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i bought my sport fit in early august during the cash for clunkers sale. one big reason was to lug my kids around. i have two girls 4 and 2. they also love my fit but as kids can be they are very messy .if its not sand its spilled juice or any variety of food or mess. thus i was thinking about getting seat covers . there are low cost ones on ebay . has anyone bought them or any other type?
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How about teaching your kids not to eat and drink in the car?
OK...what about mud, dirt, puke, crayon, or any of a gazillion other non-food things for which kids have an uncanny knack of managing to get on upholstered surfaces?
I think the major concern with seat covers (at least on the front) is interference with side airbags. The better covers are supposed to break away, but cheaper covers may not.
I assume we're talking about back seat covers, bearing in mind the age of of your children?
Mine are older (although still messy in their way) but when they were younger I thought that seat covers were vital. It's not just about maintaining a car's appearance, but also about simply being able to remove them and toss them in the washing machine (which if you've ever had a dairy accident in the car you can appreciate). I would get ones that are as near waterproof as you can though, and a lot of the cheap ones I've seen wouldn't stop liquid flow at all.
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OK...what about mud, dirt, puke, crayon, or any of a gazillion other non-food things for which kids have an uncanny knack of managing to get on upholstered surfaces?
You make it sound like children cannot learn. I can assure you that they can learn and really quickly too. Their brains are like sponges.
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How about teaching your kids not to eat and drink in the car?
this is how i do it too. my interior is clean on both Fit's.
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Spills are one of the problems with cloth seats. There are options to get them professionally treated with waterproofing chemicals, but that isn't really healthy for kids. I have a two year old and with the exception of a milk cup, I won't allow anything else in there. In my wife's car with leather I am not so concerned. My vote is for no food in the car.
I assume we're talking about back seat covers, bearing in mind the age of of your children?
Mine are older (although still messy in their way) but when they were younger I thought that seat covers were vital. It's not just about maintaining a car's appearance, but also about simply being able to remove them and toss them in the washing machine (which if you've ever had a dairy accident in the car you can appreciate). I would get ones that are as near waterproof as you can though, and a lot of the cheap ones I've seen wouldn't stop liquid flow at all.
I had my husband get me some rear seat covers, I do a lot of miles with the kids to sport and my old english sheepdog comes with us so the covers were a must for me, it's nice to know I can just pull them off and toss them in the wash. The covers were custom made so they are a good fit and with some scotch guard any liquid can't soak into the seat.
Thank goodness I'm just an old man driving myself around 98% of the time.
At $235 a pop, I would have the interior re-upholstered first.
Luckily, I can get away with just a cushion on the driver seat to cut down on wear.
The little bit of eating that gets done in my car is with the car stopped, passenger door open, legs swung out the opening and biting into whatever it is while bending out over the pavement. I was obsessive compulsive before, but now after having this car it's become a terminal case !!
I've lost 10 lbs. just walking from the far corners of parking lots, in order not to get door dings!!!! If my wife ever wants to take it to a Penn State game, I'm going to have to start tailgating the night before to calm my nerves.
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How about putting on a roofrack and strap the kids up there? Or trade it in for a pickup truck and then put them in the bed? I'm kidding, but people really do sit in the back of pickups in just the bed. Still perfectly legal in AZ. They call it the Arizona limo.
Is anybody afraid of the airbag deployment when the front seats are covered? I mean the bag does have to tear through the seam in the seat to get where it needs to go.
my interior is clean on both Fit's.
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