“Hey Brendan,” runs the e-mail from our illustrious ed., Ed, “I was wondering if you wanted to take on the most challenging story I’m currently facing: making the new Honda CR-V interesting.”
Fat chance.
“Don’t get taken in by the free bacon!”
Wait, what now? Free bacon? I’M THERE.
TTAC commentator mistercopacetic writes:
Dear Mr. Mehta,
Big fan of TTAC and Piston Slap. I have a 2001 Honda CR-V with a cloth interior which I would like to switch out for a leather interior. I am doing this mostly because I am too cheap to buy a new car, but want to feel like I am driving a new car with leather seats. I found a store online selling a Roadwire leather seat kit for $595, on sale until June 15 from $962 list. It looks like this is a replacement interior, not just seat covers, so I will be pulling out the old seats, removing the cloth from the seat frame, and installing the leather. My question: is this something I can do myself, or is it better to get a professional installer? I would like to save some cash, but if it is a job that requires expertise I would rather pay someone who knows what they are doing. I’ve searched some forums online and my impression is that an aftermarket leather interior can either look terrible or meet or exceed a factory leather interior in look and quality, depending on the skill of the installer.
Recent Comments
schmitt trigger - Or, if IBM had gone bankrupt and changed its name to HAL…..oops, that name was already taken.
gslippy - Sure, but when people tasted 6s and 8s, 4s became less popular. So for the last 3 decades, mfrs have tried to simulate the performance of a 6 or 8 by...
mcs - “Tesla will soon be facing fierce competition from the ELR.” What?? the ELR is a 2 door 4 passenger coupe and the Tesla is a much faster...
Type57SC - It is pretty impressive that Musk is buying $100MM of the offering to maintain his ownership level. That is a nosebleed valuation to be buying...
redseca2 - All I know is: 1. In San Francisco I see them everyday. More common than that other american luxury car, Cadillac. 2. My Tesla stock has tripled.
mkirk - It involved the purchase of an 80 that had a mint brown interior in cloth manual seats that I fell in love with followed by my discovering that...
wsn - +1
gslippy - Consumers and regulators don’t want to part with: 10 airbags powered full-area moonroofs 20″ wheels 5-star crash ratings 0-60 in 6.0 seconds...
gslippy - Your post is a good read, although I’ll nitpick a couple points. The Hyundai 2.0T regularly gets excellent reviews for its immediate throttle response,...
wagonsonly - There are a couple in Massachusetts that reserve the right of way for entering traffic – one on each end of the Rt. 202 bridge (the Muller Bridge)...