Hole in leather (help!)

[Mr.Law]

Eleni often drives my car as she's very responsible, but this morning she drove the MX-5 to work with a co-worker who had a cigarette which fell onto the seat, burning a hole into the leather. It's not too noticeable, but knowing that it's there bothers me. And besides, it's a new car. What can I/should I do? Eleni feels horrible about this; she even asked this girl NOT to light up, but evidently some people don't have any respect for others' things. No offense to anyone, but I can't stand smoking. As you might imagine, I'm feeling very :mad: (sick) (pissed) (sad1)

 

[Dimitrios]

OMG. I don't even let people freaking drink in my car, much less ponder smoking.

Try taking it to the dealer seeing that it's an MSM and all; else, there's tons of leather/upolstery places around.

 

[Aricjm15]

shoot the co-worker, skin her, hang skin in sun for many hour after scraping off the fat, Dye to color of choice, cut to fit and sew in new section

 

[Lord_Zath]

Man that sucks. I'm strict as hell w/the car. Sometimes people complain. Too bad.

 

[Captain KRM P5]

the co-worker needs to pay for it in my opinion. bottom line there is no excuse for a total disregard and/or lack of respect for the personal property of others.

any decent upholstery shop might even be able to patch it.

 

[Dimitrios]

the co-worker needs to pay for it in my opinion. bottom line there is no excuse for a total disregard and/or lack of respect for the personal property of others.

Agreed; besides, you both are lawyers, I'm sure you can figure something out
(rockon)

 

[trees]

put a smoke out in her eye! (dark)

 

[Aricjm15]

seriously just kill the b****

 

[Familia323]

i woulda stabbed someone for smoking in my car... in my opinion that woman owes you a new seat...

 

[ChiMSP]

Smoke free for about 2 months now...

 

[Familia323]

excellent! No wonder you are having trouble running 1.5 miles in under 13min.

 

[ChiMSP]

No s*** man, lol . But i'm gonna do it.

 

[Mr.Law]

shoot the co-worker, skin her, hang skin in sun for many hour after scraping off the fat, Dye to color of choice, cut to fit and sew in new section

Violence is NOT the answer. But I must hand it to you - very creative. What are you, an artist?

The co-worker offered to pay for the damage. Initially I didn't know what to do, but the more I thought about it (especially since she lit up after being asked not to), I gladly accepted her offer. We're leaving for NYC this afternoon, so I don't have time to look into shops that can repair the hole. Do me a favor and find me some places within 20 miles of zip code 60611. Unfortunately, I can't make this my priority until I return to Chicago early next week. It'll just have to wait (which is driving me insane). I'm not a very happy camper when something goes wrong with my car. (sad2)

 

[JOS3]

shoot the co-worker, skin her, hang skin in sun for many hour after scraping off the fat, Dye to color of choice, cut to fit and sew in new section

i concur

 

[Aricjm15]

I can order you up a new seat bottom cover, but the coworker will s*** once she sees the price.

not an artist, just watch way to much discovery channel, and this week/month has SUCKED for us all pretty damn hard car wise, i'm still having issues with mine and its starting to get to me

 

[Protege52003]

the co-worker needs to pay for it in my opinion. bottom line there is no excuse for a total disregard and/or lack of respect for the personal property of others.

any decent upholstery shop might even be able to patch it.

i agree with this.......

that really sucks, sorry.
-R

 

[JOS3]

werd, this month has not been kind to mazdateam