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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Diamond Black Geezer on 04 November 2015, 13:19:14

Title: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 04 November 2015, 13:19:14
Stripped a few bits off a scrapper FL at the weekend to prolong the life of my poor old girl, and in so doing noticed a very nice leather gearknob (auto) and decided to get it. Now as I understood it the Elites got them, pre and post facelift, however, this certainly wasn't an Elite, a but a lowly CD if I remember rightly.

As a previous owner of a FL CDX, which also didn't have a leather knob. Just wondering who's got one, who hasn't?

My theory is... all PFL/MFL/FL Elites got leather knobs only, but model year 2001-onward specs as low as CD got leather knobs. I could refer to my brochures but they're stored at my parents at present, packed away. Or was this a quirk in production, or something else?

Interesting little change in production, anyway  :)
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: ronnyd on 04 November 2015, 13:56:09
My old 94 CD manual had a nice leather knob, actually it was in much better nick than mine, ;) ooer.
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 04 November 2015, 15:10:38
Groan..  :D
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 04 November 2015, 18:53:17
I believe that STMO has a leathery old knob to hand. :)
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: STEMO on 04 November 2015, 18:57:55
I believe that STMO has a leathery old knob to hand. :)
I wasn't expecting that.....much  ;D
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 05 November 2015, 09:45:06
One reply that's even vaguely on-topic... one  ::)  :D
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: 05omegav6 on 05 November 2015, 10:56:05
Standard on all facelifts, manual and auto, along with leather wheel...

All the gaiters are vinyl though ::)
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 05 November 2015, 11:02:41
Could've sworn my Turbo Weasel wasn't leather... maybe just a very worn, shiny leather, then... Just didn't 'feel' leather, you know? Fair dos  :)
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Viral_Jim on 05 November 2015, 13:26:04
My 2003 CDX auto has both a leather knob and steering wheel.
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 05 November 2015, 13:31:31
Cheers  :)

Good news is, then, my '96 car will have one soon, too  :)
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: ronnyd on 05 November 2015, 16:22:49
One reply that's even vaguely on-topic... one  ::)  :D
What do you expect when you mention knobs on here? ::)
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 05 November 2015, 16:39:20
I wanted to test everyone's maturity.  ;)






boobs.
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: biggriffin on 05 November 2015, 17:05:46
Cheers  :)

Good news is, then, my '96 car will have one soon, too  :)

Could this be Dbg's shortest post.  :D
Title: Re: Your leathery knobs...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 06 November 2015, 10:23:28
hahah! Cheeky sod...


[I was going to type a long, rambling post for comic effect, but I don't have the time, so just imagine one for the purposes of this discourse  :y]

 :D