Show us pics of your Audi leather seats..........

Mine are full leather S-Line and with 13,000 miles show exactly the same as the others above. I have added it to the service list when it goes in in a couple of weeks, but I don't honestly expect them to do anything. But I'll feel better having pointed it out!


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Not showing you my leather yer bleedin pervert! lol

................gotta say feel a lot better about mine after seeing some of the examples above. Mine are pretty much on par with Rob's.

I did mention them at service time and got absolutely nowhere!
 
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24000 on mine & no worse than the pictures shown. Can't help but think the seats must be like a pair of leather shoes, can't help but crease with every day wear etc.
 
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I now see the side bolster stitching on mine is coming loose. This is just absurd and Audi will have to do something!

Here is a post I did a while ago to illustrate:

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1st two are 8P A3s and last is 8V S3 - 8V S3 looking much worse now...
 
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Half leather & still brilliant considering 182k miles, A5 3.0tdi Quattro
 
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My standard S-Line leather seats had leather bolsters - and they were creasing by the point of me returning it (10k miles). I would take a photo but I don't have the car anymore.

Quite surprising that they creased so much. But better than the Golf's leather seats which - judging by the showroom cars - are bad from new. The cloth bit on my A3 seats still felt new though. However I had test driven an A3 with cloth seats and the front bit was quite worn down (didn't see how many miles).
 
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Ignition1 said:
My standard S-Line leather seats had leather bolsters - and they were creasing by the point of me returning it (10k miles). I would take a photo but I don't have the car anymore.

Quite surprising that they creased so much. But better than the Golf's leather seats which - judging by the showroom cars - are bad from new. The cloth bit on my A3 seats still felt new though. However I had test driven an A3 with cloth seats and the front bit was quite worn down (didn't see how many miles).
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Luckily for you, with the Golf R on its way, the cloth and Alcantara hold up very well (I was worried about blue bleed from jeans on the Alcantara, but 14 months old, the seats on mine still look new. Cloth does generally wear well.

The big string in the S3's bow over the Golf R (slightly better looking seats) seems to be a cause for concern wear wise. Stretch leather and it doesn't recover, my mate's A4 with its flat seat base shows no sag after 36k miles, if it had bolsters then i'm sure it would. Golf leather (non-nappa) is pretty crap and well overpriced as an option, but A3 Nappa vs Golf Nappa (an even dearer option than standard leather), doesn't seem any noticeable difference.
 
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16 plate S3, zero miles. This seat has never had an **** in it;
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Around 13k miles


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14700 miles ie just tonight

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The leather is starting to wear on parts my **** swivels on just to semi hop over the side bolster,my passengers seat has had worn parts from collection day and virtually no one has sat on this seat..
 
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jassyo06 said:
Around 13k miles


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14700 miles ie just tonight

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The leather is starting to wear on parts my **** swivels on just to semi hop over the side bolster,my passengers seat has had worn parts from collection day and virtually no one has sat on this seat..
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They do look pretty immaculate tho mate - lunar definitely hides the creases better !
 
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I definitely think the major factor in how bad the wear is is how carefully people get in and out of their car. The more careful folk out there probably have a lot less wear, but I guess this is impossible to measure. I find the car quite awkward actually to exit without creasing my *** over the side bolster and I'm a slim guy! I'm not surprised of these wear issues with the pounding they take.
 
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GSB said:
16 plate S3, zero miles. This seat has never had an **** in it;
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But you are maybe forgetting the hairy-***** guy at the factory, the one at Emden, the one here at the docks in the UK, all of whom would have just jumped in and out of your car "with a seat that has never had an **** in it".


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Pook said:
I definitely think the major factor in how bad the wear is is how carefully people get in and out of their car. The more careful folk out there probably have a lot less wear, but I guess this is impossible to measure. I find the car quite awkward actually to exit without creasing my *** over the side bolster and I'm a slim guy! I'm not surprised of these wear issues with the pounding they take.
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The problem is we really shouldn't have to! My E39 5 seats at 60k looks exactly like the day I collected it, and so was the W203 C at 80k! Not a single crease nor crack on them, and I had never babied them climbing in and out. And no problem with families' F10 5 and FL W212 E as well, it's an Audi issue and they're denying warranty! I could live with some creasing, but mine are more like cracks! And the funny thing is the whole car is sparking mint except for the stupid seats!
 
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larbel said:
The problem is we really shouldn't have to! My E39 5 seats at 60k looks exactly like the day I collected it, and so was the W203 C at 80k! Not a single crease nor crack on them, and I had never babied them climbing in and out. And no problem with families' F10 5 and FL W212 E as well, it's an Audi issue and they're denying warranty! I could live with some creasing, but mine are more like cracks! And the funny thing is the whole car is sparking mint except for the stupid seats!
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Well said !

The bolsters on my Seat Leon FR that had full leather were also as good as new when I changed it after 18 months. This seat creasing/poor foams issue is certainly disappointing.
 
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This was with delivery mileage, Audi replaced the whole seat in the end as I found the creasing unacceptable.

Audi said natural product blah, blah.
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Lunar just looks so damn classy :hubbahubba: what a shame to get rid of it
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We would certainly have had it if it were still available.


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I must check my seats next time I get in the car, hopefully they look good :p
 
I took a look today and it is not that bad, there are a few decently sized creases like some of the pictures but it just looks like high quality leather should when used. The only leather shoes I ever had that didn't crease up during the first few uses were the terrible plastic feel ones I wore in my late teens, they looked good for ages. All higher tier leather shoes I've had get these creases with a few uses so I can't really fault Audi for this. 10k miles atm
 
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Ofarlig said:
I took a look today and it is not that bad, there are a few decently sized creases like some of the pictures but it just looks like high quality leather should when used. The only leather shoes I ever had that didn't crease up during the first few uses were the terrible plastic feel ones I wore in my late teens, they looked good for ages. All higher tier leather shoes I've had get these creases with a few uses so I can't really fault Audi for this. 10k miles atm
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Sorry mate but I've gotta say I disagree, some of us no matter how careful we've been have had the beginnings of creasing from just a few months in and this thread highlights that the vast majority are pretty naffed off with it to put it mildly. That and the rusty discs are my only complaints.

.........also I agree with Pook,.......can get in the car like a jamaican limbo dancer but getting out again I haven't managed to master with the same finesse!! lol
 
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Simon L said:
Sorry mate but I've gotta say I disagree, some of us no matter how careful we've been have had the beginnings of creasing from just a few months in and this thread highlights that the vast majority are pretty naffed off with it to put it mildly. That and the rusty discs are my only complaints.

.........also I agree with Pook,.......can get in the car like a jamaican limbo dancer but getting out again I haven't managed to master with the same finesse!! lol
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Not liking the creases doesn't change the fact that the leather performs just as any good leather will and crease quite easily. That's part of the patina when leather ages if we are talking bags/shoes/wallets and whatnot, why not seats? I'd rather have this softer leather that feels like proper leather (with the creases) than worse quality leather that feels like plastic but doesn't crease.

Can't fault Audi for saying this is what happens with leather, as this is exactly what happens with leather.

EDIT: I see this as a trade off for getting this nice leather. I usually keep away from leather seats because they feel so much like "plastic leather" but in this one I love it.
 
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jassyo06 said:
After only 12000 miles check out how bad these seats look................abhorrently bad they do look "Yoda Lingidy"


So guys show us a few photos of your seats, stating the mileage and the age of your car


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Alright Jassy... Mine are just as **** don't worry.

Look a little better than yours with around 14K mileage in just under a year, but, they have gone like that too despite some very good detailing inside the car, and very careful owners. Less than impressed with the quality of the leather if I'm honest.

This combined with MMI rattle, window rattles, awful suspension and underservo'd steering almost has me hating this car at this point. After driving a 330D last week, I am seriously considering moving in less than 6 months away from this car.
 
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Not liking the creases doesn't change the fact that the leather performs just as any good leather will and crease quite easily. That's part of the patina when leather ages if we are talking bags/shoes/wallets and whatnot, why not seats? I'd rather have this softer leather that feels like proper leather (with the creases) than worse quality leather that feels like plastic but doesn't crease.

Can't fault Audi for saying this is what happens with leather, as this is exactly what happens with leather.

EDIT: I see this as a trade off for getting this nice leather. I usually keep away from leather seats because they feel so much like "plastic leather" but in this one I love it.
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Creases are yeah a part of wear, but how about the actual Coloured top coating coming away from the actual leather..... That's inexcusable... Yeah and there's **** all we can do about it.......and yeah it's all been said and done before
 
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jassyo06 said:
Creases are yeah a part of wear, but how about the actual Coloured top coating coming away from the actual leather..... That's inexcusable... Yeah and there's **** all we can do about it.......and yeah it's all been said and done before
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Yeah that shouldn't happen but that doesnt seem to be the problem for most people? The pictures in this thread is more creases. Mine looks about the same as pburv's does and thats just creases.
 
I think part of the creasing issue is also that it can be baggy in places like in a lot of pics just rear of the creases near the joint of the back rest and that also the underlying foam is too soft also contributing to the creases. I get that leather is a natural material and all that but to me this really is a disappointment.

To compare with a shoe that folds by almost 90 degrees with every step you take isn't really the same thing. I think a lot of people are comparing with past experiences they've had with full or part leather seats in other cars. If you do two journeys a day for six months then you've only sat in the seat 730 times - that's really not a lot and a drop in the ocean compared to what other parts of the car are tested to for durability.
 
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Another thing to consider is the leather audi are using now is thin compared to the leather in previous years.All manufactures are doing their best to save money and I think quality is suffering because of this.Time will tell as to whether the leather in our cars will stand the test of time but from judging at the amount of complaints and also the pictures people are putting up on this forum I'm not hopeful of the outcome..:sadlike:
 
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Rob2k68 said:
I think part of the creasing issue is also that it can be baggy in places like in a lot of pics just rear of the creases near the joint of the back rest and that also the underlying foam is too soft also contributing to the creases. I get that leather is a natural material and all that but to me this really is a disappointment.

To compare with a shoe that folds by almost 90 degrees with every step you take isn't really the same thing. I think a lot of people are comparing with past experiences they've had with full or part leather seats in other cars. If you do two journeys a day for six months then you've only sat in the seat 730 times - that's really not a lot and a drop in the ocean compared to what other parts of the car are tested to for durability.
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Yeah, shoes get a lot more wear each day of course, the comparison was more in line with how different leathers show creasing and from my experience it is the quality leather that shows things like that more.

What I am getting at is to me creasing is not a sign of bad quality or wear it is just one of the quirks of having something in soft natural leather, it is part of the patina the leather gets with age.
 
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As has been said, I had a 523i and 520d both Msports with leather and they were as good as the day I collected them when I traded them in. No creasing, no wear, no cracks. And they were extremely soft leather.
Could it be something to do with the heated seats? Not the sides but the seat?
 
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pburv said:
Another thing to consider is the leather audi are using now is thin compared to the leather in previous years.All manufactures are doing their best to save money and I think quality is suffering because of this.Time will tell as to whether the leather in our cars will stand the test of time but from judging at the amount of complaints and also the pictures people are putting up on this forum I'm not hopeful of the outcome..:sadlike:
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I just hope Audi don't go down the same route as Mercedes... their standard leather is artificial (artico I think its called, but man-made), and certainly doesn't have a soft feel about it, tho it is very durable.
 
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Gordo77 said:
I just hope Audi don't go down the same route as Mercedes... their standard leather is artificial (artico I think its called, but man-made), and certainly doesn't have a soft feel about it, tho it is very durable.
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Hope not ..A few cows would think otherwise..lol
 
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Scotty what leather are we talking? The dakota leather that BMW uses as standard is horrid as it is waxed leather which will show way less wear and creases but also feels like plastic (although soft it does not feel natural at all). I stayed away from the dakota leather in my old BMW on purpose just because it feels so fake.

I think Nappa leather was an option for the 5 series for a while though so maybe that was the one you had? Nappa leather in the BMW is not waxed and thus has a more natural feel to it, funnily enough there has been quite a bit of talk about the nappa leather as people have seen more creases and stretching on it than the dakota.

My dad's BMW with dakota leather really looks quite decent even after 13 years and 90k+ miles so it is durable at least.
 
pburv said:
Another thing to consider is the leather audi are using now is thin compared to the leather in previous years.All manufactures are doing their best to save money and I think quality is suffering because of this.Time will tell as to whether the leather in our cars will stand the test of time but from judging at the amount of complaints and also the pictures people are putting up on this forum I'm not hopeful of the outcome..:sadlike:
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It's not cost saving, it's weight saving. :grin:
 
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So I see everyone talking about how many months or how many thousands of miles. Mine has 50 miles and is one day old!

It was perfect when I collected it yesterday, below is the passenger side after two asses had sat in it for a combined total of less than 15 minutes. Surely this isn't normal?!

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chris1978uk said:
So I see everyone talking about how many months or how many thousands of miles. Mine has 50 miles and is one day old!

It was perfect when I collected it yesterday, below is the passenger side after two asses had sat in it for a combined total of less than 15 minutes. Surely this isn't normal?!

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Yep absolutely normal I'm afraid, even if not acceptable.


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Rob2k68 said:
I think part of the creasing issue is also that it can be baggy in places like in a lot of pics just rear of the creases near the joint of the back rest and that also the underlying foam is too soft also contributing to the creases. I get that leather is a natural material and all that but to me this really is a disappointment.

To compare with a shoe that folds by almost 90 degrees with every step you take isn't really the same thing. I think a lot of people are comparing with past experiences they've had with full or part leather seats in other cars. If you do two journeys a day for six months then you've only sat in the seat 730 times - that's really not a lot and a drop in the ocean compared to what other parts of the car are tested to for durability.
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Spot on mate............................or to sum up in layman's terms Audi's leather is w4nk......................sorry but it's a fact.
 
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