Drivers seat - side scuffing badly

[Ivansito]

I agree Madman, my contortionist days were over along time ago.

Then buy car accordingly?

 

[CoconutRob]

Agree madman. You know what sucks on this forum the group of people that refuse to see the bad in the car. It's ok people all cars have negatives. I appreciate the honest people on this forum.

 

[stingeradmr]

yes and they want to tell we don't know how to get in a car or we should buy another kind of car. lamo

 

[BlaydeX15]

I get it, it's a nice car, and you don't want to put the blame on the car. But it's like the subwoofer thing, or the hatch rattle, or the paint. It got ignored and people were told it was their fault repeatedly until it became a common enough thing that people accepted it as a real flaw.

Being able to avoid a problem doesn't mean that it should exist though. Telling people they're doing it wrong *cough* Steve Jobs *cough* shouldn't be used to cover up an unfortunate flaw. Seats should be designed to withstand years and years of in/egress, and while doing it wrong will obviously have an impact on the lifetime of the leather, your butt shouldn't be able to rub the seat (a surface designed for butts) apart after a few hundred 'incorrect' entrances.

So yeah, you can probably avoid it, but it raises legitimate concerns regardless.

 

[Ivansito]

 

[Tobstertx3]

All these years I’ve been doing it wrong......

 

[MerlintheMad]

Be prepared to be horrified...apparently they've lodged a warranty claim.

Yeah! That doesn't look like any dummy got in and out of that seat 20K times, does it? I'm appealing to Kia's claim that in testing the upholstery they put "Mini-jun" their 165 lb test dummy in and out of the car to reflect c. 13 years of getting in and out of a car four times a day (your number; heh! I'd say you missed that by more than a skosh!).

 

[Madman]

I get it, it's a nice car, and you don't want to put the blame on the car. But it's like the subwoofer thing, or the hatch rattle, or the paint. It got ignored and people were told it was their fault repeatedly until it became a common enough thing that people accepted it as a real flaw.

Being able to avoid a problem doesn't mean that it should exist though. Telling people they're doing it wrong *cough* Steve Jobs *cough* shouldn't be used to cover up an unfortunate flaw. Seats should be designed to withstand years and years of in/egress, and while doing it wrong will obviously have an impact on the lifetime of the leather, your butt shouldn't be able to rub the seat (a surface designed for butts) apart after a few hundred 'incorrect' entrances.

So yeah, you can probably avoid it, but it raises legitimate concerns regardless.

Yeah, same people would suggest can "avoid" having your faulty Takata airbag going off....

 

[mikeceli]

What about the person who owns a few cars, and only one has premature seat wear? Is he entering the affected car " incorrectly" and the others correctly?

 

[MerlintheMad]

What about the person who owns a few cars, and only one has premature seat wear? Is he entering the affected car " incorrectly" and the others correctly?

What about everybody else who isn't getting scuffs? I think that the common denominator is the driver paired to a Stinger. A different configuration causes different rubbing points, etc. I know that I get in and out of this car in ways I have never moved before.

 

[Madman]

What about everybody else who isn't getting scuffs? I think that the common denominator is the driver paired to a Stinger. A different configuration causes different rubbing points, etc. I know that I get in and out of this car in ways I have never moved before.

What about everybody else who isn't getting scuffs? I think that the common denominator is the driver paired to a Stinger. A different configuration causes different rubbing points, etc. I know that I get in and out of this car in ways I have never moved before.

Ford sold over 3 million Pintos. Lawyers claimed 3 deaths and 4 serious injuries from fuel tank fires after rear end collisions.....clearly the fault of those filling the tank incorrectly by your logic. Anyway, everyone is entitled to an opinion. Kia replaced mine under warranty. I'm monitoring the new scuffing.

 

[AV8R]

What about the person who owns a few cars, and only one has premature seat wear? Is he entering the affected car " incorrectly" and the others correctly?

Isn’t there a pill for premature seat wear?
Oh sorry wrong premature...lol!

 

[AV8R]

What about everybody else who isn't getting scuffs? I think that the common denominator is the driver paired to a Stinger. A different configuration causes different rubbing points, etc. I know that I get in and out of this car in ways I have never moved before.

I think the correct grammar is scuffing not scuffs. Lol
Right back at ya!

 

[Ivansito]

Isn’t there a pill for premature seat wear?
Oh sorry wrong premature...lol!

Your not too far off topic.

 

[stingeradmr]

Madman do they replace the whole back of the seat

 

[MerlintheMad]

I think the correct grammar is scuffing not scuffs. Lol
Right back at ya!

Is "scuffs" another one of those Aussie esoteric meanings for a word that everybody else uses without concern?

 

[westcoastGT]

Isn’t there a pill for premature seat wear?
Oh sorry wrong premature...lol!

Really ??

 

[AV8R]

Is "scuffs" another one of those Aussie esoteric meanings for a word that everybody else uses without concern?

No it is a description for a pair of shoes.

 

[MerlintheMad]

No it is a description for a pair of shoes.

How appropriate. I am very careful where I place my "scuffs", especially getting in and out of my car.

 

[AV8R]

How appropriate. I am very careful where I place my "scuffs", especially getting in and out of my car.

Keep them on your feet would be a good idea. The scuffing comes from your butt!
I have had no issues with leather on my GT2. Some other Aussie owners have been using leather conditioner to soften the leather to help prevent the scuffing should it occur. No data to prove that it helps though.