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Looking on Autotrader/Ebay/PH Classifieds at the weekend at some quite tasty motors, OH keeps saying oh thats nice, click to the interior then "oh, no thats horrible", confused I set about finding out why, eventually she explains its the wood on the dashboard/door cards that she thinks is horrible...
Thinking she was being ridiculous, I asked her mum for an opinion, straight away she pipes up "err, no, wood in a car looks awful" then tells me how OH's dad was going to get wood in their car but she made him get the brushed aluminium instead.
Personally I think wood is a nice touch on a car and gives it some personality, unless its British Leyland wood, which is awful!
I'm particularly interested to see if this is a female thing....
Thinking she was being ridiculous, I asked her mum for an opinion, straight away she pipes up "err, no, wood in a car looks awful" then tells me how OH's dad was going to get wood in their car but she made him get the brushed aluminium instead.
Personally I think wood is a nice touch on a car and gives it some personality, unless its British Leyland wood, which is awful!
I'm particularly interested to see if this is a female thing....
Funnily enough I was wondering this this morning as my brother's bought an A8 with the foulest wood trim you can imagine (and a mushroom coloured steering wheel 
) and I was trying to think of a wood trim interior I like.
Obviously old RRs, Bentleys and Bristols are good but I can't remember another that I like.
) and I was trying to think of a wood trim interior I like.Obviously old RRs, Bentleys and Bristols are good but I can't remember another that I like.
te anyway...
Can't be any worse than that horrid faux-carbon-fibre that many cars have, esp bmws.
Silver/aluminuium trim can look crap too, scratch central, esp Fords.
Ultimately it's down to personal preference and whether it "suits" the car. Wood would look stupid in my S2000 but is pretty inoffensive in my Omega. It's that or have more acres of black plastic.
Silver/aluminuium trim can look crap too, scratch central, esp Fords.
Ultimately it's down to personal preference and whether it "suits" the car. Wood would look stupid in my S2000 but is pretty inoffensive in my Omega. It's that or have more acres of black plastic.
Petrolhead_Rich said:
Looking on Autotrader/Ebay/PH Classifieds at the weekend at some quite tasty motors, OH keeps saying oh thats nice, click to the interior then "oh, no thats horrible", confused I set about finding out why, eventually she explains its the wood on the dashboard/door cards that she thinks is horrible...
Thinking she was being ridiculous, I asked her mum for an opinion, straight away she pipes up "err, no, wood in a car looks awful" then tells me how OH's dad was going to get wood in their car but she made him get the brushed aluminium instead.
Personally I think wood is a nice touch on a car and gives it some personality, unless its British Leyland wood, which is awful!
I'm particularly interested to see if this is a female thing....
I like wood in a car, but never really seen any German cars pull it off and too many modern ones have gone all German like and cock it up too...... Thinking she was being ridiculous, I asked her mum for an opinion, straight away she pipes up "err, no, wood in a car looks awful" then tells me how OH's dad was going to get wood in their car but she made him get the brushed aluminium instead.
Personally I think wood is a nice touch on a car and gives it some personality, unless its British Leyland wood, which is awful!
I'm particularly interested to see if this is a female thing....
But these I like
Edited by 300bhp/ton on Monday 8th November 14:11
300bhp/ton said:
Petrolhead_Rich said:
Looking on Autotrader/Ebay/PH Classifieds at the weekend at some quite tasty motors, OH keeps saying oh thats nice, click to the interior then "oh, no thats horrible", confused I set about finding out why, eventually she explains its the wood on the dashboard/door cards that she thinks is horrible...
Thinking she was being ridiculous, I asked her mum for an opinion, straight away she pipes up "err, no, wood in a car looks awful" then tells me how OH's dad was going to get wood in their car but she made him get the brushed aluminium instead.
Personally I think wood is a nice touch on a car and gives it some personality, unless its British Leyland wood, which is awful!
I'm particularly interested to see if this is a female thing....
I like wood in a car, but never really seen any German cars pull it off and too many modern ones have gone all German like and cock it up too...... Thinking she was being ridiculous, I asked her mum for an opinion, straight away she pipes up "err, no, wood in a car looks awful" then tells me how OH's dad was going to get wood in their car but she made him get the brushed aluminium instead.
Personally I think wood is a nice touch on a car and gives it some personality, unless its British Leyland wood, which is awful!
I'm particularly interested to see if this is a female thing....
The rest are utterly awful, the S Type and the Aston in particular.
Some cars it works well, even on a modern Range Rover or XF. Most German cars don't seem to pull it off though, especially the less barge like offerings like an A3 or Z4.
I think it's also influenced by the colour of the materials surrounding the wood, wood can often clash horribly if the interior was obviously designed with brushed aluminium in mind.
I think it's also influenced by the colour of the materials surrounding the wood, wood can often clash horribly if the interior was obviously designed with brushed aluminium in mind.
Zod said:
The rest are utterly awful, the S Type and the Aston in particular.
Good we are all different then 
Personally I think the worse thing with current Aston's and Range Rover's is the dash. Certainly wouldn't buy either based on how they look inside any longer. Not too sure about the new XJ either. It's ok'ish but certainly a backwards step IMO.Edited by 300bhp/ton on Monday 8th November 14:52
Hi - IMHO the wood in all recent Merc's, Bimmer's and Audis looks pretty gash.
I had a couple of AMG C43's before my E500 which had (fake) carbon weave instead of wood as standard (thankfully).
Then I started looking at E500's and was shocked at the various colour combo's (carpets, belts and leather) married up with some truly odd-looking "wood". They looked for all the world like something from DFS.
I was happy to eventually find one with black leather/carpet/belts/etc and black wood. Thank God.....
I had a couple of AMG C43's before my E500 which had (fake) carbon weave instead of wood as standard (thankfully).
Then I started looking at E500's and was shocked at the various colour combo's (carpets, belts and leather) married up with some truly odd-looking "wood". They looked for all the world like something from DFS.
I was happy to eventually find one with black leather/carpet/belts/etc and black wood. Thank God.....
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