by Will Est » Sat, 22 May 1993 12:45:21
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by Will Est » Sun, 23 May 1993 02:41:49
Interesting follow-up: I found one shop in the entire Bay Area that
specializes in car seats, and they want $100-$150 PER SEAT to
construct custom vinyl car seats. I called over 50 different
auto stores, and every Toyota dealer in the phone book, and not
one had a waterproof car seat cover for a Previa (or any other
car, I might add).
Seems to me that there is a huge market opportunity here for
some company. What person who buys a minivan doesn't occasionally
take it to the beach or some other place where the car seats
might get wet? It has to be worth $25/seat to have some
simple protective cover that you could slip on top of the car seat and
then remove and wash down later. Amazing that no one has done
anything to produce such a basic car accessory....
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by Kevin Moo » Sun, 23 May 1993 09:04:24
Rather than pay big bucks for custom seat covers, why don't you put on
sheep skin or cloth seat covers with plastic sheets under them?
(Garbage bags would probably work.) Something has to absorb the water
and mud. Either the seat covers will absorb the water or your floor
will absort the water, which leads to rusted floorboards.
Here is what I have done for my Toyota 4WD. I have sheep skin seat
covers that I bought at Price Club for $35-40 each when my truck was
new (1987). On the floor of my truck, I have the standard Toyota floor
matts with cheap rubbber rectangular Grand Auto floor matts on top.
If I decide to drive home in my wetsuit, I simply pull up the small
floor matt on the passenger side and sit on it while I drive (15 minutes).
My seats still look new and don't smell like the Bay. (You really have
to know how bad parts of the S.F. Bay smell to appreciate this.)
Generally, I change my clothes at the sailing site. I always remove my
wetsuit and booties outside my truck. I wear light nylon running shorts
under my wetsuit, which allows me to change outside and not bring in
lots of Bay water into my truck. Usually my booties are so grimey, I
put them in a plastic bag. The wetsuit goes in the back with my other
sailing gear. The booties get dropped off outside my door to dry off
and I rinse off the wetsuit in the shower while I'm waiting for the
water to heat up.
- Kevin
by Richard Engelbrecht-Wigga » Sun, 23 May 1993 12:17:05
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by alex colbu » Mon, 24 May 1993 02:20:47
>Interesting follow-up: I found one shop in the entire Bay Area that
>specializes in car seats, and they want $100-$150 PER SEAT to
>construct custom vinyl car seats. I called over 50 different
>auto stores, and every Toyota dealer in the phone book, and not
>one had a waterproof car seat cover for a Previa (or any other
>car, I might add).
Its cheap, comfortable and keeps the mud off, does anyone else have
ideas? Since it is new car, I'm being increadibly ***
about keeping it clean. Maybe in 4 years after I've paid it off
I'll mellow out a bit, but it would be nice if the interior wasn't
full of lake grunge by then.
Alex.
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by Jaime Corde » Tue, 25 May 1993 00:31:43
>Interesting follow-up: I found one shop in the entire Bay Area that
>specializes in car seats, and they want $100-$150 PER SEAT to
>construct custom vinyl car seats. I called over 50 different
>auto stores, and every Toyota dealer in the phone book, and not
>one had a waterproof car seat cover for a Previa (or any other
>Seems to me that there is a huge market opportunity here for
>some company. What person who buys a minivan doesn't occasionally
>take it to the beach or some other place where the car seats
>might get wet? It has to be worth $25/seat to have some
>simple protective cover that you could slip on top of the car seat and
>then remove and wash down later. Amazing that no one has done
>anything to produce such a basic car accessory....
Anyway, I'm sure you know how to ask questions about a product. It's priced
at $28.00, marked *WAY* down from $29.00 (wow!).
You can contact Windsurfing Express at 6043 NM 167 Street, Miami, FL, 33015
800-843-7873, or FAX:305-822-2839.
Let us know how this turns out. You can't be the only one who has wanted
one of these after a "not quite high tide" Palo Alto session.
Jaime
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by Will Est » Tue, 25 May 1993 03:30:44
: Anyway, I'm sure you know how to ask questions about a product. It's priced
: at $28.00, marked *WAY* down from $29.00 (wow!).
Geez, I'm a sucker for those Summer windsurfing 3.4% bargain sales. :)
: You can contact Windsurfing Express at 6043 NM 167 Street, Miami, FL, 33015
: 800-843-7873, or FAX:305-822-2839.
: Let us know how this turns out. You can't be the only one who has wanted
: one of these after a "not quite high tide" Palo Alto session.
Well I know I must be gettin really desparate, because I just ordered
two of these lovely *pink* on grey seat covers. %-> Hmm, I think maybe
my next purchase should be some privacy glass so no one can peek in and see
the pink seat covers. :)
Remind me in a month or so and I'll post a review of these.
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by Jim Munro x24 » Wed, 26 May 1993 03:43:25
>Don't be so amazed, someone *HAS* produced such a device. After searching
>several times through both Windsurfing and West Coast Windsurfing, I looked
>as a last resort at the Windsurfing Express "summer madness" catalog, page
I have an O'Neill 'Windskin' suit which as all smooth neoprene on the outside.
It dries off completely pretty quick so I can drive home with my suit on with
no ill effects to my upholstery. I get a few dribbles out of the legs onto the
carpet, but thats all. You would get those anyway with a seat cover.
Jim Munro
by Peter Som » Thu, 27 May 1993 09:30:56
by Peter Som » Thu, 27 May 1993 11:50:41
by Ken Poult » Thu, 03 Jun 1993 18:01:42
Ken Poulton
by Al Aflle » Sat, 05 Jun 1993 03:06:58
I just saw in my Windsurfing Express Catalog a seat
protector. The order # is 4257003 "Seat Protector".
There number is 1-800-843-7873. Good Luck!
al
by Will Est » Sun, 06 Jun 1993 14:44:35
: I just saw in my Windsurfing Express Catalog a seat
: protector. The order # is 4257003 "Seat Protector".
: There number is 1-800-843-7873. Good Luck!
I ordered them, and they are pink from top to bottom (the picture in
the catalog at least has grey on the bottom). I called WE and they
claim that Pink is the only color this company makes them in.
I can't believe this. One company in the whole world makes plastic
seat covers, and the guy who owns it is color-blind. :) Just my
luck.
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by Bob Galv » Tue, 08 Jun 1993 16:45:24
When I got my van, I went to a canvas shop and had custom waterproof seat
covers made (I'm a diver and I drive around in my suit a lot). They cost
about $100 each, but they're worth it. They stay on all the time.
But when you're windsurfing, why drive home in your suit? I get into my
suit after I rig, and get back into dry clothes before I derig. Feels much
better, IMHO.
by Will Est » Wed, 09 Jun 1993 13:53:26
: When I got my van, I went to a canvas shop and had custom waterproof seat
: covers made (I'm a diver and I drive around in my suit a lot). They cost
: about $100 each, but they're worth it. They stay on all the time.
: But when you're windsurfing, why drive home in your suit? I get into my
: suit after I rig, and get back into dry clothes before I derig. Feels much
: better, IMHO.
I do take my suit off too, but I wear a swimsuit underneath, and it
does soak through when I sit on the seat. Also, I tend to reach
into the car in-between runs, and this inevitably drips water too.
Finally, in my Previa, the two captain's chairs in the middle of the
car are being used as platforms to lay the miscellaneous gear on,
and most of that is still pretty wet, even after giving them some
time to dry.
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