Thats weird, I got absolutely slated to bits when I mentioned this in my test drive GTI.

I did nearly go for the leather Kev but the mk5 is not waring well so it put me off.
I had no problems with the mk5 we had with cloth but many others did from been a member of mk5 forums.
I still think half leather should be standard on the mk6 like they did with the edition30 imo as its the best of both worlds.