1 door has cloth trim, the other 3 have leather...

[coastie]

Others with leather might want to go and inspect their door trims...

I just had to have a look at mine. I had sat in the rear seat and played with all the fittings when I took delivery but to say I noticed the trim stretched the memory a bit.

Maybe they just ran out of cow that week and figured no one will notice, or its on the vegetarian/peta supporter side of the car

[ox518]

I should go and check my arm set, they might set up your leather one on my golf

[kevin118]

Out of interest, what's the quality of the leather in the new golf like - in hotter weather? Does it stay relatively cool or does it absorb a lot of the heat making it uncomfortable at first?
I'm led to believe the quality of the leather affects this.
The one car I looked at in Sydney was ok but it wasn't that hot a day so hard to tell. The new leather did smell strongly which was something other than pleasant

[mtj007]

Dad's only had it since June (~1900km) so couldn't really tell you.

My mum had a 2007 Passat with black leather which was hot (enough that you couldn't lean back against the seat at first) after being parked in the sun all day but after a couple of minutes it was fine. I don't wear skirts, dresses or short shorts so never had a problem with burnt legs

The Passat had slippery non-supportive leather seats - you sat "on" them instead of "in" them, the Golf is much more supportive and feels nicer. Personally I'd suffer with a few minutes of burning to have leather... maybe not a good idea with young kids. Tinting the windows would help.

I actually like the smell of new VW - especially with leather... wish the scent came in a bottle.

[MaccaTSI]

Haha that's classic. Will be interesting to hear what the dealer says

[Lima]

Haha that's classic. Will be interesting to hear what the dealer says

+1

What a bizarre thing to let out of the showroom. Any response from VW yet?

[mtj007]

+1

What a bizarre thing to let out of the showroom. Any response from VW yet?

I know dad emailed the dealer... I'll ask tomorrow if he's had a reply yet, the old fart's already in bed...

They're going away in a couple of weeks so if I'll take the car in then if nothing's been done. Too bad dad also didn't notice the scratched window and paint damage on delivery because they probably won't take responsibility for that - looks like the rear right light assembly has been levered out with a screwdriver at some point I know I'm OCD with attention to detail but I can't believe dad didn't notice these issues.

Edit/Update: Dealer just said to bring the car in whenever is convenient and they will change it over to a leather one... I wouldn't expect them to have spare door trims laying about so I wonder if they're just gonna swap it from another car...