Why do people put wooden steering wheels on Masers (North America excepted)?
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Richard will concur that I was looking for one WITHOUT a wooden wheel but circumstances conspired against me. They are sweaty and uncomfortable on long journeys and positively dangerously slippy when you get into the car with wet hand from a rain-soaked door handle.
The best steering wheel I had on a car was an aftermarket Momo jobby the previous owner had put on a Lancia. It looked a bit boy-racer naff but it really did the job beautifully: superbly comfortable.
Richard will concur that I was looking for one WITHOUT a wooden wheel but circumstances conspired against me. They are sweaty and uncomfortable on long journeys and positively dangerously slippy when you get into the car with wet hand from a rain-soaked door handle.
The best steering wheel I had on a car was an aftermarket Momo jobby the previous owner had put on a Lancia. It looked a bit boy-racer naff but it really did the job beautifully: superbly comfortable.
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I had a CF wheel on my GTS and got on fine with it.
Although after peering through the window of the car still sat on the forecourt at Meridian they appear to have swapped it for a standard leather one.
Wish I'd done that before pxing it and got a few quid for it, if memory serves it was a £2k option!
(That may well be b0ll0x)
Although after peering through the window of the car still sat on the forecourt at Meridian they appear to have swapped it for a standard leather one.
Wish I'd done that before pxing it and got a few quid for it, if memory serves it was a £2k option!
(That may well be b0ll0x)
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Funnily enough I was overtaken by this very car which appeared to be on a test drive with ADG on the A21 today; looked a really nice car (apart from the hideous wheel) ( I was in my daughters Punto Sport not the Mas obviously)
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I've a wooden wheel for my 4200 I havent fitted yet, bought at a good price, never fitted, brand new.
It's a lovely thing for sure, the reason why I bought it was that I feel the standard black wheel to be a little bland, and skinny, the wooden one is a bit more chunky on the rim thickness.
I think the wooden wheel on Maserati's to be a bit traditional more than anything else.
Saying that I would love a carbon fibre one, but mega money, but I bet the list price for the wooden wheel was not cheap either!
It's a lovely thing for sure, the reason why I bought it was that I feel the standard black wheel to be a little bland, and skinny, the wooden one is a bit more chunky on the rim thickness.
I think the wooden wheel on Maserati's to be a bit traditional more than anything else.
Saying that I would love a carbon fibre one, but mega money, but I bet the list price for the wooden wheel was not cheap either!
