New Arrival

[Jobbo]

Have you been able to configure a nice orange for the interior lighting to go with the outside? I found purple straight away and didn't look any further

[IanF]

I have mine set to green (and now have green Yeti cups )

Lovely colour! Delighted that people are buying colourful cars again!

Regarding fecpoty (and efcpoty) is there a minimum ownership timeframe to be eligible, and anyone fancy a sweepstake on how long Mike keeps this one!?

Shame you didn’t e-start the Dakar, M3 and M5 when ready on the same road, so we could make our own comparison.. some lovely metal you’ve had

[Matty]

POTY will be decided by RichB's colour preference.

Neither is actually eligible for the 2026 award, as they were purchased in 2026.

True. Should have bought them next year for this year.

FECPOTY
Future Evo car purchase of the year

[Ascender]

Have you been able to configure a nice orange for the interior lighting to go with the outside? I found purple straight away and didn't look any further

I did wonder if you could change that... I've not had time to look at it tbh, so that's on the list for later tonight!

[Jobbo]

Set aside a few hours to go through changing settings then

I turned off the wanky noise and graphics when you get in/start up as well.

[240PP]

Applauding the recent colour choices on here.

There was a dark grey one parked on the street in front of me while I was stood waiting for someone the other day. I hadn’t realised it was an M5 til I noticed the red flappy paddles so had a walk round the back to check the badge. It also looked smaller than I expected.

[Beany]

Set aside a few hours to go through changing settings then

I turned off the wanky noise and graphics when you get in/start up as well.

For some reason the first thing that came to mind was the Aston thing of Power, control, beauty or whatever that was.

Then I imagined a screen that says "Live, love, laugh" in a horrible font, and the sound of a drunk estuary girl cackling in a wholly grating manner.

I think there might be (more) things wrong with me

[Jobbo]

Then I imagined a screen that says "Live, love, laugh" in a horrible font, and the sound of a drunk estuary girl cackling in a wholly grating manner.

I think I'd keep that. Dirty.

[Explosive Newt]

More importantly:

Is your wife happier with the seat?

[Ascender]

More importantly:

Is your wife happier with the seat?

100% happier which = easier life = worth it.

Interior light bar is now orange, thanks for the tip. Still very strange starting it up in hybrid and moving away in silence.