How does Black interior feel in a convertible?

Ok when driving. Need something covering any empty seat either parked or driving. Mondial is tan and that's fine but steering wheel is too hot to touch if not covered.

Jeep needs covers for top down as black leather was bad idea.

 

Hot.

 

Had an MGB with black vinyl interior. I think I lost a layer of skin one summer.

Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch...

 

I've had several convertibles in CA (mostly Northern though). Both tan and black interiors. The black leather definitely soaks up the heat more than lighter colours, but your body temp is almost 100 degrees, so on all but the hottest days you're hotter than the seat is. It's just the difference of a quick "oooh, that's hot" and "Yow, that's HOT!" right at the moment when you get in. Other than that - same same. After 3 minutes you can't tell the difference.

My 2 cents, anyway. I find the biggest difference not to be paint or interior colour but between coupe and convertible period. On a 100 degree day in L.A. if you jump into a coupe you can blast the AC, which even in older cars usually cools things down pretty well. A convertible on a 100 degree day is just plain hot. Feels nice and breezy at 80 mph on the freeway, but between city streets, stop lights, and freeway traffic, prepare to be hot a lot of the time. That said, I love it. Nothing like driving with the top down in the ultra-bright over exposed light of LA. Makes the whole world feel like a dream.

 

Internal body temp is 98.6 degrees. Skin temp not so much.

 

Vinyl is a killer in any colour. Freezing in the winter. Scalding in the summer!

 

We're heading off on a tangent but if I take a "fever strip" style thermometer and place it against my skin anywhere on my body, I get 97. something...

I don't know if that's always the same as my internal temp, but it usually matches. Maybe I'm a weirdo!

 

Not sure there is a simple answer based solely on color. I've had three convertible sports cars with black upholstery: Sunbeam Alpine with black vinyl, Miata with black cloth and Maserati with black leather. The Miata was probably the coolest and the Alpine the warmest but not hot. The Alpine's cabin space was fairly generous, compared to the Miata, so I would chalk that difference up to upholstery material. Noting you're looking at leather, I only give these examples to support that color is not the only factor, in my experience. In comparison, my 328GTS with light blue leather is the warmest / hottest interior of any convertible I've owned. Seat shape? Engine and radiator proximity? Cabin space? Sitting in the sun, the light blue probably feels cooler to touch than the black leather of the Maserati, but once driving, any benefits of light versus dark disappear.

 

I once had a convertible with black seats. Never again.

 

Depending where you live, and your climate.

I have a black interior in my convertible and it's comfortable when the temp is between 70-80. If you are stuck in traffic and in the city and its above 75 it can get toasty, amd closer to 80 you are not comfortable.

If over 80, as long as you are on the highway you are fine.

 

I wouldn't get black.

I have tan in Vegas and it is bearable, and I would only consider tan, sabbia, crema, light grey or white for a convertible here. Black would get toasty, and perhaps just as annoying, in the sun starts pulling on the dash and cluster much faster than the lighter colors.

 

I live in NH. No problem with black interior in my 360 Spider. It gets hot on sunny 90 degree days, but nothing crazy.

 

Agree.

My 328 has tan interior, but it still gets very hot sitting in the sun.
And I'd need to use driving gloves rather than touch the black steering wheel.
... And that was in Massachusetts.

In Tennessee, my black-on-black EVO turns into an oven during a 30 minute trip into the grocery store.
And that's a hardtop with a shade for the sunroof and UV filtering windows.
(No noticeable tint, but the first time I went from the EVO VIII to the EVO X, I discovered I didn't need sunglasses in the X.)

If you keep the car clean, you can use a light colored car cover to keep the heat out ...
--- where it "never rains".

About 15 years ago, I was looking at a job in Florida.
The problem, there, is that the sun is too hot ... but it rains a bit almost every day.
A bad situation for a car cover.

 

I live in SoCal, and have had many convertibles. Don't do black under any circumstance. Even when you are not in the car, black just cooks the car. You will end up driving and parking the car with top up much more than you want to. Of course it is nice in cooler weather so winter will be top down season.

 

I'm looking for a convert right now. Black interior is a disqualifier. Florida.

 

If you are buying a convertible,avoid black seats and white tops.

 

F in hot. Don't jump in with shorts on.

 

If you drive real fast the breeze will cool off the seats.

 

Black is hot, but easy to maintain.