non-leather seat option?

[doug]

Lets not give people a hard time about their beliefs/preferences. I like a good steak and the feel of leather too, but still respect those that prefer not to consume/use animal products. Anyhow, there is probably enough demand that Tesla should probably offer a non-leather option.

 

[GSP]

^^^^^^ Well said Doug.

It is interesting to see the range of preferences on this subject. It's not hard to understand and respect all of them.

GSP

 

[vfx]

Tesla's electric cars bring out all sorts of people that are not normally associated with the Supercar world. Nothing wrong with that. As long as the right wingers are cool with the left wingers and vice versa! Same with crazy paint jobs and wacky interiors. To each his own.

 

[Kevin Harney]

YEAH !!! like copper ?!??!! Who would pick that

 

[ljbad4life]

I personally can't stand leather seats that are not ventilated. No matter how cool the interior gets, I never get comfortable if I'm sitting on non cooled leather seats. of Course heated seats are a great thing in the winter. I'm sure Tesla will include both heated and cool seats just for efficiency reasons.

 

[voyagevixen]

We have nonleather Alcantara seats in our roadster

 

[bagleyc]

Please sign this petition to increase awareness of the limited options regarding Non-Leather interiors on one of the most eco-friendly automobiles available. Tesla Motors does offer textile-based interior for the base Model S, but does not yet offer non-leather interiors for the luxury and performance versions.

Ask Tesla Motors to offer Non-Leather / Vegan options for all models. - The Petition Site

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

I liked the two-toned look and the no-back-sweat aspect of the cloth seats but, back when I finalized (August, 2012), the cloth seats were missing key features that were only available with leather seats (a $1.5k option back then) - seat memory with the driver profiles and heated seats.

And, although my car was finally produced in January, 2013 at which point the heated, memory-clad cloth seats were available under the new pricing scheme ($2.5k more than 2012 orders), there was no going back as my car had entered production.

Given a chance today, I'd definitely take the vegan option. Not that I don't eat meat (and occasionally red meat too) but, the presumption or prevailing wisdom that leather-means-luxury is unfortunate.

 

[ddruz]

I just drove a loaner for a couple days that had textile seats. They were much more comfortable than my leather seats. If I had to do it over again, I would definitely go with textile now that it is available with all the other options.

 

[jerry33]

I would have loved to have the fabric seats, but when I ordered you couldn't get seat heaters with fabric. Also I don't like the black--makes the interior too dark. FWIW, I haven't touched meat in way more years than I have fingers and toes.

 

[NigelM]

Mod Note: some posts went here - Animal-Activism

We'll forgive the occasional rant but there's no room here for haranguing people over their personal choices.

 

[dsm363]

For those that had to look up haranguing like I did:smile:

harangue |həˈraNG| noun
a lengthy and aggressive speech.
verb
lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner:
haranguer noun

 

[brianman]

For those that had to look up haranguing like I did:smile:

harangue |həˈraNG| noun
a lengthy and aggressive speech.
verb
lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner:
haranguer noun

"badger" kind of

Nigel should have used that since it's a more animal word.