I dropped my car (3294) off last week at my local mechanics shop to have some air conditioning work done - simple recharge of the system and swap out the belt. My mechanics 12 year old son stays with him all day at work and was curious about my car (why he's not in school I don't know??). Anyway.. while my car is back in one of the bays waiting for me to come pick it up, (I had to leave it over the weekend) the kid decides to "hang out" in my car and play with the buttons and other things. He started playing with the new cigar lighter (which I had never even used) and decided to test it on the console to see if it was hot. The little shit burned three perfectly round circles into my console skins. Two on the side next to the passenger seat and one right on top.
My wife went today and picked up my car from the shop while i was at work. She didn't notice it as she rarely if ever drives the Delorean. When I got home I started checking out the car and noticed that the cigar lighter element wasn't pushed all the way in. That's when i found the damage. I actually drove to his house and told him about the damage. The kid first lied about doing it, but finally confessed about 20 minutes later. The mechanic has agreed to pay to repair or replace whatever it takes to get it back the way it was. I know he's good for it since I've done business with him for the last 15 years. I checked on the DMCH website and of course it's a no longer available part.
I checked Ebay for that company in Great Britain that makes new leather binnacle covers and they do make console covers, but I only saw them in black.
Anybody got a source for GREY console coverings?