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Brought a new car with leather protection, the brochure only says lifetime protection against

  • cracking, splitting and discolouration caused by the harmful effects of ultra violet light
  • permanent staining of the treated surface from water, coffee, soda, milk or other commonly consumed food and liquids

Thats all. Should I also expect (because of the leather protection)

  • the leather to always be shiny?
  • spilled liquid on the leather to remain as beads and run off the edges? (similar to water repellent coating)
  • no need to moisturise/rejuvenate the leather forever?
  • no cracking, splitting and discolouration can occur under normal butt movements?

Try to answer this based on the common understanding of "leather protection" that you can get from any car dealers.

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Well, this answer will be primarily opinion based, but I would say "general wear and tear" is whatever your butt can do to them. Which is basically anything mentioned except stains. Stains on leather seats is pretty darn rare unless they are not coated or you somehow managed to spill something extremely nasty, so usefulness of this "lifetime protection" is debatable. You can't prove that the seats cracked or discolored because of UV light unless you haven't driven the car at all.

The leather will probably stay shiny, but cracks and tears will form naturally after more or less time (years probably) and seats should discolor eventually as a cause of friction between leather and your clothing. Spilled liquid will probably not bead up, as that requires an expensive hydrophobic surface forming or a hydrophobic coating (which would not last long at all). Liquid will simply not be absorbed and you can wipe it off without damage to seats. As far as I know coated seats do not need to be moisturized.

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