Thank you for posting this. I have a hole on the drivers side, which burns me up every time I get in the car as I see it every day. The passenger side is worn but does not have a hole. Yet.
Until someone demostrated that it was caused by chafing of the top on a metal tab I had assumed that it was just a function of aging fabric.
I have been considering a patch of some kind, maybe gorilla tape as was suggested earlier, but I'd love to hear other suggestions
2003 Boxster S