Poor quality paint - It excels at Stone chips and swirls... agreed yet Seat paint is just as ****
Squeeks and rattles....nowhere near as many rattles as a seat!
Rear visibility is poor....who looks behind them anyway
Ride quality is awful car bounces along the road - My poor back!!...should av got an ep3
Interior plastics aren't very good quality....since when have seat started employing soft touch plastic interiors?
Spongy brakes and loads of brake dust on rear wheels... oh no my wheels are dirty
Seats have no "memory function" screw the passenger and my seat never moves!
real petty stuff really
search for common problems with any of the seat range, mafs, window regs, clutch pedals, constant cels....
I will never own a Seat as my main car ever again! I'd consider a mk2 ibiza or cody as my 2nd car quite happily but to live with every day no ta. I used to love my old ibiza but it gave me too many headaches.
contrary to popular SCN belief SEAT paint work is to a very high standard, the same standard as the rest of the "common folk" VAG range ie barring bugatti etc.
I agree the ibiza rattled like a good un but my leon has so far been rattle free and its so much fun blowing past type r's and and vxrs as if they are going backwards with the easy to obtain over 310bhp and 330 lbft.
hmmm dont quite agree mate tbh , the front end is prone to stone chips.
hmmm dont quite agree mate tbh , the front end is prone to stone chips , the paint on the mk2 is a lot harder than the mk1 , but i wouldnt say the paintwork is great , tbh depends on what colour you get , i just hope my chrono yellow doesnt suffer the same problems the guys had with their ovni mk1's
btw your car mapped now?
seat paint is shockingly thin and chips/marks very easily. having owned 2 seats in the last 5 years I cant accept that its improved that much. claiming it to be the same standard to the rest of vag is an epic fail!
cost cutting measures make the difference between Audi's, VW's and Seats. If you think a veyron is painted at the same standard as a mk2 cupra you need to get out more. Newer Seats might be slightly more resistant but is still comparable to Honda
Dont forget that VAG builds SEATs, audi's, vw and skodas in the same factories model dependant, using the same painting equipment.