Can you suffer an ugly interior?

friedgreencorrado wrote: In reply to ratghia: rat, I still say there are people over at vwvortex that would do some strange things to find a set of those in that condition..

Trust me, I know how lucky I am. I also like having the blue instead of the red even if it is harder to find. This thread inspired me to put a wanted add on vwvortex to try to find the drivers side cushion I need to finish my interior.

I did have someone offer to make me black slip covers for all the seats because she thought they were ugly. I politely declined.

I also saw a set of the seats you are looking for for sale on vwvortex, but they were insanely expensive and sold before I saw them.

friedgreencorrado wrote: I have a weird thing about steering wheels, though. I haven't seen an attractive steering wheel since airbags became mandatory in the US. I'm lucky enough that all my cars are older than that. Do people still put aftermarket steering wheels on modern cars?

I have the opposite. Older steering wheels look spindly to me.

Joey

Well its now a moot point. I've decided to wait until I'm back for good to even start seriously look for a car. Back to dreaming.

joey48442 wrote:

friedgreencorrado wrote: I have a weird thing about steering wheels, though. I haven't seen an attractive steering wheel since airbags became mandatory in the US. I'm lucky enough that all my cars are older than that. Do people still put aftermarket steering wheels on modern cars?

I have the opposite. Older steering wheels look spindly to me. Joey

I put a euro-airbag wheel on my Ti... one of THE best things I have done to the interior. It is a VERY compact airbag (on par with the newest ones) but still safe. Why BMW could not put this wheel in all markets I will never know

I grew up in the era when Ford's had rubber wheel rim horns, so spindly was the norm

always check the other auto parts after verifying the machine is okay, inside out

including the interior...I want my car to be the most comfortable plus beautiful

aeronca65t wrote: When ever I think of bad interiors, I think of the TR7 and TR8 plaid seats.

I LIKE IT! So does my wife.

stuart in mn wrote: I'd rather have any of those 1980s plaid interiors pictured above than the usual mouse fur grey you get in today's cars.

"Mouse Fur Grey" has been added to my automotive vocabulary as of this day.

I love it! (both the term and grey interiors)

Clem

I've pontificated on this before, crappy interiors are a huge pet peeve of mine, especially when they completely let down the rest of the car. I won't buy something with an interior I don't like, and I have bought cars essentially because they felt so awesome to sit in.

Here's the thing - "light and airy" has NO place in my sports car. I don't want beige, cream, tan, white, sky blue, chrome, or anything along those lines in my car. A splash of colour is fine but the overall feel should be DARK, preferably black-based, and a little bit cramped. A good sports car shouldn't feel like you're sitting IN it, like a bathtub; you should feel like you're wearing it. Steering wheels should be three- or four-spoke, definitely not two, and have a thick rim, and the dials should be written in some bright colour like orange set against a black background. No whiteface.

That TR7 up above is a great example, surprisingly. It's got lots of red and crazy plaid, but it's properly dark, with a nice black base, and no-one would ever mistake it for their living room. You're in it for a reason.

Here's another example: ...it's my Starion. Despite a lot of '80s clunkyness, this one got it all right - black leather seats (this pic is a bit overexposed, but they're nice and black in person), black trim, orange dials, the shifter is close up next to the wheel, and it just feels really nice to sit in. (I just wish it didn't have those stupid electric seatbelts.) When I was looking for one of these I passed up what was probably a better car because I just couldn't see myself spending much time in its maroon-on-maroon cabin.

I don't like the interior of my Elan as much - it's not bad, but the grey looks like it was supposed to be black and faded, and the dashpad got warped in the sun and there are now some gaps between it and the fascia, which annoy me to no end. My eventual plan is to replace the dashpad and dye everything black.