Real Wood or fake wood??
04-04-2006, 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Heiss5' post='264206' date='Apr 4 2006, 12:40 AM
I've heard that the wood is real, but it's basically a paper thin sheet of wood that is stuck onto the plastic mounting piece and then coated in clear plastic. So basically it's Real-Fake Wood Trim.
04-04-2006, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Merv the Derv' post='264370' date='Apr 4 2006, 04:26 AM
Imagine the extra creaking from real wood on top of the standard creaking 
It'd be like driving the Jolly Roger 
It'd be like driving the Jolly Roger Ray Hull
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Originally Posted by Ray Hull' post='264252' date='Apr 4 2006, 12:42 AM
This is the one main taste fault I have always questioned BMW about. Usually, understatement is their mode, but that shinyl-vinyl "wood" (real, exotic veneer, even worse) is grotesque. First, it's just inappropriate for such a techy car, but second it is so plasticised as to be beyond laughable.
If you've ever had or ridden in an old 50s Jag Mark saloon, with the two leather club chairs upfront, you know what I mean. That flip down dashboard Literally, was a plank of oiled burled walnut (veneer probably), as only the Brits can do. I would love to see this exotic stuff in its original state or oiled; it's probabaly very attractive (minus the pickling for the dead driftwood gray). But I still think it's about 5 decades too late. Surely Bangle can find another touch to "warm" the austere German interiors.
Cheers,
Ray Hull
If you've ever had or ridden in an old 50s Jag Mark saloon, with the two leather club chairs upfront, you know what I mean. That flip down dashboard Literally, was a plank of oiled burled walnut (veneer probably), as only the Brits can do. I would love to see this exotic stuff in its original state or oiled; it's probabaly very attractive (minus the pickling for the dead driftwood gray). But I still think it's about 5 decades too late. Surely Bangle can find another touch to "warm" the austere German interiors.
Cheers,
Ray Hull
No one is going to put oiled or waxed wood veneers in a modern car - too much maintenance.
What we have is the same thing - just wrapped in plastic for protection.
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