Oct 16, 2026 · 44 min · 10 segments
Car interiors are back — and this time, we’re going properly inside. After last week’s episode was cut short by Craig having somewhere to be, Mike, Tom and Craig return to the subject of clever…
Mike AskewHost
Tom BarnardHost
Craig CheethamHost
They're not too bad, although they, they, they, they haven't aged well, because the, the, the wood and the white dials are very early 2000s, if that makes sense.
Was that the era of when they started to have, like, plastic, silver plastic switchgear as well?
Which, which for about three hours each day, you can't see, because the backlight is exactly the same-
There's no, with no writing on it, 'cause the lighting is the same level of lighting on the outside.
Um, so no, it's quite interesting driving the two CLKs back to back, because the coupe is a 2002, so it's the W208.
A generation apart, and the 208 has got the old style Mercedes interior, which means it's beautifully finished-
They're not too bad, although they, they, they, they haven't aged well, because the, the, the wood and the white dials are very early 2000s, if that makes sense.
Was that the era of when they started to have, like, plastic, silver plastic switchgear as well?
Which, which for about three hours each day, you can't see, because the backlight is exactly the same-
There's no, with no writing on it, 'cause the lighting is the same level of lighting on the outside.
Um, so no, it's quite interesting driving the two CLKs back to back, because the coupe is a 2002, so it's the W208.
A generation apart, and the 208 has got the old style Mercedes interior, which means it's beautifully finished-
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