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A reporter from a large national newspaper is looking to speak to anyone who has purchased a small car in the past couple of months. If you purchased this car as an additional car for the family versus a replacement, please note that as well. Please provide your daytime contact info to ctalati edmunds.com no later than Thursday, May 10, 2007.
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Replying to: tonyvmazda3 (May 07, 2007 7:22 pm) What city are you located in?
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Replying to: plekto (May 09, 2007 9:53 am) What city are you located in? What a concept! Are you suggesting replacing the entire front and back flooring? Or just a "toss in floor mat" so to speak? That might be worth it when current one gets run down, but probably not just yet. Are there certain places that do this that you can direct us to online? (re: where are you at?) |
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As odd as it sounds at first, the front and middle(rear cargo area is thicker, evidently) is one big piece and really is worth upgrading to something tough enough to last a decade or more. The stock "carpet" is more like a covering and will wear thin in a very very short time. I'm in Los Angeles(know a few very good places here) - but look in any book under auto upholstery and call around. The best ones will cut and make the piece(s) by hand on a nice thick backing. Something like 1/4 inch thick combined, versus 1/16th by the looks of it for stock. |
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Has anyone had leather seats installed? I've ordered leather and will likely have it installed this week. Just curious if anyone else has done this. I'm going thru Classic Softtrim. M
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Replying to: mklein2 (May 21, 2007 2:20 pm) M Brittany Spears, is that you?  Just kidding. Sorry, I couldn't resist cracking on the leather. Curious, as I have considered a change in the seat covers, does the leather create an issue with the safety of the side airbags? Could it void warranty, risk danger to passengers, and subsequently lower trade in/value of the car?
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Replying to: fitluver (May 22, 2007 8:56 pm) The leather is patterned to factory specs, and they actually have a recommended color for each vehicle. I'm not going w/the recommended color for my fit, which was black (i have a storm silver). Going with a grey instead. It's actually a pretty interesting site. http://www.classicsofttrim.com/find.jsp? M |
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That's exactly why I recommended replacing the carpets as well. Factory interiors are exactly like factory tires, brakes, and so on. If the car isn't a top-trim/luxury model, it's built to a price and quite often the factory choices stink compared to aftermarket. And it's not pleather or textured man-made leather(which even makes its way into Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Cadillac, and other high end cars the cost-cutting is so pervasive. Real leather seats will last twenty years or more, and feel great in the winter and summer. Plus, small great. If they have an option for higher-grade leather, spend the extra hundred or so for it - you want it to be full grain/thickness, which is about double what typical cheap leather in cars is.
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Replying to: plekto (May 23, 2007 10:40 am) Plus even though I drive my dogs around in the cargo area, their hair still manages to float about, and clean-up with leather is so nice. M |
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Take a look at this.. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/AUTO01/707180396/1148 May trade my 07 FIT Sport for this..However it will take a big mpg increase to justify. I love my FIT!!
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