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Originally Posted by St. Merc Personally, I think wood trim inside any car is ugly, cheap and old-fashioned...we create the most sophisticated mechanical monsters from alloys and composites and then we furnish the interior with wood?
Isn't carbon fiber or aluminum finish a more proper choice? or simply fully covering it with leather?
Does wood trim count for somebody's lack of money or confidence? or is it just a bling measure?
Doesn’t look outdated and cheap, specially now that even the cheapest Korean cras come with fake wood trims? |
In what way does wood seem outdated where leather doesn't? They're both 'natural' materials, and have both been used since who-knows-when.
In my opinion, we have reached a stage of humanity where there is so much that
is artificial, cold and manufactured, that these materials are what keep us firmly tied to the world we live in. It's something that was alive, not something that's been dredged out of the ground, crushed, molten and shaped into something else. Instead, wood and leather grows, is nurtured, and then selected and crafted into something that you can use.
Sure, so I'm full of crap and have read one too many marketing brochures
but I still think that we need a touch of warmth in our existences.
That said, I do think it does depend on what type of car, and what colour the outside and the interior trim is. Wood suits prestigious cars more than sports cars, where I don't think carbon fibre suits many cars at all, unless it actually forms part of its construction. Even then, it's been faked so many times on hoon-mobiles that it's a little tacky.
I do like wood - but not the typical dark red or mid-dark brown stuff. They've been done so much. I like something unusual - maybe unusual grain, a dark, dark brown or a light colour, or anything else. But wood is still good, to me.