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Here's the deal on Leatherette.... (m) (archive)
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Posted by beewang on July 30, 2000 at 20:06:43:

In Reply to: Thoughts on Leatherette? posted by Robert A on July 30, 2000 at 19:25:28:

My thoughts:
Leatherette is not leather, but a VERY high quality vinyl. Although it's not leather, it is very tough to differentiate the difference. I've been fooled many times during my "rookie" days, until someone said to me " hey !! stupid!! look at the wringle...". As real leather tend to stretch(sp) abit. (Of course to counter that, you can always pour water on it to "shrink" it ;-) )

Anyways, what the heck was I talking about?? oh!! yeah, if you have the means, get the leather. But if you're cutting close to your budget, leatherette is fine.


beewang


Anyone got a 5 series with leatherette upholstery? How do you like it? Any regrets about not springing for the real leather?




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