Thread: Car leather - my home village is famous...

I just found out that I live about 100 metres away from a leather company which makes leather for Lincoln, Volvo, Saab, Vauxhaul (or "Opal"), Austin Martin, Mercedes and I think, but I can't remember, also maybe Audi. And more than that I think too.

And they made the leather for the first every production car (Model T Ford)

Apparently they are the biggest leather company in the world. And I live so close to it. I am looking at it through my bedroom window right now.

And they also power my whole village by burning all the waste.

Amazing or what.

EDIT: oh yea, here is the site for it with information about it. Some interesting stuff in there.
My house is in that big pic at the left on that home page. How awesome is that.

Capitalist pigs. Kill them all.

How long have you lived there?

oh man i love how you come from a 'village'

thats pretty cool.

Its Aston Martin btw. sorry i'm picky when it comes to cars haha.

both my mom and dad have Mercedes Benzs, so I'll check out the leather in them, in detail, when i get a chance.

I used to live 30 meters from the Nike HQ in Oregon.

Originally Posted by Abra

How long have you lived there?

Since I was 2 years old.

OH YEAH? WELL I LIVE 1.5 MILES AWAY FROM AMD WORLD HQ!

But seriously, you can find some really cool things out about your place of residence when you dig around.

Originally Posted by Black_Eagle

OH YEAH? WELL I LIVE 1.5 MILES AWAY FROM AMD WORLD HQ!

But seriously, you can find some really cool things out about your place of residence when you dig around.

Haha, lol.

But yea, I live right next to the place where most of you guys' cars' leather is made. I live right next to the place that makes the thing that most of you guys sit everyday.

Originally Posted by slash112

Since I was 2 years old.

And you just found out about this now?

Originally Posted by Abra

And you just found out about this now?

Well, I knew that they made Volvo's leather. But I only just found out about the rest.

Even though the page clearly states that they provided leather for the Model T Ford, I highly doubt it. International trade wasn't what it is now back when the first car was made. In order to keep the price down, there's no way Ford would have imported leather to make the seats. I'm calling bullshit.

Originally Posted by Mezzanine

Even though the page clearly states that they provided leather for the Model T Ford, I highly doubt it. International trade wasn't what it is now back when the first car was made. In order to keep the price down, there's no way Ford would have imported leather to make the seats. I'm calling bullshit.

Hrm...

Well, the cost of importing the leather would be nothing compared to the cost of exporting the finished car (and just making the car in general). So it is basically paying a very small percentage extra for high quality leather.