Subject says all...
definitely I don't understand putting carpet in a pickup truck or Jeep... just seems destined to be wet, moldy, and nasty eventually. But that got me thinking... pretty much any car I've had over the past
10-15 years or so one of the first accessory purchases I've made has been a set of either heavy rubber floor mats or molded floor liners. So why do mfgrs. put carpet in vehicles in the first place? I guess I could understand it on something like a limo but on a car you use every day... just makes it that much harder to keep clean and nice looking.I *really* don't understand carpeted floor mats. Those look shabby after only a year or so of normal use.
I *do* understand putting a patch of carpet on the heel area of the driver's floor mat, the ones in my car now are like that, but I can see myself having to peel it off and replace it eventually. (I'm assuming that the reason for that is to protect the heel of your right shoe, if you tend to wear dress shoes in the car.)
So I guess the question is, why did we start putting carpet in cars in the first place? I know it's been common since the early 50's if not earlier, but I just don't get the reasoning behind it. Am I perhaps overly pragmatic and not in touch with the average motorist's sense of style?
nate