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keylimesoda

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I was ready to buy a 2016 SL, but I couldn't get past how dark the black leather interior looked.

A white leather interior would be gorgeous, and a real differentiator in the segment.
 
As an early adopter, my interior choices were "Recycled Milk container off white fabric ", and.... No, That was it.

I figured this was going to be my daily driver, and that soon-to-be-filthy fabric was not what I wanted.
I took it to the local upholstery place, and had "Dove Gray" leather installed throughout.

Doors, seats, center all of it.
Matches really well.

4 years and it still looks good.

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KillaWhat said:
TimLee said:
Very nice. Cost?

Oh ridiculous cost :D
But I was in love........
Ha! I put grey leather in my 2011, along with the rubber style floor mats, as a tactical move... Even with 2 bars down, another one soon to fall... So far also vey pleased--driver side slightly more worn in than passenger and back, but pretty good. Love is as love does... ;)
 
keylimesoda said:
I was ready to buy a 2016 SL, but I couldn't get past how dark the black leather interior looked.

A white leather interior would be gorgeous, and a real differentiator in the segment.
Agree. Tan or white would be so much better for hot weather climates like Phoenix.
 
DanCar said:
... Agree. Tan or white would be so much better for hot weather climates like Phoenix.
Better everywhere.
When 2013 came out with leather I would have traded in my 2011.
But between black leather and the stupid change to foot operated parking brake I could not stomach the change.
So still driving my 2011 since May 17, 2011.
Getting new free battery today :D
 
But between black leather and the stupid change to foot operated parking brake I could not stomach the change.

I confess I would feel more secure with a nice old fashioned manual brake lever between the seats.
With everything dependent on that super-capacitor, a manual backup to stop would be nice.
 
KillaWhat said:
But between black leather and the stupid change to foot operated parking brake I could not stomach the change.

I confess I would feel more secure with a nice old fashioned manual brake lever between the seats.
With everything dependent on that super-capacitor, a manual backup to stop would be nice.

Unfortunately, I had to replace the 2011. The dark black interior is HOT and I hate the foot-operated parking brake (the ratcheting on/off mechanism in the pedal is a joke). I had no trouble with the electric parking brake on the 2011, but have already had the mechanical parking brake repaired once and it will need adjusting when I go in for the next battery test in February. I would have preferred a light grey interior with light grey leather seats, but black is what you get if you want an SL.

Gerry
 
Looks great. I fail to understand the appeal of black interiors unless one is very messy and/or has pre-school children.
 
Nubo said:
Looks great. I fail to understand the appeal of black interiors unless one is very messy and/or has pre-school children.

Agreed -- as much maligned as VW has been of late, we have a 'leatherette' Corn Silk colored interior on our Touareg and it is so much better than a black one that would burn the back of your legs (wearing shorts of course) on a hot day. The leatherette has fooled more than one person in the fact that it isn't real leather; here is a photo of it in a late model VW EOS (EOS being a convertible even makes more sense going with a light colored interior) :

iris


The light grey cloth on our '12 LEAF SL has actually held up OK but when I saw the mod to leather when the owner posted it, it took the interior up a notch
 
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