When looking to buy a car thats 30k+, how important is interior?

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Having a discussion (well, kind of) with a FB warrior and I made the point that at a price point of 30k+, interior (for me at least) play an important part, especially the older I get.

So my question is this...if you're shopping for a car that is 30k+, does interior quality impact your decision to buy one car over another?
 

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out of curisosity, what's their argument?

they'd take a manual vinyl bench seat without headrests if it had 900hp?

Someone posted a 15 Golf R for sale ad and laughed at the price. I trolled a bit and then someone came in and said a Golf R (used) costing more than a S3 (used) is ridiculous. I then pointed out that having sat in both, the R interior is vastly superior...to which he replied " So interior makes it worth more?"...to which I then replied "What makes an S3 worth more? The Audi badge...? Please. I'd happily pay more for a nicer interior since ya know, thats where I spend my time when driving a car."

Its been a slow day at work.
 

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It of course depends on the car too...if you're buying something purely for speed and the fun factor, interior is likely going to play less of a roll....but since the R is my DD and fun car, I didnt want to compromise.
 

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Interior quality is huge. At least for me. Types of material used, overall layout, tech available, and SEAT COMFORT.

Example: is everything cheap plastic? Or are there alcantara accents or suede. Does it feel solid?

That is probably one of the biggest for me. I’m 6”4. Comfort and how I fit is huge.
 

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Depends on the type of car obviously. If I am buying a sports car, I can overlook interior flaws for raw performance (Example: Corvette). If I am buying a luxury car, I feel like a nice interior is make or break. I would overlook certain makes like Cadillac as the interior quality isn't there, but them again if I was looking at V's I'd go back to my first point further confusing the subject lol.
 

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Pretty important to me actually. The materials need to be easily digestable by a pitbull
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Someone posted a 15 Golf R for sale ad and laughed at the price. I trolled a bit and then someone came in and said a Golf R (used) costing more than a S3 (used) is ridiculous. I then pointed out that having sat in both, the R interior is vastly superior...to which he replied " So interior makes it worth more?"...to which I then replied "What makes an S3 worth more? The Audi badge...? Please. I'd happily pay more for a nicer interior since ya know, thats where I spend my time when driving a car."

Its been a slow day at work.

Oh. So car group Facebook retards. Got it.
 

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[MENTION=12]Bru[/MENTION], what is your opinion on the S3 vs R interior?

Surprisingly equal as far as materials and fitment. The S3 is of course a low-end Audi, and the R is the high-end VW. Of those two, it's likely a choice of style and which one you prefer. People often confuse styling preference with quality. Something can be simply styled but with high-quality materials (Tesla interiors, for example), or overly stylistic with cheap materials (Alfa interiors).
 
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