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Premature Ageing!
deccae:
Porsche need 75% of vw to start controlling things. This is due to some weird german law that they are trying
to get overturned.
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: deccae on May 04, 2009, 08:32:16 pm ---
Porsche need 75% of vw to start controlling things. This is due to some weird german law that they are trying
to get overturned.
--- End quote ---
....And even when/if Porsche do gain that control, it does not mean that gearboxes etc will be common to the various very different brands which constitute VW and the VAG group.
Just as leathers used won't be common to all. Aren't Bentley part of VAG? And do Bentley cars have these premature aging problems?
Rich:
I assume Bentley cars wont get used as much hence the less wear ?
Norbreck21a:
Just for information, I work for a German engineering company, and one of my colleagues family lives in a small village in Bavaria. There are 2 special farms there that supply cow skins to both the VW Group (for Bentleys) and BMW (for Rolls Royce). These farms are very tightly controlled. NO barbed wire is allowed anywhere on the farms (as this might mark the hides), and the cows are kept in special fields without hedges or trees to rub up against. It seems that the inspectors (yes they are inspected 3 times a year) are very keen on making sure that the hides are perfect.
AFAIK, both VW, BMW and Aston Martin use a similar set or farms over Germany, Scandinavia and Austria.
Somehow, I can't see this level of quality control going into a 23K car, no matters who makes it !
Ifti:
So whats the best stuff to use to keep the leather nice and fresh?
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