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Driver's seat with 160k kms....

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  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Don't think so personally. It's worm on the leather in the bolster and the seat area.

    Both those particular sections will wear after about 80k and get progressively worse over 100k

    It's common wear area in any car and the seat material would probably amplify it. It's not Nappa leather your dealing with here..


  • #3
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,559 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    A little bit of wear?

    It's not like the shape of the seat has broken down..

    Looks fine to me for that mileage


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Happens faster if the driver is fond of the dinner!


  • #5
    micks_address
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,004 ✭✭✭micks_address


    lawred2 wrote: »
    A little bit of wear?

    It's not like the shape of the seat has broken down..

    Looks fine to me for that mileage

    Yeah I don't think you can judge mileage by seat wear.. I had a problem with leather bolster wearing out after six months in a car... Lot of factors at play..


  • #6
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    The seatbelt flexibility was always the giveaway


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  • #7
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    The seat wear is subjective, but I can confirm that the whole car looks like a POS.


  • #8
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    The raised seat bolster on that would be subject to more wear than a flatter seat. Also, if the previous owner made a lot of short journeys, the seat would be subject to increased wear from entering and exiting. Looks fine to me.

    (It also has done only 500kms since being NCTed in April).


  • #9
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    The raised seat bolster on that would be subject to more wear than a flatter seat. Also, if the previous owner made a lot of short journeys, the seat would be subject to increased wear from entering and exiting. Looks fine to me.

    (It also has done only 500kms since being NCTed in April).

    NCT was done on the 10th May. Expires next April.
    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    The seat wear is subjective, but I can confirm that the whole car looks like a POS.

    This. Probably not clocked, but it is awful.


  • #10
    shane b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭shane b


    I bought a 09 Octavia elegance with leather seats recently. The car has 185k kms on it and the drivers seat is in a similiar condition.
    If you decide to buy one thing that could be upgraded is the radio. The CD player in mine didn't work so I upgraded to a Bolero touchscren unit. Cost me about 120 euro.


  • #11
    GustavoFring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭GustavoFring


    Those seats do go like that. The pleather on them isn't the best.

    Car does look like a turd though.


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  • #12
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You could be lucky owner number 6, last change in December.


  • #13
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭corks finest


    terrydel wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-vrs-170bhp-2009-low-mileage/22070478

    Nice car but that seat looks like it's seen a lot more than 164k kms to me.
    Too much arse


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