What are everyone's thoughts with how stain-resistant the standard textile seats are or will be? I have 2 young kids (3 & 7) so I'm concerned about them spilling things etc. I don't have too much experience with S seats (don't own a Tesla currently) but for those that have an S and maybe went to the X reveal, how do they compare?
We have a 10 and 12 year old and we're in the same boat. They're perfectly well behaved in the car (well, when they're not fighting), but with soccer and swimming and beach, and other activities, there definitely will be wet, sweaty and/or sandy bodies in the car fairly often. So we just got back from the Tesla store in Paramus and checked out the Model S seat options, which should be similar to the Model X. I also sat in the Ultra White seats at the reveal and I believe black leather too (test ride). At Paramus, only one of the 30 or so cars they had on the lot (mostly CPO cars) had the textile/artificial leather seats. This is the base seat material on the X. They looked pretty nice but my wife sat in them for about 5 seconds before she got up and said, "No thanks." For her it was about the feel of the seats, compared to sitting in the leather - "it felt like I was sitting in a Ford." My wife is not a car snob in any way, shape or form (she still thinks it's... well... "ludicrous" that we're spending this much on a car). But since we are, she wants the seats to be leather.
The textile does look like a very tight weave, seems fairly water resistant, and the artificial leather accents were hard to distinguish from leather. Overall, I'd say the textile seats are a fine option, and would hold up nicely, particularly if treated with scotchgard, or similar. I would have been OK with them. But it does mean that you can't get the Premium Upgrade Package (HEPA filter, Alcantara headliner and accents, LED fog lights, turning lights and interior lighting, and self-presenting driver's door). Getting the PUP *requires* that you get the leather or Ultra White upgraded seats. So of those options, we didn't much care for the tan, and liked the look of the black. I loved the Ultra White Seats at the reveal, but I can't get my wife to go along with that as she's convinced they won't hold up over time with kids. I told her "but Elon has 4 young boys and he got white!" And she pointed out that Elon can just tell someone, "give me new seats" and he'll get them. She also thinks he may have someone detailing his car every day so it always looks great. (Does that job comes with TSLA options? If so, I'll take it!). So, since the grey leather isn't available on the X, it looks like we'll get black leather as it will probably hold up the best overall in our household.
Similarly on the headliner, she thinks the light headliner might get dirty easily as people put their hands on it when getting into and out of the car. So although I like the contrast of the black seats, light headliner, we're most likely going with black leather, black headliner for lowest maintenance overall. I'm OK with that.
-CB