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Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:38 pm
by TheFrog
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
Re: Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:46 pm
by Mart!n-GTI-DK
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
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.
Re: Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:09 pm
by Tooks
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!
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!
Re: Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:25 am
by lancslad1985
I've only just realised I do this when buying cars
Must be as Tooks and Mart!n mentioned that it's perceived quality. I do the same with the ruddy wheel too.....
Re: Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:30 am
by iichel
I actually retro-fitted a soft one to replace te hard haha
Re: Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:14 am
by TheFrog
Lol, there's some serious OCD on this forum
Re: Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:15 am
by iichel
Don't know what you're talking about...
Re: Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:04 am
by Mart!n-GTI-DK
TheFrog wrote:Lol, there's some serious OCD on this forum
I have so much OCD that I spell it CDO... (can't stand the letters not being in the right order.
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Re: Do you ever squeeze your dashboard?
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:08 pm
by iichel
I'm convinded the letters should be ordered by roundness rather than alphabetic.