I know you are kidding, but my $0.02.

Carbon fiber is tomorrow's **** carpet. Sure, if used for structural purposes, it can make light, stiff parts (and even entire monocoque body shells). There is no doubt that the engineering properties of CF are great.

But of course there is no engineering benefit in slapping it over consoles, shift *****, etc for appearance purposes. Someday, all of the "tuner" cars covered in fake carbon fiber weave will be thought of as tacky.

Vinyl tops go with muscle cars as well as Hurst shifters and Cragar wheels. It's a classic combination. They are a lot less tasteful, say, on a brand new Caddy CTS. But here in the Detroit area, you'll see plenty of the latter - often with whitewall tires and gold trim. Yuck.