[Main Other Cars Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos how long do you plan to own them? Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Snowmobile [Email] (#686) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Mon, 12 May 2014 06:55:36 In Reply to: What brands have the best seats?, AeroEd, Sat, 10 May 2014 08:12:23 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

The leather in our 2004 9-5 is not really as nice as in our c900's but over time, all seating surfaces start to degrade. The non-seating parts of most seats are not leather anyway (even on our 1989 c900 - the seat backs are well disguised vinyl), so while leather is nicer, I'm not sure how much that matters to folks nowadays?

What matters way more is the structure of the seat - how it feels. If you must have leather and plan to keep the car long enough to wear it out, you can often change out the seat skins (a little trickier if they have airbags in them) to make them look new again... but if the seating support is not what fits you... well, there is not a huge amount one can do (ok I suppose there is Recaro, or frankensteining something nicer in - iirc, there's a guy here who fitted some 9000 aero seats into his pickup)...

Seats would be only 1 of many factors in choosing a car. How they feel would take priority for me vs how they look... but to each his own.

Oh, and in terms of resale - if volvo seats wear faster, well, as long as you take better care of your seats than other volvo owners, you will have a nicer looking (more valuable) volvo to sell when the time comes!

The volvos I've sat in have been very comfortable, and to a large extent, have ergonomics that at least have some familiarity to a Saab owner. Volvo would be high on my list of brands if there weren't so many good used cheap saabs around!

• What brands have the best seats?, AeroEd, Sat, 10 May 2014 08:12:23
  • how long do you plan to own them?, Snowmobile , Mon, 12 May 2014 06:55:36 <-- Viewing This Message
    • quite a while, AeroEd, Mon, 12 May 2014 09:21:46
      • Re: quite a while, Snowmobile , Tue, 13 May 2014 08:13:50
  • another vote for MB-Tex, John in Bismarck, Mon, 12 May 2014 05:22:42
  • Re: What brands have the best seats?, Dan-O, Sun, 11 May 2014 07:47:53
    • Is SAAB leather just that much better, AeroEd, Sun, 11 May 2014 14:43:23
      • Don't think so, DE , Sun, 11 May 2014 15:55:02
  • Volvo sport seats, Dano in Texas , Sun, 11 May 2014 06:41:17
    • Re: Volvo sport seats, AeroEd, Sun, 11 May 2014 07:06:26
      • Re: Volvo sport seats - Ocean race, Dano in Texas , Sun, 11 May 2014 12:15:32
  • MB-Tex, JMF, Sat, 10 May 2014 16:23:57
    • Verano leather seats are nicer than the C-class., Norm9-5, Wed, 14 May 2014 05:37:24
      • which 9-5?, Snowmobile , Sat, 17 May 2014 17:57:26
        • 04 Arc like yours. 00 Aero had the same seats. NM, Norm95, Sun, 18 May 2014 05:37:50
          • maybe, but none since, AeroEd, Tue, 20 May 2014 09:15:27
      • huh, I believe what he (might have) said was:, AeroEd, Wed, 14 May 2014 10:00:51
        • Drive all new from the dealership, then shopped used., Norm9-5, Wed, 14 May 2014 18:52:32
          • Prefer Tartar sauce or lemon with your Red Herring? n/m, AeroEd, Thu, 15 May 2014 03:05:55
            • C-class can double the price of a Buick Verano., Norm9-5, Thu, 15 May 2014 07:55:48
    • How do you like the C-class, tom, Tue, 13 May 2014 20:12:56
      • Re: How do you like the C-class, JMF, Wed, 14 May 2014 14:41:37
        • thanks n/m, tom, Thu, 15 May 2014 20:44:30
  • Re: What brands have the best seats?, dtechakacheaptech, Sat, 10 May 2014 13:17:51
  • Data point, DE , Sat, 10 May 2014 08:53:32

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