May be a silly question, but a friend has been offered a 3-year old Ford
Focus that has done 42,000 miles, and I can see on his photos scuff
marks on the drivers and passenger seat.
He is wondering when would they migrate to tears and look unsightly?
5 years, 10 years?
On 11/02/2021 18:52, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
May be a silly question, but a friend has been offered a 3-year old
Ford Focus that has done 42,000 miles, and I can see on his photos
scuff marks on the drivers and passenger seat.
He is wondering when would they migrate to tears and look unsightly?
5 years, 10 years?
That very much depends on what the driver is wearing. It's unusual for passenger seats to look worn.
On 11/02/2021 19:23, Fredxx wrote:
On 11/02/2021 18:52, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
May be a silly question, but a friend has been offered a 3-year old
Ford Focus that has done 42,000 miles, and I can see on his photos
scuff marks on the drivers and passenger seat.
He is wondering when would they migrate to tears and look unsightly?
5 years, 10 years?
That very much depends on what the driver is wearing. It's unusual for
passenger seats to look worn.
Yup, that was what I was thinking when I saw the photos. Wondering on
the other hand if the mileage is genuine. eBay purchase. One previous
owner, a doctor.
But in my case, I've had "normal" cloth seats in a roughly used Octavia
that hadn't been torn as such, but then again I don't wear a hacking
jacket.
In comparison, are leather seats a worry that need undue attention?
Friend is elderly, wears a hacking jacket, wants this car to outlast him.
(In other news, I'm considering a car with leather seats myself)
Check MOT history as mileage should be noted. It's now far more
difficult to fudge odometer readings./
In comparison, are leather seats a worry that need undue attention?
Check MOT history as mileage should be noted. It's now far more
difficult to fudge odometer readings./
Fredxx <fredxx@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
Check MOT history as mileage should be noted. It's now far more
difficult to fudge odometer readings./
If it's under 3 years old there won't be any MOT history.
Fredxx <fredxx@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
Check MOT history as mileage should be noted. It's now far more
difficult to fudge odometer readings./
If it's under 3 years old there won't be any MOT history.
Service history may help though - I don't know if Ford have an online portal where you can pull up dealer service records if you know the VIN.
May be a silly question, but a friend has been offered a 3-year old Ford
Focus that has done 42,000 miles, and I can see on his photos scuff
marks on the drivers and passenger seat.
He is wondering when would they migrate to tears and look unsightly?
5 years, 10 years?
On 11/02/2021 19:59, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 11/02/2021 19:23, Fredxx wrote:
On 11/02/2021 18:52, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
May be a silly question, but a friend has been offered a 3-year old
Ford Focus that has done 42,000 miles, and I can see on his photos >>>> scuff marks on the drivers and passenger seat.
He is wondering when would they migrate to tears and look unsightly?
5 years, 10 years?
That very much depends on what the driver is wearing. It's unusual
for passenger seats to look worn.
Yup, that was what I was thinking when I saw the photos. Wondering on
the other hand if the mileage is genuine. eBay purchase. One previous
owner, a doctor.
Check MOT history as mileage should be noted. It's now far more
difficult to fudge odometer readings./
But in my case, I've had "normal" cloth seats in a roughly used
Octavia that hadn't been torn as such, but then again I don't wear a
hacking jacket.
In comparison, are leather seats a worry that need undue attention?
I would say leather seats are hard wearing. Someone else may be along to dispel my belief.
Friend is elderly, wears a hacking jacket, wants this car to outlast him.
(In other news, I'm considering a car with leather seats myself)
On 11/02/2021 19:23, Fredxx wrote:
On 11/02/2021 18:52, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
May be a silly question, but a friend has been offered a 3-year old
Ford Focus that has done 42,000 miles, and I can see on his photos
scuff marks on the drivers and passenger seat.
He is wondering when would they migrate to tears and look unsightly?
5 years, 10 years?
That very much depends on what the driver is wearing. It's unusual for
passenger seats to look worn.
Yup, that was what I was thinking when I saw the photos. Wondering on
the other hand if the mileage is genuine. eBay purchase. One previous
owner, a doctor.
May be a silly question, but a friend has been offered a 3-year old Ford
Focus that has done 42,000 miles, and I can see on his photos scuff
marks on the drivers and passenger seat.
He is wondering when would they migrate to tears and look unsightly?
5 years, 10 years?
Leather can be restored by re-colouring. Some splits can be patched.
On 11/02/2021 22:48, Theo wrote:
I'll see if I can post up a photo of the seats. They showed me it over a remote desktop session.
On 12/02/2021 11:58, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 11/02/2021 22:48, Theo wrote:
I'll see if I can post up a photo of the seats. They showed me it over a remote desktop session.
The scuffs turned out to be glare in a badly composed camera shot. They
are happy with the seats.
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