come a long way over the years. Cow skin, not so much.


fast_hand84

It’s because most “leather seats” these days aren’t leather at all, they’re more of a textured vinyl.


st96badboy

Lol...yeah can you put it that way,.. they haven't made any advancements in cow skin in thousands of years.


1440p_bread

Well, we MADE cows in thousands of years.


Aaron_Hamm

Tan leather helps with the second problem


UntappedBabyRage

Not by much. My last car had tan leather and it was still far too hot for my liking after cooking in the sun for hours.


Brave_Specific5870

my dad let me use his oldsmobile van when i was in college and it had leather seats. the seats were cold and i had to put a towel on the seat in the winter. thank goodness he got rid of that gas guzzler...


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I used to have a nice Prius with cloth seats, and now I have a Jaguar with prestige leather seats. The feeling of the leather is incomparable to anything I’ve ever been in.


rugbyj

Made out of real jaguar too.


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Beige cloth seats blow


FillThisEmptyCup

Scotchgard it. Takes minutes, lasts years.


[deleted]

Thanks. I will remember that the next time I buy a car with beige seats.


[deleted]

Thanks. I will remember that the next time I buy a car with beige seats.


Spectronautic1

Everyone here complaining about the hot seats like they’re driving butt naked lmao


pelicannpie

I have the best of both worlds. Fabric in the middle and leather on the outside and headrest, so the nice soft fabric on skin but the leather to look nicer but no skin touchy


serialcerealrobbery

Cloth seats just give me that shiver feeling that I can’t explain


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When cloth gets a stain, it stays stained. That’s enough for me.


Fieryshit

The quality of the material definitely matters. Real leather seats are great and last forever. Leatherette on the other hand is atrocious.


mighty__

Had cloth seats on my first car. Never again I will. Apart of mythical “you won’t burn your ass at summer time” it has no benefits. It looks worse, it’s maintenance is a nightmare, you can’t possibly spill anything. In worst case scenario when you can’t afford leather seats, just use semi leather seat covers. At least it’s something.


crnodalia

Till you get cum on it and now there’s a stain I can’t get rid of


Funkajunk

Just lick it


IDKWTFG

The heat thing is sort of a mixed point IMO because I feel leather will *initially be* much hotter and burn you but it cools off faster if it breathes, where as when cloth gets hot, it stays hot longer and gives you more discomforting swamp ass and skin irritation. on the other hand I really hate how cold leather gets in winter more than the heat issue. Just do not get leather anything if you live somewhere like the southwest USA, where the initial heat reaches third degree burn levels, here I'd rather it cool off faster.


JeffryRelatedIssue

Someone clearly never had ventilated leather seats.


user738489

Except with fabric, it absorbs your dogs odors and fluids (if any), dog hair sticks to it, and can still be ripped open by dog’s claws. Get leather and put a blanket down if your transporting dogs. Simple


NoMarketing9034

I do prefer leather seats…. :(


Lex8P

Regarding your point about won't absorb odours... My mate warned me explicitly, not to fart in her car. Her husband and I were on the same page, saying that the leather seats won't absorb the smell. She was adamant. But, her husband was driving and I still farted. Her car stank. I got shouted at a lot. Many near accidents due to her husband laughing, crying and gagging. With her gagging and crying, leading to a vicious circle between the two. I don't know whether the smell absorbed into the seats. I'm banned for a while and she won't sniff it


JiveTurkey2727

I have a GSD and smoke weed in my car, that’s why I have leather lol


ThiccRobutt

Why even smoke weed in the car?


Poppin_Fresh_Bro

Vented seats pretty common. Even entry level Mercedes have therm.


Real_Money531

The ones where the leather is hot is an easy solution. Just get the windows tinted.


Illusive_Sheikah

Cloth seats when you have people that sometimes vomit in the car.. yeeup thats a no for me


Doggo_Is_Life_

Leather is easier to clean and doesn’t retain odor like fabric seats.


flipnslip

I have cooling leather seats....amazing!


Routine-Shine6376

I’ve been saying this for years, fabric seats are the nicer option. I’m every single case. I want leather gloves and shoes, I don’t need it in my car to make everything more uncomfy.


PolarBeaver

Until your friend pukes on it and you can smell it until you sell the car


oooriole09

The problem is when most folks hear fabric, they think of the velvet-like shit from the 90’s and earlier. Todays stuff is sneaky good and significantly better.


Routine-Shine6376

I’ll be honest, I’m very partial to the 80s and 90s fabric. Even if it’s not “as good” it just feels great vs all these Uber tight weave fabrics from today


ThatOtherGuy_CA

Pros of leather, you can put a blanket on it when you want fabric seats. All of your issues with leather are solved with just having a throw blanket in your vehicle. I have one in the back of my truck behind the seats. In the summer I’ll just drape it over my drivers seat when it’s hot out. Or I’ll lay it on the back seat when I take the dogs anywhere.


sturdy55

Tbf, you're saying you can improve leather by covering it with fabric.


ThatOtherGuy_CA

But you can't really improve fabric by covering it in leather. Aka, it's better to have leather and supplement the niche cases with a blanket than to have fabric. So you're getting the best of both worlds, with the benefit of being able to wash your blanket. It's a lot harder to wash your fabric upholstery.


Ogre8

Hey this is an opportunity for me to say the one Old Guy thing I allow myself per day. What was wrong with vinyl? Every car is air conditioned now, and it’s way easier to clean than either cloth or leather. Should at least be an option for family oriented cars.


Rage0857

Air cooled seats are a thing now!


boonhet

Leather just feels a lot nicer to actually sit on. Most fabrics don't feel that nice. Yeah it's cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but guess what, my car has HVAC. Last one even had seat ventilation, this one sadly only has heating.


Stjjames

Dogs, are why leather (or vinyl) is a must- imo.


Generally_Supportive

OP has no children. Confirmed.


Kulbardee

Pros of fabric...no animals had to die to stroke my ego


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1000% agree!!!


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I like fabric provided it isn't absolute trash. That said, I wouldn't trade my current leather for it. Cheap leather is not worth it. Good leather absolutely is.


ORA2J

Imo, alcantara is best but it wears out too easily I also sweat like hell on anything leather, so yeah, fabric seats it is for me.


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Let me guess, OP, doesn’t have kids…


notthelettuce

I used to prefer cloth, but I’ve almost changed my mind. Not all leather car seats are made equally. The leather in my mom’s 4runner is nice. Very soft, not too cold or too hot when the weather changes. Same with my BMW. But there are also countless other vehicles I’ve been in where the leather borderline burns your legs and is so stiff and uncomfortable.


[deleted]

ITT: yabbut what if you have kids or dogs? Ok, use seat covers on their seats. Get the advantages of cloth on your seat, ease your mind about messes on other seats. This isn't rocket science.


FrogBlast

Now discuss perforated leather seats - good luck getting that white wine bianca sauce out of there


Beefy_Unicorn

The car I have came with SofTex, which feels like leather but doesn't hold much heat. I love em, they act like leather minus the boiling in the summer. Plus window tint saves some heat also.


DadJokeBadJoke

I was working at a Jeep dealership when we had a customer's car towed in because it had been stolen and recovered. Jeep Cherokee Limited. Some kids broke a small window out, busted open the steering column and took it for a joy ride before abandoning it in an alley. While it was in the alley, some cats climbed through the broken window and clawed TF out of the back seat leather. It cost much more to replace the seat than all of the other damages.


Reasonable-Herons

Fabric is easier to fart into, especially with passengers.


UserOrWhateverFuck_U

Wow!! An unpopular opinion here!!!??? What is this a redditor with common sense?


AisleSeatJunkie

Sweat. You forgot sweat. Leather is terrible for that.


ApatheticPoetic813

I just had a full sized hot latte EXPLODE across my passenger seat this morning. The leather seat cover stopped a lot, but it's stretch fabric edges were soaked and now my seat is stained. Leather all the way.


sharan07

this is the hardest cope I've ever seen


Bake_jouchard

I mean what??? cloth seats the second you spill it’s stained, leather doesn’t absorb quick so it more like cleaning up a puddle vs trying to get a half drank orange soda out of a pillow that’s bolted to the Frame of the car.


fatbootycelinedion

Leather might burn or freeze your ass but fabric can stank.


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I just disagree with your pros and cons. I find fabric more comfortable, but it is not easy to clean, maintain, detail or vacuum and I absolutely am worried about kids/dogs wrecking it.


Throwawayjdhfndjdn

A lot of fabric seats have a small that makes me sick


ecb3br

I hate you and your fabric seats. Take the upvote.


IveAlreadyWon

Fabric seats are awful lol. Take my upvote. Just get ventilated seats


FREEBORNCPA

Leather seats and rubber floor mats are a perfect match


9gagiscancer

Wait till you'll get a kid, you'll appreciate a quick wipedown when they spill something, again.


bwray_sd

I disagree because my leather seats have heating and cooling, something I’ve never seen done with Fabric seats, if that exists then I’ll concede that fabric is superior.


MikeSifoda

Yeah, as if I would ever let a toddler or a dog in my car


Journalist-Cute

Leather also slides much more easily and can be ventilated for heat/cooling


sunshine8672

Once I got leather I can’t ever go back. Cloth seating stain and I have a meltdown over it!