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I suppose I could make this a poll, but it is just a trend I thought I'd seek comment on.
I'm not a huge fan of the seat fabric on the 4.2, and when I was shopping around for the car, if I *ever* saw the word leather mentioned, it was an extremely rare case indeed. But, the idea of having leather instead of the fabric seats was planted and it has germinated (maybe I should go for a "wound" metaphor instead of a plant and say "festered" ;-}).
Still, rare though leather may have been on the 4.2 series, it WAS an option. I've surfed the 4.3 section lo these recent months and noticed that a fairly high percentage of buyers are getting theirs outfitted with leather. Is this a case of first-year model buyers tending toward the expensive options or Toyota's regional demographic modelling indicating that more would want leather as an option?
I've considered trying to find 4.2 RAV leather seats at a junk yard or the Katzkin option (blame Becky) at some point. Due to leather seeming to be an ultra-rare option I wouldn't expect to ever find what I want at a junk yard.
Hmm. What was my question again? Oh, yeah. 8-}
Why are leather seats in the 4.3 series so popular right now, and why does it seem like they were almost non-existent in the 4.2 series?
Thanks for any input,
-Brian
I'm not a huge fan of the seat fabric on the 4.2, and when I was shopping around for the car, if I *ever* saw the word leather mentioned, it was an extremely rare case indeed. But, the idea of having leather instead of the fabric seats was planted and it has germinated (maybe I should go for a "wound" metaphor instead of a plant and say "festered" ;-}).
Still, rare though leather may have been on the 4.2 series, it WAS an option. I've surfed the 4.3 section lo these recent months and noticed that a fairly high percentage of buyers are getting theirs outfitted with leather. Is this a case of first-year model buyers tending toward the expensive options or Toyota's regional demographic modelling indicating that more would want leather as an option?
I've considered trying to find 4.2 RAV leather seats at a junk yard or the Katzkin option (blame Becky) at some point. Due to leather seeming to be an ultra-rare option I wouldn't expect to ever find what I want at a junk yard.
Hmm. What was my question again? Oh, yeah. 8-}
Why are leather seats in the 4.3 series so popular right now, and why does it seem like they were almost non-existent in the 4.2 series?
Thanks for any input,
-Brian