View Poll Results: F30 335i M Sport in Estoril Blue/Black or Alpine White/Coral Red? | |||
Estoril Blue II w/ Black interior | 43 | 60.56% | |
Alpine White w/ Coral Red interior | 28 | 39.44% | |
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06-28-2012, 11:55 PM | #1 |
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F30 335i M Sport in Estoril Blue/Black or Alpine White/Coral Red?
I was thinking about going with the F30 335i M Sport package in Estoril Blue II with black interior until I thought of Alpine White with Coral Red interior. Both very look striking but in different ways...
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06-29-2012, 01:29 AM | #2 |
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Personally, I prefer the Estoril over Black. I love blue cars and of course, Estoril harkens back to some of the historic M models. Lastly, while the Coral Red is striking, I have the feeling I'd get tired of it after awhile.
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Estoril Blue would be my choice. White is nice but it does highlight all the panel joins more so than a darker colour.
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06-29-2012, 05:44 AM | #5 |
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EB with black. The CR is too striking a colour and I feel that looking at it for a long time would exhaust me. I want to be exhausted driving the car, not looking at it (from the inside).
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EBII, be different from the masses. I've posted it before, but:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...7cT_story.html http://www.cnbc.com/id/45353972/Most...Lost_our_Style
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I've ordered an EBII-on-black, with the alum hex and EB trim highlights. I considered both, and I'm sure I'd be happy with either. To decide, I just pictured myself walking up to the car, getting in, and driving away, and my gut told me that I liked the EBII-on-black better. The only opinion that matters is your own.
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06-29-2012, 11:34 AM | #12 |
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EB with the Coral Red....that's what I'm going with!
That said, the BYO app on BMWUSA keeps flaking out and resetting my build every time I try that combo. |
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Some people I talked to while choosing the color for my car mentioned that White w/ Coral Red is more feminine. Not sure how true that is, but throwing that out. Out of the two options, I would get the EB with Black. I do think that EB is a little flashy so i personally went for Mineral Gray with Black
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06-29-2012, 12:44 PM | #16 |
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Great feedback, guys.
Many on this board say Estoril Blue II is a flashy exterior colour but I when comparing the pictures above the Alpine White/Coral Red combo looks the more flashier to my eyes. Perhaps the black interior in Estoril Blue II subdues the exterior somewhat and makes it appear more conservative? |
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Looks great moving, but a lot of panels gaps highly visible when parked. |
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It seems to be a self-reinforcing relationship between the consumer, the dealer, and the manufacturer. The dealer (rightly) prefers to stock cars that will spend the minimum amount of time on the lot and stocks drab exterior/interior color combinations. The consumer then buys those same drab colors, which encourages the manufacturer to push out more of those same tones. Before ya know it, everybody's car is the same shade of boring. If BMW really wanted to stand out, they'd offer some exciting colors in the Individual palette and price them at a point that doesn't induce cardiac arrest. People could get something unique and exciting without feeling like somebody went all "Deliverance" on them. |
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Whatever color you get outside, get red inside. There are plenty of cars with black inside.
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I had red in my S5 and the novelty definitely can wear off.. Had the car just under a year and a half and by the end, kind of wished I had gone with my original choice, their "silver (very light gray) leather. This was with a black metallic paint.
That said, I am considering the Coral Red if I go with M Sport (since everest gray isn't an option and I want to break up the dark color paint (BSM or MG). |
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