Leather Option

[gtimal]

Hi VWW
The wife and I are looking at buying a White 5 door MKVI GTI the options are
electric sunroof
leather
Bi-xenon
18" detroit wheels
MDI
toebar (fact fitted)
tint.
But we really like the Jacky interior as well with the red stitching and plade it ties the red bars on the grill and brake callipars in .
We are thinking of droping the leather and adding
Adaptive Chassis Control

What do you guys think will it affect resale in 4 to 5 years to much .
Not to sure about the Park Assits or the SAT/NAV with Dynaudio ,don't use sat/nav at the moment .

Its with DSG.

Cheers

Mal

[Spook]

I don't think not having leather will affect resale much at all. Park assist IMO would be worth getting just to have the front and rear sensors with OPS. The jury's out on ACC - some people think it's a must have, others don't see a real difference. It's probably one of those things you won't miss if you don't have it. Best thing to do is to try and have test drive with and without ACC and experience for yourself.

[JasonP]

Get the ACC.

[G-rig]

I'd get leather over park assist (which is a gimmick; so is ACC imo), and a lot people like it over cloth come time to sell.

Never thought I'd say this but if you can't park a small hatchback then shouldn't be driving (
(still pretty cool but something you'd lose money on IMO, and cars lose enough as it is).

[elisiX]

#1 Leather
#2 Park Assist
#3 ACC

That's the order i'd be choosing them in given your situation and resale concerns.

[Cuppa]

#1 Leather
#2 ACC
#3 Park Assist

is my order. but if i was going to let my girlfriend drive it then i'd swap 2 and 3 so she didn't scuff my detroits!

[Golf Houso]

Save the money on the leather and get the cloth retrimmed by an auto upholsterer, VW's are notorious for their use of vinyl in their seats and for the fact that the leather is painted and not dyed. They don't last long and just don't have the same feel as the higher end brands.

You can get both front and back seats including door cards in pretty much any colour and stich you want for well under 2.5k, you cannot believe the difference between a professionally done by hand job, and the mass produced stuff they pass off a leather seat package for 3k from VW...

[elisiX]

That's a good point Houso.

It would have been nice to simply get the bolstering/headrest done in leather on the GTI and leave the centre 'strip' in Jacky OEM.

[G-rig]

Save the money on the leather and get the cloth retrimmed by an auto upholsterer, VW's are notorious for their use of vinyl in their seats and for the fact that the leather is painted and not dyed. They don't last long and just don't have the same feel as the higher end brands.

You can get both front and back seats including door cards in pretty much any colour and stich you want for well under 2.5k, you cannot believe the difference between a professionally done by hand job, and the mass produced stuff they pass off a leather seat package for 3k from VW...

Would you still get heated and electric seats with the cloth option? Melb/Vic can get pretty cold.

I wouldnt mind combination suede and leather if i was going aftermarket, or something two tone which would be pretty cool if done right.

I'd also get the RNS & Badge Camera before the ACC & Park Assist.

[Christopher]

If you are getting 18" wheels with ACC then definitely test drive a demo with those options first. There are some that think the combination of the two (without putting ACC on comfort/normal mode) can stiffen the ride too much... but then again, it does come down to personal preference.

IMO, I'd go bi-xenon's, leather, park assist.