An astute observation. It's mostly fashion.

Jim

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> I liked the Eight Ball shift knobs you saw on Chebbies in olden days.
> Carbon fiber?  That seems to be the "Pink and Charcoal" of our current
> era.  Many must think carbon fiber is cool-looking now, I think it's....
> rather ugly.  People cover up everything with "carbon fiber"
> stickum...20yrs from now I bet it will look like pink and charcoal Formica
> .
> On Feb 12, 2014 4:48 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >  the vanagon AT stalk is the same as all vw audi ones of that era, and
> > alot of other cars..   you can already buy nice carbon fiber, leather or
> > wood shift knobs that will fit the vanagon shift stalk.   i have a carbon
> > fiber one in my vanagon.  i think i paid $25 for it.
> >
>