Hi All

Would appreciate some help on Leather Colours.

I current have a RRS Stornaway Grey / Alpaca. I like the light interiors, but now that I am looking to trade up to the 2010/11 model Alpaca has been removed.

I think Almond looks a bit dull (think the Nutmeg carpets dont help), so I'm thinking Ivory with contrast stitching. At the mo I am going for S Grey and Ivory.

Question - Is Ivory a nightmare to keep clean? Does it look tired after a couple of years or is it all fine? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Many thanks

I had Ivory in my first RRS and had it for three years and even though it's quite easy to keep cleanish I am more than glad I went with the Ebony for my current car. After the three years it did look a bit tired.

It's kind of more relaxing driving around sitting on Ebony leather and the same holds true for your passengers. SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE BUG AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE WINDSHIELD

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Have just gone from Ebony to Ivory.......................... after a month the driver's seat has brown leather dye from a belt on the seat back.......................... never saw that when I had the Ebony leather 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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mashy i have the ivory interior on mine had car since november and still looks as good as new only time it has had any marks on was when dealer had it for gearbox fault they didnt cover seats the dirty but marks came straight of with leather wipes  2016 bmw x5 40d m-sport space grey
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I have Ivory for 6 months now. It's as good as new with a regular wipe down. I like it but I would be happy with Ebony, too. If I was ordering the car again I would still struggle with this choice. I think I prefer Ivory. Every silver lining has a cloud

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mashy wrote:

.. Is Ivory a nightmare to keep clean? Does it look tired after a couple of years or is it all fine? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Ivory looks great - Just make sure that you don't wear new blue or black jeans or dark coloured dyed clothing or new leather belts (unless covered by a jacket or pullover) and be prepared for an extra cleaning routine. I've been running my FFRR with Ivory interior for just over a month - the seat squabs have been OK but my brown leather belt has stained the driver's seat back and as it's leather polish on the belt it's proving very difficult to clean off. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I had my orginial '05 RRS for 5 years with Ivory and it still looked great when I sold it and I have just replaced it with Ivory on the new '10 RRS, it's only doing distance in new unwashed jeans that need consideration!