V Ed30 vs VI R - advice pls!!

[Steve30]

Agreed - the standard seats in the R aren't really my cup of tea.

I like the ED30 ones best - tartan in the middle with leather bolsters.  The best of both worlds.

+1 

[MAW73]

Ok Steve, perhaps the retro tartan looks ok in a GTI/D, but have you seen the cloth option on the R? Not good. Leather was the only sensible option.

The standard titan black red jacara cloth seats are very nice indeed on the GTI and provide the retro look. However personally I love the leather seats as they give the cars interior an overall classier look and feel. Heated leather seats are a must and with the leather seats you get electronic lumbar support which is very good on the old 'Cilla Black'. The leather seats on the Mk6 are also a massive improvement on the Mk5 ones

[The Danno]

Maw i thought the leather seats were same on the Mk5 as Mk6?

Are you saying the leather is different? I haven't notcied any change from my Mk5 GTI to Mk6 R

[gizzywizzy]

Personally I love the jacara cloth in my GTI, having carried a number of passengers in the past year I've had many compliments on the tartan effect and 1 year on the cloth looks as good as new.

VW leather is not premium quallity and sags very quicklly which spoils that supposed premium feel.

[MAW73]

Personally I love the jacara cloth in my GTI, having carried a number of passengers in the past year I've had many compliments on the tartan effect and 1 year on the cloth looks as good as new.

VW leather is not premium quallity and sags very quicklly which spoils that supposed premium feel.

Come on Gizzy, get with the program..... you know you like the feel of leather on your bottom 

[Steve30]

Personally I love the jacara cloth in my GTI, having carried a number of passengers in the past year I've had many compliments on the tartan effect and 1 year on the cloth looks as good as new.

VW leather is not premium quallity and sags very quicklly which spoils that supposed premium feel.

Come on Gizzy, get with the program..... you know you like the feel of leather on your bottom 

That sounds like you & Asker both into leather (YMCA)

[MAW73]

Personally I love the jacara cloth in my GTI, having carried a number of passengers in the past year I've had many compliments on the tartan effect and 1 year on the cloth looks as good as new.

VW leather is not premium quallity and sags very quicklly which spoils that supposed premium feel.

Come on Gizzy, get with the program..... you know you like the feel of leather on your bottom 

That sounds like you & Asker both into leather (YMCA)

I believe Asker is a 'man of the cloth' 

[Steve30]

^Amen to that brother

[MAW73]

Maw i thought the leather seats were same on the Mk5 as Mk6?

Are you saying the leather is different? I haven't notcied any change from my Mk5 GTI to Mk6 R

You may well be right tbo.... sorry to clarify I owned a Mk5 GT before the Mk6 GTI and in comparing the leather seats with these cars the leather seats in the Mk6 are a step up in quality (but so is the overall interior).

My Mk5 was a 57 plate which I owned for 3 years and the leather didn't mark, stretch or become jaded looking in that time. I also didn't really ever use leather cleaning and conditioning products on the seats. The seats looked as good as new when I traded in the car to be fair.

[am1w]

You three have me in stitches!
In the middle of a clinic and the nurse wondered why I was laughing.