Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?

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Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?

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I was waiting in the car this afternoon, wondering why people - myself included - make such a big deal about soft-touch dashboards when they're choosing a new car...

When I was looking for my next car, I went from dealer to dealer duly squeezing the dashboards to make sure they were bloody soft. Woe betide any car that had a hard dash, but since I got my Polo a month ago, I don't think I've squeezed the dash once :D
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TheFrog wrote:I was waiting in the car this afternoon, wondering why people - myself included - make such a big deal about soft-touch dashboards when they're choosing a new car...

When I was looking for my next car, I went from dealer to dealer duly squeezing the dashboards to make sure they were bloody soft. Woe betide any car that had a hard dash, but since I got my Polo a month ago, I don't think I've squeezed the dash once :D
The softer it is, the more it absorbs sound and the less it rattles. Not to mention that the quality appereance/look of a soft dashboard is i million times better than a hard plastic one.
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Too fi ght I squeeze my dashboard, a lot!

If I'd wanted an interior like a 1998 Subaru Impreza, I'd have got one! :lol:

Seriously though, I think it's something drummed into car buyers by car mags/websites, and used as a way of perceiving quality. The problem is, the car makers know exactly where to spend the money to give that facade of build quality and where they can get away with it. Makes sense though I guess.

I remember the rear seats of my Golf V GTD were not as nice a place to be fit and finish wise compared to the front seats!
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I've only just realised I do this when buying cars :shock: Must be as Tooks and Mart!n mentioned that it's perceived quality. I do the same with the ruddy wheel too.....
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I actually retro-fitted a soft one to replace te hard haha :D :lol:
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Lol, there's some serious OCD on this forum :D
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Don't know what you're talking about...
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TheFrog wrote:Lol, there's some serious OCD on this forum :D
I have so much OCD that I spell it CDO... (can't stand the letters not being in the right order. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: )
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I'm convinded the letters should be ordered by roundness rather than alphabetic.
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