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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2024 14:21:32 GMT
Cloth > leather every time. Velour > cloth.
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Post by Humph on Sept 4, 2024 14:28:43 GMT
I suppose velour would indeed have greater sound deadening properties, but having spent a year working in Tuscany with a Cortina so trimmed I can’t really recommend them for warmer climates.
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Post by WDB on Sept 4, 2024 14:48:34 GMT
Going through this at home at the moment. Velours and velvets have another advantage that matters less in a car: they are impervious to cat claws. We have two flat-weave sofas that two cats who never met have made it their business to shred, and two small moquette armchairs on which their best efforts have made no impression because the claws find nothing to engage with. We’re looking for some similar fabric to re-cover the sofas.
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Post by Humph on Sept 4, 2024 14:51:35 GMT
We have leather sofas, but then again, we don’t currently have a cat so it’s quite hard to judge if that provides any advantages.
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Post by WDB on Sept 4, 2024 14:56:38 GMT
I suspect leather would be an expensive disaster. Plus, it’s generally horrible to sit on at home, so unless you really need wipe-clean there too…
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Post by Humph on Sept 4, 2024 14:59:27 GMT
I like it.
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Post by bpg on Sept 4, 2024 15:02:28 GMT
I suppose velour would indeed have greater sound deadening properties... Thrones are usually velour. Royal families having some Germanic input maybe the currywurst theory has some merit. |
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Post by Humph on Sept 4, 2024 17:59:53 GMT
You might be on to something there bpg. Would explain the odd waving style from royal cars too. For years the public thought they were being acknowledged, when in fact the occupants were just wafting the whiffs out of the windows.
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Post by Humph on Sept 4, 2024 18:21:09 GMT
…and finally it seems we’ve discovered the real reason WDB doesn’t like leather seats or opening roofs.
Traffic lights.
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Post by bpg on Sept 10, 2024 23:06:36 GMT
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Post by WDB on Sept 11, 2024 6:01:30 GMT
Recalls are generally separate from warranty cover. The CLS had a recall for steering rack bolts when it was almost ten years old. No hint in the article that any EVs are affected — ‘integrated braking system’ may mean different things in different contexts — but they know where to find me.
The system, made by Continental, is used in a variety of BMW models that have come off the production lines since June 2022, including the BMW X1, X2 and X5 SUVs, the Mini Cooper and Countryman, and the luxury Rolls-Royce Spectre. It is understood only a small fraction of the cars potentially have the system malfunction.
Of more immediate concern is that the app control functions seem to have stopped working since it came back from the repair shop. I’ve hardly driven it in that time, so hard to investigate properly, but it’s no longer reporting its security status or accepting remote preconditioning instructions. Bother.
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Post by bpg on Sept 11, 2024 8:51:54 GMT
One report i read specifically mentioned the recall not affecting X3 or X4 models. No others were ruled out in that way.
Warranty or guarantee, hits the bottom line and it's not fully carried by the supplier in this case. Continental expect a hit in the tens of millions, BMW closer to 1bn€ (where's a swivel chair and a white cat when you need one?).
If you haven't used the car much and the app is doing odd things check the 12v battery. Not joking.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 11, 2024 10:45:15 GMT
Braking recall affects Clubmans?? I wonder? The X2 is similar I understand.
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Post by WDB on Sept 11, 2024 10:46:56 GMT
How old is yours, Esp? This is for cars made since 2022.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 11, 2024 10:47:59 GMT
Ah no - 2018 - phew
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