The only dissapointing thing about the GTI...

[Saint Steve]

will Gustav heading for the mississippi, i know what you mean  , especially after youve just polished it, water runs off it like a ducks back into your lap. Hard one to explain to the girls in the office that the car done it!

[Top Cat]

My new pet hate about mine and it's starting to bug the $hit out of me..
When the car is wet or been rained on and has standing water on the roof, if you go round a bend with your window open you get bloody soaked and your door card becomes the river mississippi.. 

Water stay's on for hour's longer on white because of the heat deflection . I am often left scratching my head when looking at car's parked near mine, completely dry were as mine look's like it's just been in a shower   

[bobotheclown]

What I found strange in E30, is that the outside part of the seats, those facing hand-brake, are not leather!  I thought seats were supposed to be half leather half alcantra, but obviously VW saved a buck by saving on some leather. Instead, there is gray material of some sort. I find that kind of penny-pinching disgusting. 

I too find that a bit odd. My theory was that when you move the seat forward, that part of the seat scrapes against the centre console and VW thought might have thought it better to put some cheap material there instead of leather as it's going to be worn away over time anyway.