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Old 04-10-2011, 06:49 AM
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A friend of mine has an oyster interior...looks like crap. Why do people insist the light colors are easy to keep clean and look great??
Because it is. I take oyster over the plain Jane black any second of the millennium.
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Because it is. I take oyster over the plain Jane black any second of the millennium.

I have oyster, and it looks flawless!! I have a 4 year old with lots of 4 year old friends. Day to day scuffs just wipe off with my hand or a little water. Blue jeans marks come off immediately with some Mother's or Lexol leather cleaner. The 2-tone oyster & black looks, IMO, amazing. For like 15 years, I always got, black, black, black leather. Now with the oyster, I feel the black is so spartan, a little drab and so dark!!
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^^ Maybe you guys don't have kids, but there is no way that you are keeping light leather clean with toddlers and slightly older
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^^ Maybe you guys don't have kids, but there is no way that you are keeping light leather clean with toddlers and slightly older
Oyster is SO easy to keep clean. A four year old and lots of friends..and my X5 looks showroom new.

Remember, oyster has black carpets, door panels, black seat panels, etc. etc. I think easier than Sand beige to keep clean. I LOVE the oyster!!!

And black leather with little kids, shows every smudge mark too!!!

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^^ Maybe you guys don't have kids, but there is no way that you are keeping light leather clean with toddlers and slightly older
I have young kids and light leather has been no issue, a good quality leather cleaner and conditioner a leather brush and 15 minutes once a month and it looks like brand new all the time - black still needs cleaned just as much, but doesn't show the dirt, but it is still there and wearing out your leather!
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black still needs cleaned just as much, but doesn't show the dirt, but it is still there and wearing out your leather!
Can I possibly say that I agree 100000000000001%?
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It may be obvious to everyone, but, the darker the jeans, the more likely they are to rub off on your leather. I don't wear my dark jeans very often because I don't want them jacking up my oyster leather. I wear medium-light ones now and I'm not getting any transfer. I understand though that the color spectrum acceptable is wider for me, being a girl and all.

I wear jeans every day. I wouldn't fit in with the other developers if I didn't wear jeans! Heck, mine are high-class because they don't have non-designer holes in them.
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FWIW.. The same area (on the left of the driver's seat) gets quite dirty on mine too. Mine's what is it? Sandy beige or whatever? (perforated)

At first I thought "is this ACTUALLY coming apart already?" but no, it's just dirty. The rest of the seats get good use and they're spotless.

The dealer talked me out of nappa seats - said they don't hold up well and most of their customers are not very happy with them. I kind of had to listen because why would someone who makes a living selling me more and more expensive crap tell me not to buy it? I do also like having my fat butt ventilated. That car gets hot.

And yes, I think people with very light interiors are crazy too.
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And yes, I think people with very light interiors are crazy too.
Don't you have sand beige? Well, that means you are crazy too!!!

Sand beige has light carpets, door panels, door sills, etc, etc... Oyster/black is, for me, MUCH easier to keep looking brand new, compared to Sand Beige!
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