That's what I thought - I felt that the cloth seat 'wrapped' round my back more than the leather - thing is, spending a lot of money on a Golf so I don't want to be tight for the 'final' £1,700 - that said, I'm so lazy when it comes to cleaning and vacuuming the car, does that mean forget the leather - if I've got to constantly 'treat' the leather and condition it, that's not me - and the kids - wont school bags and kit etc increase the risk of rips and tears? I think one has to look at options like this: 1. are they a 'must' (eg leather in a BMW 135i coupe)?
2. do you personally want them (eg parking sensors)? - leather is not number 1 and, personally, not no. 2 - if one ignores 1 and 2, there's a big risk of over-spec'ing and losing money (like spending £30K on the thing).
I guess I know where I stand on leather now....
PS ACC - any point - I'm not a 'thrill' driver' - same roads all the time....to kids' schools and work...normal road surfaces, suburbs - never country roads/lanes - suburb residential roads and motorways, sometimes - most Gti drivers would call me a boring driver.
Thanks, everyone, for all of your views.