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With the locker and ATRAC you can pretty much go anywhere. I was hestitant about the softex seats but I'm really liking the durability of them right now. After almost 3 years they still look new with very little maintenance.
Pismo closing
It's really sad that the coastal commission is going to officially close the dunes to off-roading......Years of fighting and they finally won.....Their local economy is going to be devastated.
I've had leather before and they don't get any hotter than leather. I just blast the A/C in the summer and I don't have any issues with sticking to the seats. It would be nice to have ventilated seats though........
I found that the softex works well for me. I have kids and we spend a lot of time outdoors and the cloth seats would get too wet during the winter and would be too hard to clean the dirt off.