Interior Materials Ranked.

"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
07/01/2015 at 02:28 • Filed to: Unexplained Lists.

This is the list, you may disagree, but you’d be wrong.

1- Real Leather

2- Real Wood

3- Velour

4- Polished/Real Metal

5- Suede/Alcantara

6- Properly Made Matte Plastic

7-Syntetic Leather

8- Cloth

9- Being Stabbed

10- Fake Wood/ Carbon Fiber

11- Chrome, Gaudy Awful Tacky Plasticky Fake Chrome

12- Fucking Up Eggs Benedict.

13- Shitty Industrial-Revolution Grade Brittle Plastic.

DISCUSSION (80)

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 02:35

Suede >>>>> alcantara

MegaSuper > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 02:37

I’d take REAL carbon-fibre, piano black wood, or brushed aluminium over wood.

Call me insane and full of splinters, but I never liked how “shiny” wood looks in cars because of the lacquer they use. If there were such a thing as the wood just being sanded and then placed into the car, no treatment at all, I’d love that. But AFAIK it hasn’t been that way since the 60s.

Overall it’s a good list though. (I think Alcantara should be higher though. It means serious sportiness is at hand!)

TheOnelectronic > MegaSuper
07/01/2015 at 02:51

I think I have seen some “natural” wood trims, but they were probably fake wood or veneer.

Jedidiah > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 02:52

The correct answer is metal with real chrome

Kinja'd!!!

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 02:55

all I’m gonna say is this.

Nothing tops the cloth seats in the GTI. they are simply the best seat ever made. Even better than Volvo's seats, which are a close second

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 03:00

I pretty much agree with this list.

TylerJ > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
07/01/2015 at 03:00

I hate having to choose between the awesome plaid cloth seats and a backup camera in the GTI.

m2m, apex detective > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 03:01

Kevlar. I want kevlar!

Alcantara.

Cloth.

I’ll happily go without leather and/or wood if it doesn’t suit the car. I’d love to see more metal interior bits ... but that won’t happen for several reasons, I guess.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > TylerJ
07/01/2015 at 03:03

my stepdad’s got both in his GTI actually!

He's got the Clark plaid, and a pair of eyes. Works really good from what I can tell ;)

KirkyV > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 03:12

I’m mostly on-board, but I’d take good cloth over fake leather any day.

(Well, honestly, I actually tend to prefer cloth - particularly when it comes with patterns/plaid/random leaf shapes - over leather and alcantara in general, but I'm well aware I'm in the minority there.)

samssun > TylerJ
07/01/2015 at 03:13

Why is the backup camera even in the running?

Axial > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 03:14

I am not a fan of wood in my cars unless that car was made before 1950, preferably before 1940.

TheOnelectronic > m2m, apex detective
07/01/2015 at 03:16

...Kevlar? I’ve got a motorcycle jacket made of the stuff and it will literally take skin off if you brush up against it too fast.

m2m, apex detective > TheOnelectronic
07/01/2015 at 03:23

... yeah. I didn’t mean to see it included as “touch surface” material but as a base material for seats etc, things that need to survive for a while. I’ll happily take kevlar floormats at any rate.

Sam > MegaSuper
07/01/2015 at 03:32

The new XC90 Inscription trim has real untreated Birch inlays.

Kinja'd!!!

It’s freaking gorgeous.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > MegaSuper
07/01/2015 at 03:38

I feel the same way about shiny wood. Mercedes has been doing a lot of open-pore, rough or smooth depending on type of wood, stained-for-color-only wood trim packages that are absolutely beautiful.

Berang > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 03:42

Where does the Yugo’s bath towel upholstery fit into this spectrum?

pip bip - choose Corrour > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 03:46

Kinja'd!!!

oh come on, you know you want it!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KirkyV
07/01/2015 at 03:53

I’d take cloth over real leather today. The weather means that leather would probably melt my skin off. I wish I’d paid the extra for air con...

KirkyV > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/01/2015 at 04:08

Kinja'd!!!

I hadn’t even noticed until I realised I was slightly stuck to my computer chair. I feel like I should head down to the beach and catch up on some reading, or something.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KirkyV
07/01/2015 at 04:10

I’m going over to my friends to work on his clapped out Micra then heading to London, where it’s even warmer...

KirkyV > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/01/2015 at 04:14

I hope you won’t have to travel by Tube—London in general feels like a sweatbox whenever it’s warm, but those tunnels must be utter torture right about now.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KirkyV
07/01/2015 at 04:15

We do have to ride the tube... The train takes us to Kings Cross then tube to Wimbledon.

KirkyV > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/01/2015 at 04:18

Be sure to avail yourself of incredibly overpriced strawberries and cream once you get there, to help cool down.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/01/2015 at 04:21

It’s only been one day. Quit ya moaning!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > KirkyV
07/01/2015 at 04:25

Up here we’ve got some heavy weather incoming, apparently.

Kinja'd!!!

This is about to turn into a ‘work on the Land Rover’ day.

Toyota Sucks Lots Of Sausages > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 04:29

Only number 9 and 12 are truly relevant.

KirkyV > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
07/01/2015 at 04:32

My weather app had been reporting thunderstorms over the next couple days, but it’s back to just plain sunny now.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
07/01/2015 at 05:27

We’re british it’s a legal requirement to complain about the weather.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KirkyV
07/01/2015 at 05:31

Na it’s cheap white wine for me.

KirkyV > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/01/2015 at 05:54

Booze and extreme heat are always a fantastic combination.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KirkyV
07/01/2015 at 05:54

Precisely, I’m a smart man...

marshknute > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 06:33

Kinja'd!!!

A nice plaid interior is better than Alcantara. Otherwise, this list is perfect.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 06:34

I’d definitely take cloth over fake leather. In fact, I tend to prefer cloth anyway for everyday driving.

Actually, I think it depends entirely on the vehicle. On my Jaaag, real leather and real wood is the only option.

On my Spitfire, a real leather interior would look out of place in my opinion. It’s an entry-level cheap sports car so vinyl and cloth suit it, but it’s British so the only option for trim is real wood.

Chinny Raccoon > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
07/01/2015 at 06:46

The BMW i3 has some nice wood trim too.

Because Racecar > KirkyV
07/01/2015 at 07:28

Cloth is the only answer for anything. It’s easy to clean, comfortable, your ass doesn’t stick to it. It’s the miracle interior material.

Alex B > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 07:34

I pretty much agree! Although, velour is not my thing. At all.

Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast > Axial
07/01/2015 at 08:27

Completely agree. Any wood is ridiculous. Am I driving a piece of furniture?

My citroen won't start > KirkyV
07/01/2015 at 08:32

I guess it really comes to which car the material will go on, my C5 has cloth/leather seats and I love them.

My citroen won't start > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
07/01/2015 at 08:32

The plaid seats do look nice.

My citroen won't start > MegaSuper
07/01/2015 at 08:35

I understand, I just think carbon fiber looks very classy or nice, it looks aftermarket for me in any shape or form, and it serves no real function.

My citroen won't start > m2m, apex detective
07/01/2015 at 08:36

F1 seats are made of kevlar are they not?

My citroen won't start > Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast
07/01/2015 at 08:38

No, but your are in a confined space for sometimes prolonged amounts of time, just like a house or waiting room, and having nice wood and leather around you is never bad in those situations.

My citroen won't start > Jedidiah
07/01/2015 at 08:38

Dully noted and fully agreed.

My citroen won't start > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
07/01/2015 at 08:39

Fake leather isn’t always bad, Eco leather is bad and cheap leather is awful.

My citroen won't start > marshknute
07/01/2015 at 08:39

You have a point.

My citroen won't start > Berang
07/01/2015 at 08:39

GIMME PICTURES.

My citroen won't start > Alex B
07/01/2015 at 08:40

It might look pimpy in some cars (Cads and so on) but boy do they look/feel nice on old Mercs and Range Rovers.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 08:41

Where does shagpile carpet fit in?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 08:42

Tru. My comment’s more on the positives of a nice cloth interior rather than the negatives of fake leather...

My citroen won't start > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
07/01/2015 at 08:45

Deep pile carpet goes between polished metal and velour.

Shagpile is right above being stabbed.

My citroen won't start > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
07/01/2015 at 08:46

Ah yes, the C5 is a great example, really nice cloth seats with leather surroundings and I like it much more than the interior on the Tribeca.

Hermann > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:01

Kinja'd!!!

Excellent example.

My citroen won't start > Hermann
07/01/2015 at 09:02

I hate it, with all my gut. This and that X60 SUV thing, people actually buy those things.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:15

Kinja'd!!!

What is this?

My citroen won't start > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/01/2015 at 09:16

Range Rover Autobiography LWB

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:18

Oh man das niiice

I have a desire to long term test the standard high level current Range versus the top of the line new XC90 lately.

Hermann > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:21

Oh god that X60 thing.

I saw one for sale and checked out its interior. The materials are so absurdly cheap that I felt the rental Fiat Uno I had once was a Bentley.

The infotainment looks and acts like those cheap no name GPS you buy on corner stores. Complete with constant crashes, hangs, bad translations and horrible adaptation. Worst of all, it is considered a selling point.

I can’t believe people’s standards got so low that they’re actually buying lots of these.

My citroen won't start > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/01/2015 at 09:21

I’m 100% sure the Land Rover will have better materials, but the XC90 is a thing of beauty, subtle Swedish beauty.

My citroen won't start > Hermann
07/01/2015 at 09:23

The problem is the SUV craze, everyone wants one, and the X60 is very cheap compared to the other models and the Brazilian public never cared for quality, quantity is what matters.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:33

Too true, sir. I think the Volvo will last must longer though.

I cannot believe how much nicer my Disco II is on the inside than any vehicle in its now defunct class.

Hermann > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:34

Good point.

And the problem is that even when the market is full of these piles of shit, people will just move to the next pile of shit.

I’m genuinely curious how it’s going to be once these cars are useless, they’ll be sitting for sale and no one wants to buy them used. Actual quality Crossovers and SUVs prices will go through the roof. Even the Tucsons and similars.

My citroen won't start > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/01/2015 at 09:34

That it will, the more complex engines will have problems and the cup holders will go wonky after 10 years but it will last a lot longer than the Range.

My citroen won't start > Hermann
07/01/2015 at 09:38

It’s going to be just like those Lifan Mini copies, people get hyped, they realize they are shit and the company will disappear. I’m sure those come with problems from the factory.

I read some comments people made on these cars, they don’t care that it is a blatant copy of other designs, that the materials are awful and so is the build quality, as long as they have a shitty shiny screen and are paying less, they will be happy.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:38

I may buy my wife one when they do the mid-cycle refresh in 2-3 years

My citroen won't start > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/01/2015 at 09:39

I’m looking at them too and I doubt I’ll be able to swap my Range with a newer one.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:44

absolutely zero resale value on Rover products

My citroen won't start > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/01/2015 at 09:45

Yes, but surprisingly no suspension failures so far.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > My citroen won't start
07/01/2015 at 09:47

L322?

Dudem, do yourself a favor, as I’m assuming it was armored, get on Rovers North/British Atlantic/etc and buy a set of heavy duty coils for it.

TylerJ > samssun
07/01/2015 at 09:49

Because it is convenient.

My citroen won't start > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/01/2015 at 09:50

First gen L322 armored with 38k miles, I’m insane. I just can’t, in my mind the C5 Hydractive was the best suspension ever, but then I bought the Range, and it is like nothing else I have ever driven.