Is Artico as good as leather..?

[whitenemesis]

Surely all leather is "man made"? Otherwise it's just skin...

Pedantry aside, I've read many MB sales treaties and they are very clear on what is leather and what is not. Guess their legal eagles have been busy...

 

[television]

From "Collins" Leather = A material consisting of the skin of an animal.

 

[L John]

From "Collins" Man-made = Made or produced by man; artificial

As Whitenemesis jokingly pointed out, even real leather is man made.

 

[JBell]

Surely all leather is "man made"? Otherwise it's just skin...

No it's Cow made, man fettled

 

[PovertySpec]

I think that one could say that a top end car with leather and a few goodies in the £12k secondhand price bracket could influence the price by up to £1k

All true but some cultures simply will not buy a car with a flayed deity stitched to the seat frame.

Utterly bonkers, in reality, but there it is.

 

[John Laidlaw]

is 'Artico' short for 'Artificial Cow' then??

 

[whitenemesis]

is 'Artico' short for 'Artificial Cow' then??

Yes! Those Germans are nothing if not obvious..

 

[television]

Artificial cow is künstliche Kuh in German, where as Artico is the same in both.

 

[JBell]

Artificial cow is künstliche Kuh in German, where as Artico is the same in both.

Artico actually means Arctic so basically it's just cold seats (sits and waits for the "I have bum warmers in mine" comments)

 

[whitenemesis]

I have bum warmers in mine!




(Didn't like to keep you waiting too long.. )

 

[John Laidlaw]

I have bum warmers in mine!

 

[television]

I have bum warmers in mine!

Are they made in leather.

 

[JBell]

Are they made in leather.

No, Germany

 

[John Laidlaw]

Are they made in leather.

no but my bum is!

 

[JBell]

no but my bum is!

You can get cream for that!!!!

 

[John Laidlaw]

I did, that's why it's like leather

 

[JBell]

I did, that's why it's like leather

Liquid??

 

[television]

I did, that's why it's like leather

Do you have a his and hers set John

 

[flowrider]

Do you have a his and hers set John

An optional extra for anyone that wants to sit on leather in their new Merc.

 

[littlebrooklyn]

We've got Artico in our car, I think all of our Mercs have had that, but we did have leather in our Porsche. Can't say I noticed any difference between them

Being half German, when I was younger my mum used to send me to school wearing a dirndl dress, can you imagine