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For whatever one man's opinion is worth, that wood trim is very un-Honda and I think that most of us would prefer to be without it.
I appreciated the aluminum, business-like look of the trim in the 4G TL, and find the wood trim to be a step down as far as practicality goes and as far as what we expect out of a car. At least, I think that most of us coming from another Honda would prefer it to be a little different.
My biggest gripe with the wood is the very polished section ahead of the centre storage bin, next to the gear shift.
It is so highly polished that it reflects street lights and reflected even the recent full moon to such an extent that sometimes when I'd make a turn I'd have to look down to see why I was suddenly seeing a distracting bright light in the centre console.
I'm not sure what to recommend in its place, and it's certainly not much worse than the real wood in an Audi A6 or Mercedes E350, but it's still something that I believe we could improve upon.

I appreciated the aluminum, business-like look of the trim in the 4G TL, and find the wood trim to be a step down as far as practicality goes and as far as what we expect out of a car. At least, I think that most of us coming from another Honda would prefer it to be a little different.
My biggest gripe with the wood is the very polished section ahead of the centre storage bin, next to the gear shift.
It is so highly polished that it reflects street lights and reflected even the recent full moon to such an extent that sometimes when I'd make a turn I'd have to look down to see why I was suddenly seeing a distracting bright light in the centre console.
I'm not sure what to recommend in its place, and it's certainly not much worse than the real wood in an Audi A6 or Mercedes E350, but it's still something that I believe we could improve upon.