Leather v Cloth

[Steve30]

Question for all of you with a leather fetish - do you get electric lumbar adjustment, and is it on both front seats?

Electrical for driver, manual for front passanger.

Not in the ED30 , its both sides!! 

How thoughtful of VW!

There are some very nice touches to the ed30 !! Great car will miss it when she goes in 17 days time. 

[am1w]

Question for all of you with a leather fetish - do you get electric lumbar adjustment, and is it on both front seats?

Electrical for driver, manual for front passanger.

Not in the ED30 , its both sides!! 

How thoughtful of VW!

There are some very nice touches to the ed30 !! Great car will miss it when she goes in 17 days time. 

Now I am really jealous.
17 days only? Whose the lucky one?
I will probably have to wait twice as long.
Yes, the ED30 is a truly great car.

[DDRFan]

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To be honest one of the points I disliked buying the MK6 car WAS the cloth....I find the cloth on the MK5 very nice but on the MK6 the pattern is different and on the seat it is not flanked on 3 sides with grey anymore so now the whole thing reminds me of a tea-towel....OMG  I've made enemies now....

If/when I get to drive my GTI, I will instantly think "OMFG under my pants is a 200bhp tea towel! whabam!"

Well maybe not, but it has a certain LOL-factor 

...and chavvy

^^^ No! 

Sorry mate. I didn't mean to upset you. Maybe if I said the tartan had, erm.... personality??

[am1w]

....I find the cloth on the MK5 very nice but on the MK6 the pattern is different and on the seat it is not flanked on 3 sides with grey anymore so now the whole thing reminds me of a tea-towel....

Erik:
Wrong, wrong, wrong!!!
They might sell the GTi with tea towel looking seats in your country to counteract the numerious 'coffee house'  table covers!
The centre sections of the cloth seats are flanked by plain cloth.
You are seeing things through a haze after your numerous visits to those evil coffee houses!
Hope you don't drive under the influence.
 

[FroGTI]

p3eps says ""Cars with leather generally sell for approximately £1000 more than without according to the VW Used website... "

They might do, but they cost £1800 more in the first place. Also, I don't think for most people the only consideration when speccing is the resale value. I could have afforded leather, but went for the standard cloth because I think they look better and add a "lift" to the interior. My previous 3 cars have all had leather and I'm a bit fed up with it.

 

Totally agree with everything you say, mate. Leather is:

- cold in winter
- hot in the summer
- slippery all the time
- expensive
- difficult to maintain...

I've had leather on my past 4 or 5 cars, but don't regret opting for the cloth this time, especially as it suits the GTI so well.

[ErikGTI]

....I find the cloth on the MK5 very nice but on the MK6 the pattern is different and on the seat it is not flanked on 3 sides with grey anymore so now the whole thing reminds me of a tea-towel....

Erik:
Wrong, wrong, wrong!!!
They might sell the GTi with tea towel looking seats in your country to counteract the numerious 'coffee house'  table covers!
The centre sections of the cloth seats are flanked by plain cloth.

I am afraid you are getting too enthousiastic, have a second look and see what I meant..............right,correct I did write THREE sides flanked..
So you can say 3 times wrong, now proof if you can see 3 times flanked 

I do not have the experience, you have, to compare it with "coffee house" table covers so I can not comment on that one but I would reckon that the GTI seats have now easily found their match judging by the type of fans entering these kind of establishments.

[am1w]

....I find the cloth on the MK5 very nice but on the MK6 the pattern is different and on the seat it is not flanked on 3 sides with grey anymore so now the whole thing reminds me of a tea-towel....

Erik:
Wrong, wrong, wrong!!!
They might sell the GTi with tea towel looking seats in your country to counteract the numerious 'coffee house'  table covers!
The centre sections of the cloth seats are flanked by plain cloth.

I am afraid you are getting too enthousiastic, have a second look and see what I meant..............right,correct I did write THREE sides flanked..
So you can say 3 times wrong, now proof if you can see 3 times flanked 

I do not have the experience, you have, to compare it with "coffee house" table covers so I can not comment on that one but I would reckon that the GTI seats have now easily found their match judging by the type of fans entering these kind of establishments.

Good morning Erik:
I think I hit a nerve!
The coffee houses are world famous. Nothing wrong with that.
All tourists to your country, young and old, have a peep. Nothing wrong with that.
Pictures of these places are available in tourist guides etc. Not a secret.
These coffee houses also serve an excellent cup of coffee. I know.
Your partial deniability of not knowing much about them is interesting. You must have led a very sheltered life.
As for your rather silly comparison of the pattern on seats to the social preferences of 'fans' on this forum, I can only feel sadness for your attitude towards us.
Enjoy your partially leather-clad interior.
It must be fabulous.
Have a nice day.

[Snoopy]

Totally agree with everything you say, mate. Leather is:

- cold in winter
- hot in the summer
- slippery all the time
- expensive
- difficult to maintain...

I've had leather on my past 4 or 5 cars, but don't regret opting for the cloth this time, especially as it suits the GTI so well.

I agree. IMO it also has the problem of
- Not unique to the GTI its used in the GTD + anything else with the sport seats option and leather and the , Mk5 GTI + GT
- Makes the interior very dark and like a coal mine.

A plus for the leather is it does smell nice
I find it a shame they did not do a half leather option on the mk6 GTI as i would have gone for that.
my 50s and 60s classics have proper high quality full cow rather than bull leather and to me it shows.
Each to there own but full VW leather on a GTI type model is not for me.

[am1w]

Totally agree with everything you say, mate. Leather is:

- cold in winter
- hot in the summer
- slippery all the time
- expensive
- difficult to maintain...

I've had leather on my past 4 or 5 cars, but don't regret opting for the cloth this time, especially as it suits the GTI so well.

I agree. IMO it also has the problem of
- Not unique to the GTI its used in the GTD + anything else with the sport seats option and leather and the , Mk5 GTI + GT
- Makes the interior very dark and like a coal mine.

A plus for the leather is it does smell nice
A shame they did not do a half leather option on the mk6 GTI as i would have gone for that.

A coal mine on 4 wheels. How modern!

[ErikGTI]

A sheltered life...I agree...I have to get out of my car more often....

Reading and listening are skillfull arts.......take your time....I am NOT referring to forum dudes at all......but to the visitors who appreciate the interior design of the coffeshop .... there is really not much more behind it...

Anyway you did not hit a nerve at all..( I actually thought the opposite being told that I was wrong in a rather convincing way) ....so just a reaction to leather versus cloth and with a bit humor in order not to let it get too serious