Chocofishez

Are these things as bad to clean as I think they might be? Dealer is coming to bat for me on a great deal on an '10. Has everything I want except the interior color.

I think it looks stunning in the showroom but... well you know.

Am I ever going to think it's clean?

PGHE350

I have sahara beige on mine. It is a beautiful color and not to bad to keep clean. Mine looks perfect after 2500 miles. You just have to be a little cautious with getting stuff on it (dirty hands, drinks etc.)

RW C55

keep ur hands clean and try not to wear jeans.

emericr

I have sahara beige as well and I love the color combo with dark grey.
It is my daily driver and after 12K, it still looks brand new.
I am careful with what goes on the seats and I clean up like I would on normal seats.
It just shows the dirt more and you just have to clean a bit more often.

black-clk500

[QUOTE=RW C55;4435775]keep ur hands clean and try not to wear jeans.[/QUOTE]

+1

Try explaining that to your passengers too--simple for me, always black interior for me, I spend enough time outside making the car look good, I don't want to worry about the inside too.

Jeans on a rainy day=

Chocofishez

[quote=black-clk500;4435832]Are you referring to ink stains? I wear jeans all the time...

Do they wash out easily (like dirt) or is it more intense? Dammit now I'm worried already.

PetroC63

White is going to be hard to keep clean.

My brother had a 35th anniversary corvette, white on white
and it was a pain to keep clean.

It can be done but be prepared to clean it often.

RW C55

Ever notice the blue stain on white sneakers? Yeah that's the dye in ur jeans, and it's going to stain the white seats as well.
imho it's really not THAT bad. It will probably annoy you for the first few months after the first stain, but similar to the swirl marks on black cars, you'll learn to live with it. White leather seats are still sexy to look at even with the stain.

black-clk500

The rubbing on the seats, especially our heavily bolstered fronts will show jeans staining and dirty marks.
Not a good idea for a daily driver IMO.
If you're at all ****, forget it, it will drive you nutty.
Use the search on here I can recall reading a few threads about this--not all C63s too.

I guess you could replace all of your jeans with MC Hammer pants, that way you'll slide right into the seats, no rubbing

Chocofishez

Thanks for the insight guys. I think I'm going to go for it. I've had lots of black interiors... think it's time for something new and I just won't let any dirty a55es in the car

emericr

You will be fine. Mine is a DD and I wear jeans. I have not had any stains yet and believe me, it rains in SW Fl.

JeffDL

any pictures of these seats?

yamahazing

May I ask - why do people keep referring to it as "white" interior? It is called sahara beige and in reality it looks like a sickly yellow. But it's better than black IMHO which looks boring, depressing and gets really hot in the summer. I think Ash is the best.

ruthless

they seem pretty white to me even though that may not be the official color name

Mort

I think the white balance is way off in these pictures. The actual colour is a creamy yellow colour and does not look white at all in person.

JeffDL

oh so it's been sahara beige all the time. I thought alpaca might have been a new option for 2011. white is white. those seats are tan.

Chocofishez

The color of the car in question is 'alpaca grey' and it's definitely white in person, not tan or beige at all. Like an eggshell white.

Also, the underside of the dash (which borders the console) is the same color unlike the pics above.

When I get it in my hands (I bought it yesterday) I'll post pics and you can see the contrast to the pics above.

yamahazing

Is this a European or Canadian model? In the US, the only choice for leather interior seems to be black, sahara beige and ash grey.

Chocofishez

Canadian car.

jvanbrecht

I wear jeans all the time.. alot.. so far, no dye has come off onto my seats. It's my daily driver as well.

The biggest issue your going to have is rubbing the seat bolster getting in and out of the car so it wears prematurely...

Mort

In Canada the interior colour choices in AMG Nappa Leather are Black, Black/Sahara Beige and Black/Alpaca Grey. The plastic bits are black in all three interior choices.

The Alpaca Grey should be the same as Ash Grey in the USA.

yamahazing

Ok, that makes sense, it's just that some of the guys here called it Alpaca white

KCviper

Looks very nice. Just be prepared with your favorite detail products.....