welcome bec, and welcome also to the black paint + leather interior club. great choice. i've had mine for just over 3 weeks and i love it.

as far as cleaning goes, my suggestions so far are found in another post reply here http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...ad.php?t=11684

hope that helps. you can also try searching the forums for key words like 'wash'.

enjoy your GTI!

Bukefal