I'm married- I'm used to pain! Kidding aside you just get used to it or maybe lay a towel down. Personally- I love the VTex- real leather is a PITA.What has been the experience with the leatherette in extreme summer temps? I'm in Phoenix, and I've avoided leather, fake or real, due to the 5-6 months of 100 degree heat.
Without the sun shining on them, your seats will always be exactly the same temperature as the ambient air. If your garage is at 90 degrees (like mine), then your seats are at 90 degrees. They do not "absorb heat" from the air. Heat is only transferred (naturally) by conduction, convection, or radiation. Your seats feel hotter to you than your carpet does due to the differences in the amount of surface area your finger is in contact with. If your car has been sitting in that garage overnight, an infrared surface thermometer would show everything in the car at the exact same surface temperature. The physics of heat transfer is a well known science.The seats absorb heat from the air, not just heat from sunlight. During the summer, it's 90+ degrees in the garage over night. The seats are already hot even before I back the car out of the garage.
That doesn't bode well for me...we often go 110 and higher for weeks. And the garage gets brutally hot. Shade, well, it's cooler, but that means 100. Damn...why did VW not leave cloth as an option.My windows have dark tint. The car is garaged at night, and I use a sun shade when it is parked outside. It doesn't help. The seats absorb heat from the air, not just heat from sunlight. During the summer, it's 90+ degrees in the garage over night. The seats are already hot even before I back the car out of the garage. The carpet, meanwhile, will be cool to the touch...
The other thing is leatherette doesn't breathe. If the car had A/C coming up through the seats, it probably wouldn't be bad at all.
Yeah, and you all have similar temps to us in Phx. How is it in the middle of the summer, or worst yet, during the monsoon season when it 100 plus with humidity? I would hate for the seat material to be the deal breaker.I'm not trying to talk you out of anything - just giving my opinion. I love the TDI platform. I just wish I had bought the Golf (cloth seats) instead of the Jetta.
I just got home and snapped this photo. It's 84 degrees outside. Here's my shirt after a 30 minute drive.... I don't get back sweat in the wife's Forester, even when it's 100+. I'm not obese or out of shape either (I run 15 miles a week).
On my seats (2012 JSW TDI) it is perforated. I agree though, directing some A/C through the seat would be very nice.The other thing is leatherette doesn't breathe. If the car had A/C coming up through the seats, it probably wouldn't be bad at all.
Wrong sub-forum my friend. This isn't Sale forum, and then you're talking about Mk6 vs Mk7 leatherette thread.In January I bought a new 2014 JSW TDI, and even though summer has not really begun in Maryland, already I hate these seats. If my car faces the afternoon sun and the temperature is over 80F, the seats literally hurt to sit in, and that's with wearing pants and a long-sleeve shirt. [I've had real leather before, and these seats are MUCH hotter by comparison.] My wife has announced that she will no longer ride in this car - and she's not high-maintenance by any means - so now we cannnot use it on long trips... which is why I bought it. Anyone want to buy a 2014 JSW TDI w/Sunroof & Nav, with 3K miles on it? If so, please email me at schultzsw@gmail.com. I'm not kidding.
Is there a difference?then you're talking about Mk6 vs Mk7 leatherette thread.
Couldn't tell you, I don't own a Mk6. I'm in South(west) Florida, it's mid 90's *F today, and high humidity - as in I'm sweating walking from the garage to car door. I don't feel anywhere near what the Gent is reporting, neither does my wife. Btw, our 2015's Leatherette is BLACK.Is there a difference?
I think we both complain about the black leatherette, but not to the point that we are willing to walk away from the car. I like that our Golf still has cloth seats but find the particular cloth a little rough and the seats have different support points.Couldn't tell you, I don't own a Mk6. I'm in South(west) Florida, it's mid 90's *F today, and high humidity - as in I'm sweating walking from the garage to car door. I don't feel anywhere near what the Gent is reporting, neither does my wife. Btw, our 2015's Leatherette is BLACK.
Window tint does wonders in this area! I highly recommend looking into a high quality tint product.In January I bought a new 2014 JSW TDI, and even though summer has not really begun in Maryland, already I hate these seats. If my car faces the afternoon sun and the temperature is over 80F, the seats literally hurt to sit in, and that's with wearing pants and a long-sleeve shirt. [I've had real leather before, and these seats are MUCH hotter by comparison.] My wife has announced that she will no longer ride in this car - and she's not high-maintenance by any means - so now we cannnot use it on long trips... which is why I bought it. Anyone want to buy a 2014 JSW TDI w/Sunroof & Nav, with 3K miles on it? If so, please email me at schultzsw@gmail.com. I'm not kidding.
What are the best high quality heat rejecting tints?Window tint does wonders in this area! I highly recommend looking into a high quality tint product.
The Canadian Trendline has heated seats (optional on the 2-door, standard on the 4-door).Canadian "Trendline"-spec seats? Unsure if they're heated, but the Trendline (akin to the "S" trim in US nomenclature) in Canada does come with cloth-upholstered seats.