> ...You had me worried about the timing belt needing replacement at 50,000 > on my car. It has 49,000 miles. BUT, I checked and the service interval > on the 2003 is actually 90,000 miles. I have driven the car and it pretty > nice and comfortable. It's a little boring and sedate, but it will be > very reliable and after a year of driving it, I can make good money. > There is one annoying feature that I don't like that is supposed to be an > option. The steering wheel is the wood and leather combination. Well, the > car has so little wear on it that the wood portion of the wheel is very > glossy and smooth. In fact, the wood is so hard and shiny that it is weird > to hold the steering wheel on the portions where it is wood. It makes me > think it would be too slippery. But, luckily the wood is not on the part of > the wheel that you are supposed to hold... > I'm sure you will get used to the wood trimmed wheel in short order. My C300's original wheel was leather matched to the rest of the interior but since I had a Performance Products wood trimmed wheel in my C320 I wanted one for the new car. I found a supplier in Munich that sells one identical to the OE wood/leather wheel (in black only from MB) to match my beige interior. The slick wood surface (top and bottom sections) took a brief period to get used to but I like it now and there is something about the feel of it that is pleasurable.
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