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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: MEZZA on 18 February 2017, 22:58
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Just wondering what people's opinions are of this trim option on the facelift GTi ? - ignoring the £750.00 cost,I quite
like it - in my case having had a MK5 GTi and then my current MK 6 GTi,both with the tartan cloth,I quite fancy something different next time and this looks good imo - I know tartan is the GTi trademark but I'm definitely attracted to this - (some good photo's on the german vw site)
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Not for me.I'd rather spend £350 on the heated front screen.Now free of the shackles of advanced telephone prep i notice. :cool:
Rest of the cash on beer.
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I'm not a big fan of red tartan. Therefore, I like the Art option. If I was drawn towards one of the more mature (classy, neutral, plain, boring) colours then I would pick Art. However, maybe because of all the promo reviews - I like red. So I'll save £290 on paint and £750 on seats :cool:
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Not for me.I'd rather spend £350 on the heated front screen.Now free of the shackles of advanced telephone prep i notice. :cool:
Rest of the cash on beer.
Oh, good spot. Heated screens are great - had one on an XR3 (!) yonks ago. Having said that, my Mk7's is pretty good at clearing with just air.
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Just wondering what people's opinions are of this trim option on the facelift GTi ? - ignoring the £750.00 cost,I quite
like it - in my case having had a MK5 GTi and then my current MK 6 GTi,both with the tartan cloth,I quite fancy something different next time and this looks good imo - I know tartan is the GTi trademark but I'm definitely attracted to this - (some good photo's on the german vw site)
I don't think you can actually ignore the £750 cost as it's quite a lot of money to most people.
However I do see your point and in many ways agree with you.
The red tartan has become ubiquitous since the mk5 GTI (yes vaguely similar patterns were used on mk1's and mk2's for a time but neither design was popular in its day really) and I do like the way the red tartan adds a bit of classic character and brightens up a typically German shades of black interior.
But the Art Velours is also something that's not completely new to GTI's as the Pirelli edition had embossed seats and the ED35 had it as an option for many markets, plus there were a good few Worthersee GTI specials that had embossed honeycomb patterns in the interior fabric. Therefore the pattern is quite acceptable for GTI purists (and even the puerile).
So if you can actually ignore the £750 you'll never see again it's a very nice choice.
You can buy a perfectly good sofa from DFS for £400 I expect, but if you'd rather have something else in your lounge to impress your mother in law, you'd probably quite happily pay a good few hundred quid extra for something remarkably similar with a different cover and a more fashionable label on it; and whether you've paid £400 or £1400 the chances are it'll end up in a skip or donated to a charity shop once you've changed your wallpaper in a few years time...
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Looks nice but I'd want to see it first though before blowing £750 on it. But personally, I'd also save the money and stick to tartan, it's one of the main features that make the interior special. The Parker alloys look good too.
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I suppose what I meant was,if it was a no cost option,how many people would choose it over the tartan ? - just curious - I agree,it's a lot of money as it stands and I would also like to see it first - even if I liked it I would find it
hard to justify the extra cost.
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I'd go for tartan.
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I'll reserve judgement until I've seen one in the flesh.
I can remember a huge fuss on the R forum over the shade of grey on the side bolsters and in reality the shade was actually quite nice and the alcantara was very grippy on cornering.
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Does anyone have any more info on these seats - seen a few youtube vids (Golf GTI at Geneva) and it looks like they have (fake) leather sides/backs and armrest?
Is the velour similar to alcantara? My 09 mk6 GT had alcantara centres/cloth sides and those have been the nicest seats I've had.
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I spec'd it in my gtd and love it, I cant get on with the tartan seats in the golfs.. and that's coming from a Scot
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I spec'd it in my gtd and love it, I cant get on with the tartan seats in the golfs.. and that's coming from a Scot
Have you got any pics and are they leather sides/rears/armrest?
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I spec'd it in my gtd and love it, I cant get on with the tartan seats in the golfs.. and that's coming from a Scot
Have you got any pics and are they leather sides/rears/armrest?
It's faux leather I think not real but still a nice upgrade. Sorry for the quality of pictures they are just off the phone I've not took any snaps on my camera yet.
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It'll be exactly the same as the bolsters / armrest / door cards as a car with "vienna" leather fitted. i.e. "pleather".
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They do look quite nice but they also make the interior of car look like a lower spec model with optional seats imo.
The tartan seats are one of my favourite things about the GTI.
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They do look quite nice but they also make the interior of car look like a lower spec model with optional seats imo.
The tartan seats are one of my favourite things about the GTI.
Looks the opposite to me, I'm really not a fan of the tartan seats which is why I ticked the Art Velours box for my GTI. I couldn't justify the cost of leather and as my last four cars have had leather I fancied a change anyway.
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I wish they did something similar in the R.
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Art Velour seats are one of the options I have ticked. They should look even better in the GTI with the red piping and stitching. Though I am still not sure. It is £750 just for car seats :undecided:
The tartan in my GTD is quite subtle. The though of red tartan seats in the GTI did not appealed to me. The pictures of them don't look that good either. However, after sitting in a GTI, they are not that bad. Certainly something I could live with for the sake of £750.
Edit: the Art Velour seats and keyless are 2 extras I could certainly live without. Though I think they will make the car feel that little bit more special. :cool:
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Art Velour seats are one of the options I have ticked. They should look even better in the GTI with the red piping and stiching. Though I am still not sure. It is £750 just for car seats :undecided:
The tartan in my GTD is quite subtle. The though of red tartan seats in the GTI did not appealed to me. The pictures of them don't look that good either. However, after sitting in a GTI, they are not that bad. Certainly something I could live with for the sake of £750.
Edit: the Art Velour seats and keyless are 2 extras I could certainly live without. Though I think they will make the car feel that little bit more special. :cool:
I know these things are personal but the tartan seats are one of the things that to me make the GTI interior feel special. As for your comment above about it being £750 just for car seats, it's actually £750 for different seat covers, you've already paid for the seats!
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As for your comment above about it being £750 just for car seats, it's actually £750 for different seat covers, you've already paid for the seats!
Same is true of loads of the swap out options.
Does a solid red paint cost a few hundred quid more than a solid purple? I'd be surprised if the red wasn't actually cheaper as a paint.
Is there a £1100 extra cost for 19's over 18's? Its more, but its not £1100 - that's probably the actual cost to them for the 19's plus tyres.
Its these places where they make a killing - not so much when its adding something (eg reversing camera or dynamic lighting)