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When I stopped buying animal products, I wore some leather shoes and belts until they were done, because the damage had already been done and it would have been wasteful to bin them. Gave some to homeless charities as well, as they often have needs for sturdy shoes for street homeless and smarter ones for people looking to get back to work.
Didn't feel this was hypocritical at the time, and think you'd be doing the right thing in using the car until it's done.
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A question for you people: since I went vegan, I have donated all my existing leather and woollen clothing items, including my sofa, to charity shops . The only thing I have left of this nature is my Volvo 940, which is 25 years old and has half leather seats. I bought this secondhand for £500 before I went vegan (in fact, bought it before I even went veggie).
I will no longer buy new or secondhand non vegan items because I just can’t bear the idea of it now, but in the case of my car, is it generally accepted amongst vegans that you keep it until it eventually expires, then buy a cloth interior car next, on account of the higher cost to replace it, environmentally better to keep an old car going, there’s no such thing as a 100% vegan car anyway, selling won’t bring the poor animal back etc arguments?
I only buy secondhand cars anyway so forget dealers/cost of new car manufacturer aspects here etc.
Besides the half leather interior, and the fact I cycle more miles annually than I drive, I love the car. But I don’t want to be a hypocrite by keeping it.