Can a dodgy interior put you off a car?

[BorkFactor]

Anything with red leather puts me right off. Which is a shame as many ST220 buyers seemed to spec it

[Ste1987]

Crusoe said:

Green just doesn't work for me, factory shouldn't have let these out the door IMO

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[Mandalore]

BorkFactor said:

Anything with red leather puts me right off. Which is a shame as many ST220 buyers seemed to spec it

Soo many BMW's with horrid red interiors - why? Were the first owners forced to buy them and specced the interiors as some form of revenge?

I looked at a silver 997 recently with a tan leather interior. It just looked like a handbag stall from a Turkish market.

Worst I have seen was an Audi TT with huge baseball type stitching and tan leather. It looked like a child had assembled the covers.

[vtecyo]

You don't buy a Chaser for the interior. You buy it for the fabulous engine, noise, chassis, tuneability, rareness, etc.

https://video.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-...

[s m]

Interior wouldn't put me off at all - more interested in how it drives than how the dash feels to stroke

As long as it works and doesn't rattle it's fine

I had Primera Gt and Saxo VTS, Peugeot Gti, Minis, Escorts, Sierras, Mantas, Astras, Mustang V8, Fiesta, Golf Gti, etc

None of them were soft to touch switchgear or built like a Rolls Royce but I bought the cars to drive and enjoyed every single one

[anonymous-user]

vtecyo said:

You don't buy a Chaser for the interior. You buy it for the fabulous engine, noise, chassis, tuneability, rareness, etc.

https://video.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-...

Noises like that shouldn't really be coming from a 4 door family saloon with a Toyota badge, should they?

Sod the interior, I'm going to do it .

[Ali_T]

I despise magazines that mark sports cars up or down just on interior "quality". I'd rather buy good engineering and get an interior thrown in for free. Mind you, I had a '92 Civic VTI which must be the car with the most bizarre cloth of all time. Like microfibre corduroy!

[Jasandjules]

Horrible interiors, including colours, will put me off indeed.

[andburg]

interior is what I look at the most, its plays a big part in deciding.

[SteveS Cup]

Yes! I'd love a 147 GTA but I hate the dash (same as a GT).

I love the drive of Impreza's and Evo's but I couldn't deal with being inside one every day.

[mat205125]

Mandalore said:

BorkFactor said:

Anything with red leather puts me right off. Which is a shame as many ST220 buyers seemed to spec it

Soo many BMW's with horrid red interiors - why? Were the first owners forced to buy them and specced the interiors as some form of revenge?

I looked at a silver 997 recently with a tan leather interior. It just looked like a handbag stall from a Turkish market.

Worst I have seen was an Audi TT with huge baseball type stitching and tan leather. It looked like a child had assembled the covers.

Porsche's problem tends to be that it carries the seat material colour through across the entire dash and the steering wheel. The red / tan hide seats look pretty good in my opinion, and would be a positive attribute in my car searching.

Regarding the Audi TT, I can remember all the way back to the launch of the pre-production concept car. The convertible car had the dark flat grey paint, and the baseball glove seats. At the time, I thought of this as absolutely sub-zero cool. I've seen very few production cars in the same combo, and could be seriously tempted by one if I had some disposable funds in the bank. I'd otherwise never even consider an Audi TT at all, let alone a convertible one.

[TommoAE86]

mat205125 said:

I'm absolutely the same when it comes to the R33 Skyline GTR. I've had the means on a couple of occasions to consider one, and they've been way up on my list of wants, however the interiors are dire.

My picture is the basic architecture of an R33 interior with a couple of changes for the GTR over mine, I would never say they were dire though. They are boring and I agree, but ergonomically spot on and functional.

[kambites]

I wouldn't want a car with a plain black/grey interior although if everything else was right I'd probably put up with it.

[Monty Python]

Yes, but it would have to be pretty dire. As long as it's logically laid out, the instruments are clear and the important bits are easy to reach (and it's not some hideous colour), then I'm happy.

The BMW I have now has the oyster leather (which makes it light and airy inside) and the dashboard is a model of clarity.

[darren f]

For me, I think a lot depends on how much time you actually spend in the vehicle. We've tended to go for the sportier end of the spectrum (e.g. Scoobys) but up to now our journeys have tended to be the localised 'running about' stuff. If it's a 'jump in it and go for a quick local B-road blast' thing I can look past a plain or dull interior, especially if the car is fun to drive.

Now though many of my drives are 2-3 hours+ (working away from home) and for the first time I've found myself being extremely selective about my next car choice- if I'm sitting in a car that long, probably in nose to tail traffic for a lot of it, I really want it to be comfortable and to look and feel nice, with a few 'toys' as well. For instance we've looked at VAGs range- Seat are a complete 'no chance' (too much plastic), recent Skoda are OK-ish, only VW or Audi seem to have an interior that 'feels quality' (... awaits the obvious accusations of me being a 'badge snob', but there really is an appreciable difference).

That's my take on it anyway. It's probably just me getting old and more curmudgeonly though .

[anonymous-user]

I think these have been posted in similar PH threads, but never the less they are still horrific.

Audi D2 S8 Final Edition interiors as fitted by the factory...

[rohrl]

abitlikefiennes said:

I think these have been posted in similar PH threads, but never the less they are still horrific.

Audi D2 S8 Final Edition interiors as fitted by the factory...

Those really are minging. You can always count on ze crazy Germans.

[blearyeyedboy]

A vile interior is usually more of a problem than a bad exterior colour. You have to see it all the time while you're driving it.

Crusoe said:

"Why did you hit that tree?"
"I was dazzled by my own interior trim, officer."

[Tycho]

Crusoe said:

Green just doesn't work for me, factory shouldn't have let these out the door IMO

I like the Lambo, I only hope the outside is just as loud as the inside.

the others however are terrible.

[Over over under steer]

When I was much younger looking for a car (18 years old) looked at those Yaris 1.5 fastish ones. The interior on the first gen models is an absolute joke