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[โ€“] zutto@lemmy.fedi.zutto.fi 30 points 1 week ago (9 children)

They last essentially forever if maintained even just a little bit and is a good quality leather. I've been in cars from the 70's with the original leather seats in amazing condition.

I don't personally care that much what the material is in my car, but I've never had good experiences with fake leather, I'd rather honestly have any other fabric. And those other fabrics are very common already in cars!

[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The car won't last forever anyway, if it's used regularly.

I threw away my last car at 19 years and 380'000km with no tears on the cloth seats.

And yeah, fake leather is almost always a big no.

[โ€“] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In my experience good cars can last a lot longer than the cloth

[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I guess your cars usually go to ~1million kilometers then?

[โ€“] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Longer than the cloth for sure

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