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Been a bit of a mad morning, but the initial order is now done (BMW visualiser thingy) but I'm still not sure on the colour.

I can change it up to the point of confirmed build date, but I suspect that way lies madness so am wanting to finalise it before then. I've always liked estates in dark blue as they are quite subtle and always look good regardless of changes in design/fashion. The car is hopefully going to be a keeper, so am wary of how the colour will age.

You can get the roof in black or body colour, but I think it looks better with a body-colour roof unless you go for a silver/grey car to get the contrast.

Current colour


Daytona Violet


Velvet


Frozen Grey


Duck-Egg or Something


The colour visualiser thing is here if you're really bored/want to be helpful/want to make things more complicated for me.

Current Colour is best - and don't do a Black roof - it'll look a bit wannabee carbon roof tragic

Current colour, obvs!

Velvet looks good as does frozen grey, how good are you at keeping your car spotless though?

the dark blue - with brown leather.

dinny_g wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:45 pm Current Colour is best - and don't do a Black roof - it'll look a but wannabee carbon roof tragic

Yip, I had that thought. There's no carbon roof on these, apparently a cost issue due to the size... but also no panoramic option.

Rich B wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:59 pm Velvet looks good as does frozen grey, how good are you at keeping your car spotless though?

I'll try my best... But there will be dogs, horse feed and possibly bales of straw in the boot.

Only thing putting me off silver/grey is that stone chips etc always show up more although I'll get it ceramic coated or whatever it is these days.

scotta wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:01 pm the dark blue - with brown leather.

Can't get brown leather on the carbon buckets. Which having sat in, I am now sold on. They're incredibly comfortable.

Ascender wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:04 pm

dinny_g wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:45 pm Current Colour is best - and don't do a Black roof - it'll look a but wannabee carbon roof tragic

Yip, I had that thought. There's no carbon roof on these, apparently a cost issue due to the size... but also no panoramic option.

Pity that - I'm partial to a Pano Sunroof...

Another vote for Velvet.

The blue is a bit too Shockdiamonds Doom Blue or Police Car.

Duck egg with silver alloys.

Dave!

I like both the velvets but hard to say without seeing in person.

Duck egg looks awesome with contrasting black wheels and roof.

Frozen grey will go out of fashion quickest.

Current colour is classic and probably best for a keeper.

Aye, I like the Duck Egg. I find that dark colours mask the details on the newer M cars.

Yes, lighter colours seem to work very well on the current M range as you get the contrast with the black details.

A lot of their colours also seem to look very different depending on time of day and lighting.

Duck Egg with black wheels and roof does look very nice...

I like the Violet and Duck-Egg.

Ascender wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:56 pm Yes, lighter colours seem to work very well on the current M range as you get the contrast with the black details.

A lot of their colours also seem to look very different depending on time of day and lighting.

Duck Egg with black wheels and roof does look very nice...

Black wheels are so last season.

Dave!

Can you only get black wheels btw?

Daytona. Looks amazing, while Velvet Blue looks like a last generation colour.

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 6:31 pm Can you only get black wheels btw?

Orbit Grey on the Tanzanite II



That's much better