Car Carpets and Mats - the work of the Devil?

In the early 70s came the move from industrial strength plastic/vinyl flooring and rubber mats (hose downable) to "carpet" and "carpet" style mats. I say carpet because they aren't really are they. They must have been created by some hostile and sadistic git really. Static inducing complete gits to get all the bits off them!

We have carpets in our house and you get the hoover out and hoover them (other makes are available - but seems to be accepted as a generic name for a vacuum cleaner:)) and after a stress free time the carpets are free of crap. Contrast the hoovering of the inside of a car and the mats:rolleyes: Most of the interiors I have had were black as is my current car......they are clearly having a laugh at our expense aren't they.

You can still buy rubber mats for your car, there's even companies that will make them for your particular car. If you like the 'feel' of carpet under your feet, glue some pieces onto the soles of your driving shoes, then trim to fit. Best of both worlds :)

I put fitted rubber mats in my car when I bought it new, nine years ago now and they're still more or less like new. I just give 'em a scrub once in a while.

Yes, I thought that you should still be able to get rubber mats, but the fitted carpet remains and I find that the area around the mats which never fit flush are channels of dirt. One point I forgot that is main bug bear is the bits of tree or hedge stuff that get caught in the fibres of the "carpet". Sometimes brushing in different directions with a stiff brush will dislodge them, but in the main they need picking out with tweezers to fully remove them (err no I don't resort to tweezers) I just swear a lot.

my footwells need hoovering badly again...:doh: cant manage it nowadays, so will have to go the the car washers.

Why put carpets in cars, when they’re so hard to clean?

https://whyy.org/segments/why-put-ca...t%20for%20cars.

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Originally Posted by willbewill

Why put carpets in cars, when they’re so hard to clean?

https://whyy.org/segments/why-put-ca...t%20for%20cars.

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Isn't it deliberate, to reduce the selling on value?

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Originally Posted by dave2010

Isn't it deliberate, to reduce the selling on value?

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:lol::lol:

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Originally Posted by willbewill

Why put carpets in cars, when they’re so hard to clean?

https://whyy.org/segments/why-put-ca...t%20for%20cars.

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Excellent article I have not seen before and it perfectly explains the reason that it is so hard to get all the bits of crap out of what we now know is cheap crap and not really carpet but a dirt grabber.

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Originally Posted by willbewill

:lol::lol:

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You think I jest!