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Offline master_hayabusa

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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #10 on: 18 April 2013, 11:52 »
Thanks guys for all the responses. Much appreciated. Seems like cloth it is then  :wink:

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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #11 on: 18 April 2013, 14:20 »
And another thing about the leather - in the mk6 you get contrast stitching on the steering wheel and gear knob but the seats are just plain black.
In the Scirocco R Line you get a bit of contrast stitching and it livens it up no end.

I don't dislike the leather, in fact I quite like it but I wouldn't pay £1700 for it.
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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #12 on: 18 April 2013, 14:26 »
Similar to a previous post, I have a Scirocco and ave always regretted not getting leather.

Nobody has mentioed that it is wipe clean! pmsl
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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #13 on: 18 April 2013, 14:29 »
And another thing about the leather - in the mk6 you get contrast stitching on the steering wheel and gear knob but the seats are just plain black.
In the Scirocco R Line you get a bit of contrast stitching and it livens it up no end.

I don't dislike the leather, in fact I quite like it but I wouldn't pay £1700 for it.

I think the Mk7 leather does have red stitching. I've seen it in the photos, I'm 99% sure.

The best compromise is the half-leather / alcantara trim, which I have ordered... but for some reason you guys in the UK cannot spec this.
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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #14 on: 18 April 2013, 14:52 »
^^^ thanks for rubbing it in!!  :grin: :grin:
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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #15 on: 18 April 2013, 14:56 »


I think the Mk7 leather does have red stitching. I've seen it in the photos, I'm 99% sure.

The Mark VII GTI does indeed have red stitching if you specify leather :

http://www.ausmotive.com/pics/2012/VW-Golf-VII-GTI-Paris-11.jpg


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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #16 on: 18 April 2013, 15:09 »
Aye, that's fine for the petrol heads, but what about us oil burners - do we get contrasting stitching (even if it's white) ?
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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #17 on: 18 April 2013, 15:12 »
I think it's grey stitching for GTD.

To the comment about leather being wipe-clean, I can't say I've ever had any problem with my scotch-guarded MkV cloth interior!  It has worn the years well, and still looks good to this day!
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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #18 on: 18 April 2013, 15:20 »


I think the Mk7 leather does have red stitching. I've seen it in the photos, I'm 99% sure.

The Mark VII GTI does indeed have red stitching if you specify leather :

http://www.ausmotive.com/pics/2012/VW-Golf-VII-GTI-Paris-11.jpg

Hmm... interesting. Thanks for the picture. It does make it look better.

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Re: Leather or Tartan seats?
« Reply #19 on: 18 April 2013, 15:23 »
£1,700 worth of better though?!  :shocked:
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