Regretting not getting leather

I took a class in Consumer Behavior in College, agreed it was so long ago I can't recall much of the information. However Buyer Regret or Buyer Remorse was covered in detail. I think you should leave the Cloth Seats and read this link. Buyers Regret is very common in big ticket items like Cars and Houses. You don't want the Leather Seats. Your trying to relieve the discomfort from Regret with Leather Seats. Once you accept the Cloth Seats as the wise decision your anxiety of regret will disappear and you can get back to being yourself.

There is an old saying my Father used to say on occasion. A fool and his money are soon parted. When he said that and it ticked me off, but more often than not he was correct.

Put that Money to better use and frankly the Cloth Seats are much better than those hot and sticky leather ones. Most people won't even notice the seats beyond the first look.

Buyer's remorse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Stop comparing the Highlander to the Prius. That is comparing Apples to Oranges.

 

Start comparing the Prius 3 to the Prius 4.

What was in your mind when you chose the 3?

 

Why you want Leather? It's just animal skin.
Think about why you want it?

 

great post. I can live with cloth seats...but...I think leather is nicer...but...I can live with cloth seats. I think your post has just made my decision to stick with cloth. Thanks.

 

Happy to help.

 

Yes, on the Katzkin. Our Rav4 had them installed w/ seat heaters. Never regretted this install.

DBCassidy

 

Let us know your final decision.

It is plenty of money best to Sleep on it.

 

I have installed Clazzio seat covers that have a leather insert for the sitting part of the seat cover they fit well and look like they could be OEM. Another option might be to source some seats from a recovery business. We call them wreckers here in Aussie. I forget what the American name is.

 

The Clazzios claim they do but won't guarantee them to work. To avoid litigation I suppose.

 

I have cloth seats and I'm ok with them. But, I don't see myself using them without covers. I just can't wrap my mind around wiping seats to get them clean. Can people expect to wipe their clothes to get them clean?

Perforated leather is in the newest Accord and Acura has them. Suppose to breathe a bit better.

 

Have u ever thought about spraying water repellent solutions on em? I don't know how well that works but I've heard of ppl doing that. I'm definitely doing that if I keep the cloth.

 

I don't want to spray anything on the OEM fabric. Will just keep them covered.

 

Some people (ok, salespeople) have said leather looks a lot better when the car is older. They also say cloth absorbs sweat and ends up smelling foul on older cars.

Said it before, but around here EVERY luxury car on lots has leather or leather like seating. Mercedes, BMW, lexus, Acura, etc.... none of them have cloth. I bet there are incredibly few buyers with money asking for cloth seats in their car. It's always the higher trim, more expensive models come leather or leather-like trimmed. But we don't get 100+ F weather all summer long.

Perhaps in Phoenix, or much of the rest of the country, luxury cars come with more cloth seats, or do they??

I can't imagine luxury cars with cloth seats.

If I can help it, I'll never buy another car with cloth: I want to be able to sit on the OEM covering and I don't see doing that on cloth, even with Scotchgard. Power seat also mandatory.