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      01-25-2013, 09:24 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by ACZakka325i View Post
I'd like to add my two cents here.

I went with the black leatherette mostly to keep the cost of the car down. But what I will say is that the quality of the leather in this car is pretty disappointing. The other car in our family is a GM and it is very comparable to that. I was expecting more. Perhaps its because I used to spend time in my father's 7-series and my last car, an 08 m3. The leather in those two cars is of a higher quality. Why spend money on cheap leather anyway. I'd do it only for smell.
BMW is German, they believe in the class system. Buy a 7er, get nice leather, buy an entry level model, get leather that's waxed within a millimeter of being fake. M cars tend to get a mild amount of respect, my M Coupe had Nappa leather, the same as the 7er, but our 1er and X1 have really cheap, heavily waxed, closed pore leather.
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