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Leather or cloth in the Gti

Leather
7 (46.7%)
Cloth
8 (53.3%)
Not fussed either way
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 14

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Offline Powervalve Nige

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Given the choice....
« on: August 08, 2012, 11:37:36 am »
Do you think that a leather trim is more desirable than the std cloth trim on the MK5 Gti ?

or put it this way - if two identical cars were for sale and the the two choices were available, would the leather be a no brainer ?

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Nige

Offline Gene Hunt

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2012, 11:51:22 am »
Best choice for the GTI is the ED30 seats.Half leather &half the cool tartan cloth. For gods sake don't go for that horror of beige leather  :sick: some early  GTI's came with!!!!!!!!.What the foooooooooook were VW thinking?.
 
« Last Edit: August 08, 2012, 11:54:42 am by Gene Hunt »
ED35. Standard factory condition.

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2012, 11:52:21 am »
My vote goes to leather for being more desirable.

I think those who do a lot of motorway driving etc prefer cloth though.

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2012, 11:53:45 am »
Best choice for the GTI is the ED30 seats.Half leather &half the cool tartan cloth.

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otherwise i wouldn't be fussed between the two. they both have their advantages/disadvantages
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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2012, 11:55:38 am »
Cloth, hate full leather........

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2012, 12:03:29 pm »
I don't want to offend anyone with leather, but the quality has never looked very good on the MK5, even from new. Put 40K on one and it looks terrible IMO.

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2012, 12:04:29 pm »
Cloth, hate full leather........

Same for me. Doesn't age well at all.

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2012, 12:05:42 pm »
I bought car with full leather simply because i detest the Ed 30 tartan look.
But if there was another option of plain black cloth i'd of had that  

Offline samdem

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2012, 12:15:45 pm »
Best choice for the GTI is the ED30 seats.Half leather &half the cool tartan cloth. For gods sake don't go for that horror of beige leather  :sick: some early  GTI's came with!!!!!!!!.What the foooooooooook were VW thinking?.
 

Ive got beige leather  :indifferent:

its grown on me alot, i really do like it!

But to the OP, i would defo go for leather if i had the option, just feels that bit more classy!

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2012, 12:28:54 pm »
I bought car with full leather simply because i detest the Ed 30 tartan look.
But if there was another option of plain black cloth i'd of had that  
..........but the hole idea of it was to capture the retro look of the orginal GTI after the not so hot mk3 & mk4 GTI's.
ED35. Standard factory condition.

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2012, 12:36:44 pm »
ED30 1/2 leather or full cloth. In that order.

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2012, 12:37:48 pm »
I bought car with full leather simply because i detest the Ed 30 tartan look.
But if there was another option of plain black cloth i'd of had that  
..........but the hole idea of it was to capture the retro look of the orginal GTI after the not so hot mk3 & mk4 GTI's.

Yeah i suppose...But it's just a personal preference.
Now i liked these seats on the 20th anni golf 1997 but others will say yuk  :sick:


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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2012, 12:39:05 pm »
ED30 1/2 leather or full cloth. In that order.

Same

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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2012, 12:43:43 pm »
When I was looking for my golf I was interested in leather only as I thought I hated the cloth.  Eventually seen the car I bought despite it having the tartan cloth seats and I've got to say they looked so much better in the flesh and really classy in my opinion.
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Re: Given the choice....
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2012, 12:45:10 pm »
i prefer the leather other ther cloth seats