Rasheed Wallace was one of the first to receive his Mercedes Maybach.

RIDES: Did you have to get on a list for the Maybach?

RASHEED : If you didn't put an order in by last fall, then you probably won't get one 'til 2005. I actually caught a jump on that list. At the time I copped it nobody heard about it. I was looking at that SLR Mclaren when I walked into the Benz shop in Tampa, it was love at first sight.

Is it true that you actually get to create the car yourself?

Yeah, no two are alike. You get to pick your color of the exterior, interior, the kind of wood you want, the type of leather, the color of the leather and suede inside, and you got your own tree to the car.

Your own tree?

If for some reasons it gets scratched up, or-God forbid-I'm in an accident; they don't have to try and find another tree to match the wood in there, 'cuz I already got my own.

What did you get done to the Maybach that's different?

I didn't have to do nothing-it came with everything. It comes with a little cooler, satellite radio, and navigation.

What's the one thing about the Maybach you like compared to your other Benz cars?

It's a sedan for big cats.

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