I'm sorry...I didn't know that steering wheel covers = rice. Maybe I should go blow some $$$ for a black one to make the few happy. Well, it's wearing out anyway, so I might as well. I don't care to touch a bare steering wheel after my car has sat in 90+ degree heat for six hours. At least the cover has a purpose, unlike a bolted bus stop bench, which does NOTHING for a FWD but add weight.
Uh, the last time I checked, the auto dimming mirror was never available as an option for a 2001 model. It had to be hard-wired. And not everyone has an auto dimming mirror. Second, the gold emblems were not stock either.
Some of you really need to chill with the nit-picking. It's sad that I have to reply over a gawddamn steering wheel cover and what I consider "mods."
MODIFICATION:
(n.) The process or result of making or becoming different: alteration, change, mutation, permutation, variation. See CHANGE.
In other words, changing from what was stock..............
Blah, to each their own.