I've never been a fan of it....but I've actually specced it on the S3 I've got coming...
Basically Miss Eskimo hates leather for how hot it gets in the sun, and how cold it gets in the winter, so wanted the cloth/leather seats from the S-Line. But since they don't do that, I chose the alcantara. Will make a (nice..?) change, since I've had leather on every car I've ever owned!
I actually like the look of the alcantara on the doors of the S5, so that's what made me give it a go.
Yeah its great on door cards and looks awesome on headlining only because there's no point of contact on these parts of the car.....put it on seats and steering wheels....it grows bald and shiny....lol
It doesn't cost as much as leather,but car makers charge the same amount of money for it as leather, sometimes even more, ie Audi and Porsche willA synthetic material, but costs as much as leather/suede when fitted to a car??
In the video, what does it say on his sweatshirt??
Yeah its great on door cards and looks awesome on headlining only because there's no point of contact on these parts of the car.....put it on seats and steering wheels....it grows bald and shiny....lol
Yeah a big *** will fold/break any seating fabric, but on a gearstick and steering wheel alcantara will go baldy,l had alcantara steering wheel on my RCZHasn't turned bald and shiny on my seats, jassyo06, after 3 years and 26k miles......maybe that's because I haven't got a big heavy ****!!!
You bought an RCZ? I had you down as a discerning man of taste Jass...Yeah a big *** will fold/break any seating fabric, but on a gearstick and steering wheel alcantara will go baldy,l had alcantara steering wheel on my RCZ
@jassyo06 - But that was a Peugeot & it is a womans car,l had alcantara steering wheel on my RCZ
@Flying Scotsman - You do on the 8V A3/S3's if you spec the 'Extended Interior Upholstery Pack'would you pay the same for fake leather?
@jassyo06 - But that was a Peugeot & it is a womans car
@GSB - PMSLMy wife (qualified woman) on the RCZ;
"Hmm. It looks like the sort of sports car that men who didn't know how to drive properly but care a little to much about how they look would drive, like those pillocks with the tight jeans and ironic beards, or those guys that wear those stupid buns on top of their heads? That kind of man... It's only front wheel drive? What? For 30 grand? For goodness sake, no. No, I definitely don't want one."
There is no way that alcantara is as durable as leather. It is also a pita to keep clean and has wear issues and let us face facts it is man made suede at a premium price, would you pay the same for fake leather?
Yes, they do.......and you reckon Audi use real leather????!!!!
Yip l had one of the first on UK roads.... Only kept it 22 months though..... It turned heads like nothing else l have ever driven...before Then they got popular.... Besides that, it wasn't fast enough for me lolYou bought an RCZ? I had you down as a discerning man of taste Jass...
On most parts of the seats they do, BMW standard leather seats don't, it's a mix of faux and genuine leather......and you reckon Audi use real leather????!!!!
Yea I thought that. Although surprised to hear the guy in the video suggest it's alright on the seats, but **** on wheel and gear stick...?