Leather or Cloth?

[SRGTD]

^^^ Actually, from the pictures, it looks as if it's a DSG and not a manual.

[carl1]

I do prefer cloth over leather as it wears better

Are you sure? I have cloth but I'm pretty sure leather would wear better.

Well it takes less looking after, our mk5 tdi family shopping car etc with 93k miles get abused a fair bit and the seats are still very good nick. If you take care getting in and out over that side bolster they are a lot better, but ive also noticed if you are on the larger side ie 17 stone plus thats when they get destroyed. My mate is 19 stone and 5ft 8 and his golfs seats are terrible after one day of ownership, i don't let him get in my car for this reason but he doesn't know that.

[Will@carbon]

It's a shame they don't make fabric or half leather or alcantara seats with out that stupid pattern, no offence it's just silly. It would be nice to have the choice for such an expensive car.

[I_want_GTI]

I do prefer cloth over leather as it wears better

Are you sure? I have cloth but I'm pretty sure leather would wear better.

I think it depends on the quality of the leather. Judging by many of the threads on this forum, VW Vienna leather isn't the best quality - it can also be prone to stretching and sagging quite badly, although to be fair, not all leather clad cars seem to suffer. On those that do, the right hand bolster on the driver's seat cushion seems particularly prone to this problem - check out the white 9 month old used GTI at Northfield VW (Cirencester) on the VW website that's done less than 9,000 miles. I'd be quite upset if my seats started looking like that so soon in the car's life - I don't like that lived-in look.

http://www.vehicleimagezoom.r66.co.uk/?Theme=Volkswagen&DefaultImage=Volkswagen&Id=602500221

When I bought my car, leather was a cost option and I didn't feel I could justify the £1,800 it would have cost, especially when much of the 'leather' is plastic. I got Xenons, 18" wheels and luxury pack instead for much the same cost and don't regret my decision, especially as far as the Xenons are concerned! 

That is one of the reasons why I started this thread as my friends Mazda 3 MPS has leather but the seats are completely out of shape. The only problem is that I really need a 5 dr and most of the GTi's with Xenons fitted are 3drs.. sad times.. I will continue on with my search though...

I_want_GTI, Don't know what your budget is but there's one at Barnstaple VW that ticks most of your boxes, plus a few more; Candy White 5 door, Xenons and RCD510. It's a Sept 2011 61 plate manual with 6,000 on the clock at £24,980. Also, it doesn't have leather, but it does have cruise control, Bluetooth, DAB radio, Dynaudio, winter pack (so heated seats) and 18" Monza shadows. Looks nice...............

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk//retailers/used-cars/00397/barnstaple-volkswagen/barnstaple/#width@709%7Cheight@2439

WOW - i was thinking how did i miss this car? but its a DSG, Great shout though, I have still yet to try a DSG so would definitely give it a chance when I'm free.. so sad that work is so demanding. Thanks though SRGTD - appreciate your help!