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I get this is a subjective opinion, but I happened to be in a tesla store this past weekend. They had a model x on the floor. The seat color chosen? WHITE. It was filthy and generally looked awful, not from a design perspective but a wear and tear perspective. I would have hoped they put more thought into their showroom than to put a color that amplifies dirt and grime on the seat.

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That's surprising. The white is not a leather, but a synthetic material. I heard it wears really well with minimal to no staining. I guess in a showroom, it gets more wear than normal.

Funny, I'd guess it gets much less wear than normal. Showroom cars are sat in for a couple of hours in total at best. Cars on the road do many more hours in the same timespan.

I’m surprised somewhat less by that and more by the fact that the staff isn’t doing a better job keeping them clean.

After all, how dirty could a typical Tesla storegoer be? I can’t imagine the answer to that would be “very”.

A new pair of dark-coloured jeans is enough to mess up light coloured seats; it's probably not 'dirt' in the traditional sense. (I agree with you that the staff should be ensuring the showroom stock is spotless.)

You'd be surprised. And what makes you think that the only person coming through a store in the largest mall in the city of Houston is necessarily a Tesla shopper. But largely, just repeated entry and exit into these showroom vehicles probably simulates 5 years of wear for every year they sit.

> And what makes you think that the only person coming through a store in the largest mall in the city of Houston is necessarily a Tesla shopper.

I don’t. I said “Tesla storegoer”. If a person enters a mall in which there is a Tesla store, they do not become a “Tesla storegoer” if they don’t enter...the Tesla store.

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