Dear Government Motors

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 01/05/2016 at 19:29 • Filed to: None

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Leather should be standard on a $50,000 car.

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:33

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But the trend lately has been to move away from leather and towards high-quality cloth.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:33

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Tell that to BMW while you’re at it.

jkm7680 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/05/2016 at 19:34

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meh

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/05/2016 at 19:34

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Sensatec can suck a fat one.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:36

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On a $50,000 what?

Chariotoflove > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:36

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As a post I once read on a BMW forum said, “for that kind of money, I want to park my ass on some dead cow!”

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:37

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BMW and Mercedes would like a word with you.

And I know I’m in a minority but cloth>leather.

Gamecat235 > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:38

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No no no no no no no no no.

-Sincerely someone who lives in the desert southwest.

(seriously, car interiors here get REALLY freaking hot, leave leather as an option on all cars).

jkm7680 > Gamecat235 01/05/2016 at 19:39

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Imagine all the grossness that’s associated with a Yukon......

All that curdled milk and children vomit.....

Frenchlicker > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:40

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Can clothe still be an option?

not for canada - australian in disguise > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:41

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Try saying that when it’s -30 celsius out. Cloth is way better in the cold, and in the heat too.

Gamecat235 > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:42

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Still sticking with option. I’m gonna say you’ve never tried to enter a vehicle that’s parked in the sun all day, with leather seats, while wearing shorts, when it’s 112 F outside.

It’ll change your mind.

jkm7680 > Gamecat235 01/05/2016 at 19:43

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Jkm has done that before.

Stef Schrader > Gamecat235 01/05/2016 at 19:48

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This this this this this this this.

Cloth needs to be an option, at the least. I’m okay with it being the default on any base model, period.

Leather burns your thighs and ages poorly in places that actually have good weather most of the time. (That’s not even getting into the folks who have a moral opposition to covering their car interiors in dead animal, either—though admittedly, that’s a minority.) It’s just a garbage material for car interiors, though. Give me cloth, all day, err’day.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/05/2016 at 19:49

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I don’t like leather. Just sayin’...

Stef Schrader > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 01/05/2016 at 19:50

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Nah, you’re right. :o)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Gamecat235 01/05/2016 at 19:54

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I was stationed in Louisiana in the mideighties and I had a ‘76 Nova with floor-mounted three-speed. The shifter had an aluminum Hurst shift handle. I’d get in that car and the shift handle was so hot it would burn your hand; you literally could not touch it without a layer of insulation and I’d think, Am I actually in Hell? Is this really allowed ?

No leather. It’s even worse in the cold.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 19:56

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Some people (like me) dont like leather

jkm7680 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/05/2016 at 19:59

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But looking at the sheer volume of cloth seated $50,000 SUVS, I’d imagine they have a little trouble getting rid of them. Since the average customer is a 45 year old housewife.

Birddog > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 20:02

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Yeah, at $50k you should get some kind of dead animal skin.

DoYouEvenShift > Gamecat235 01/05/2016 at 20:05

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I lived in the TX desert most of my life. No thank you Ill, Ill take a high quality fabric please.

Leather reminds me of old cars anyways. Like big wooden steering wheels and chrome on everything.

Oh yeah, wood does not belong in a car either.

Sam > Gamecat235 01/05/2016 at 20:06

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Can we compromise at cloth inserts?

jkm7680 > Birddog 01/05/2016 at 20:06

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Hopefully not this kind.

DoYouEvenShift > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 20:07

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In that case just buy those cheap seat covers from Autozone and replace every once in a while.

BlackberryShawtyHasAnE46 > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 20:08

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$50k for no leather seating? like I need to know some animal died for my vehicle and my personal taste

Nibby > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/05/2016 at 20:09

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And MB

Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > Chariotoflove 01/05/2016 at 20:20

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The BMW forums have some of the funniest people ever! I still think the statement, “I be rollin’ up to the peeps on the block and pop open mah hood. They be all like, ‘DAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYUMMMMM you Lambo’d yo hood!’” has got to be the funniest thing I’ve ever read. I have no idea why it is so funny in my book, but it just is.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 20:25

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No.

Leather is uncomfortable and awful and they need to stop putting it into cars.

Chariotoflove > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD 01/05/2016 at 20:29

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Hah! You can't not laugh at that.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 20:33

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I have leather seats in the Explorer and honestly if I could replace them with heated cloth seats I would in a heart beat

dogisbadob > Chariotoflove 01/05/2016 at 20:36

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yeah, and they also want free handicap parking for three years

dogisbadob > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 20:36

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it’s not even standard on a 100k mercedes, which is still able with vinyl :)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 20:53

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Dear beat-to-death joke: pls stop. Though really a solid 50% of people I know would *rather* have cloth seats instead of leather, regardless of the expense of the car.

Jayhawk Jake > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 20:56

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Dear Jkm: The ‘Government Motors’ joke was old in 2008.

C62030 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/05/2016 at 20:56

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Bring back velour! Bring back velour! I shall chant this until my death.

jkm7680 > Jayhawk Jake 01/05/2016 at 20:57

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Dear Jayhawk: It’s still true.

jkm7680 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2016 at 20:58

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On this particular car.

Most people who buy Yukon XLs are soccer moms who only want the finest dead cows in their car.

Jayhawk Jake > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 21:03

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No it isn't.

jkm7680 > Jayhawk Jake 01/05/2016 at 21:04

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Did the U.S. Government bail out General Motors in 2009, yes or no?

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 21:09

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Did they sell the last of their shares in 2013? Also yes.

Jayhawk Jake > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 21:10

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Did the government sell its stake in 2013 yes or no?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 21:12

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Let it go, let it goooooooo....

jkm7680 > Jayhawk Jake 01/05/2016 at 21:13

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The government wouldn’t have had to sell its stake in 2013 if they didn’t have to bail GM out in the first place.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 21:19

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GM actually uses a rather mediocre pleather. But yeah, probably should be standard on a $50K car. On the other, and more common sensical, hand...why would one be at a GM dealer if they want to spend $50K on a car?

Jayhawk Jake > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 21:52

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Ok.

Well I'll just start referring to VW as Hitler Motors, since they were started with a state owned factory under Hitler.

jkm7680 > Jayhawk Jake 01/05/2016 at 21:54

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John_Harbinson > jkm7680 01/05/2016 at 22:36

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sensatec Vinyl and “The Ultimate Driving Machine” should not be two things that are combined together in a sentence, or with the name BMW, like, ever.

Speaking of which, what happened to all the cloth Recaros??? Not even the FiST has something akin to these as a cheaper alternative to the leather ones, not to mention the true hot-hatch pedigree associated with them.

treesmakewater > Gamecat235 01/06/2016 at 04:57

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Get a c5 Audi A6 with tan leather and the hit weather package (sun shades, solar roof to keep air circulating). At 95F everything is fine, at 110F it is a little hot, but bearable.

Svend > jkm7680 01/06/2016 at 20:22

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Really! They are standard on Skoda Octavia ($29,269) and Superb ($35,122) SE L and above.