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10-10-2005, 10:04 PM

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My Ride: Black 520i, Black leather interior, Active Steering, DSC, PDC, Ornamental grille, Audio Aux Input

black + beige
or black + auburn

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10-10-2005, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW#5' date='Oct 10 2005, 03:33 AM

I say Black leather with Dark Maple wood trim and anthracite headliner.

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Where's the anthracite headliner? Should I be able to see it in your pics?

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10-10-2005, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mikej' date='Oct 11 2005, 08:47 AM

[quote name='BMW#5' date='Oct 10 2005, 03:33 AM']I say Black leather with Dark Maple wood trim and anthracite headliner.

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Where's the anthracite headliner? Should I be able to see it in your pics?

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You can perhaps see it a bit better in this pic.
It is however, more black than it appears in the photo.

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10-11-2005, 03:07 AM

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My Ride: MY RIDE is DA real .-) HAMANN 5 aka BLACK MAMBA born on 16/06/2005/delivered on 05/08/2005 as following: 530dA (steptronic), Black II (JET), leather Dakota auburn black, mapple trim, head-up display, dynamic drive, active steering, adaptive xenon headlights (auto levelling) with headlight washers, alarm, comfort seats with massage function, advanced A/C, big compartment armrest, aux-in, MP3, Logic 7, Radio PRO, CD in-dash+cd changer, power rear sunshades, rear airbags, park distance control, auto dimming folding mirrors, smoking package, shiny shadow line (individual), fold down rear seats, ski bag, sport suspension, run flats on ï¿½116-styleï¿½ rims (Good Year NCT5+), cup holders, debadged, fire extinguishers, additional permanent power outlet, BMW coat hanger, trunk release button (installed by Hobi), GPS tracking device and a big thx 2 Iceman. Mods done: ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN FRONT APRON Including ellipsoid fog lights Item-No.: 10 060 110 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN REAR SPOILER Item-No.: 10 060 130, ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN HAMANN ALUMINIUM PEDALS For cars with manual gearbox Item-No.: 80 099 100 81,00 For cars with automatic transmission Item-No.: 80 099 120 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN FOOT REST In aluminium For left-hand drive vehicles Item No. : 80 099 122 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN HAND-BRAKE LEVER In aluminium For left- and right-hand drive cars Item No. : 80 099 216 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN Idrive of alu (sorry this is the only one in the World) but you can have it in carbon fiber , ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN EXCLUSIVE FLOORMAT SET In black with HAMANN logo in silver For left-hand drive cars Item-No. : 80 060 120 For right-hand drive cars Item-No. : 80 060 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN COVER FOR OIL FILLER CAP In aluminium Item-No.: 80 099 117 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN SPORT REAR MUFFLER 4 TAILPIPES Sport rear muffler with four round stainless-steel tailpipes ( ï¿½ 76mm ) Item-No.: 50 060 111 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN new add-on for M pack rear with diffusor for quad pipes -AVAILABLE NOW (http://forums.e60.net/index.php?act=ST&f=22&t=30630&st=0#entry332409) ï¿½ ///M steering wheel w Pegasus logo (this will be also changed to three spoke sports) ï¿½ ///M pack rear ï¿½ HAMANN ECU upgrade 265 HP 608 Nm. most improtant: ï¿½real and working like a charm forumsbuy real LED tails and PIAA 4700k fogs!!! for HAMANN full front apron you need H3 ï¿½ CustomAngels, Angel Eyes Brighter than stocks 10X, WHITE & (REd for shows). ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN LIGHT-ALLOY WHEELS DESIGN EDITION RACE 20" Ultra-light forged 3-pieced light-alloy wheel, Cross-spoke-design,Spider in black, titanium, screwing,polished flange DIMENSIONS : 9.0 J x 20 FA Item No.: 91 207 315 10.5 J x 20 only RA Item No.: 91 207 625 Recommended 20" Complete Wheel Set DESIGN EDITION RACE I went with most aggressive Combination A.10 FA 9.0 J x 20 / RA 10.5 J x 20 with tires: FA 245/30 ZR 20 / RA 285/25 ZR 20 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN LOWERING KIT 4 progressive sport springs Lowering by approx. 40 mm FA, 20 mm RA Item-No.: 20 060 125 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN TIRE - PRESSURE CHECK SENSOR SYSTEM ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN SIDE SILLS Item-No.: 10 060 120 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN REAL CF ROOF SPOLIER Item-No.: 10 060 235 ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN AIRBAG SPORT STEERING WHEEL 3-SPOKE Three-spoke design w their SMG paddles (For assembly O.E. airbag in exchange) ï¿½ Authentic HAMANN sports mirrors (all functions) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and of course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! E60.net Clings Still to do list;-): ï¿½ Our Hobi's camera system from : ww.switchchange.com). ï¿½ Individual leather interior (auburn+auburn alcantara)... and drive with sheer drivin' pleasure ... until 2009/2010 F10 comes or E60 possibly a 540d V8 diesel early in 2009 badly juiced!

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[quote name='ZinMe' date='Oct 10 2005, 12:02 PM']Whatever you do, make sure you look at the Auburn in person.? Pictures don't really capture the color very well.? ? It is a very unique color-- I don't think you'll find another car with anything close to it.

I'm really curious to hear from owners if the auburn changes color over time-- does it darken, lighten, turn more brown and less red??

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I agree that pix don't do Auburn interiors justice.

Auburn to me is really BMW code for "orange". If anything I think Auburn will darken over time, just from the dirt/sweat/residue effect.

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Kastanien Braun - is Chestnut Brown my /*/*/ is orange!!!

Go for black and auburn it will not become darker and I clean it every months.

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10-11-2005, 03:30 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ZinMe' date='Oct 10 2005, 01:02 PM

Whatever you do, make sure you look at the Auburn in person.? Pictures don't really capture the color very well.? ? It is a very unique color-- I don't think you'll find another car with anything close to it.

I'm really curious to hear from owners if the auburn changes color over time-- does it darken, lighten, turn more brown and less red??

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I think you are right...that interior color is growing in me. But too late to do anything about it right now.

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10-11-2005, 03:58 AM

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My Ride: 2006 530 xi, Black Sapphire Metallic, Auburn Leather,poplar grain wood trimi, prem. pkg., prem. sound pkg., cold weather pkg., steptronic auto. trans., front comfort seats, split folding rear seats w/ski bag,rear heated seating, power rear sunshade and manual rear side window shades, park distance control, BMW on-board navigation system and satellite radio.

Sorry to hear you decided against the Black Sapphire Metallic. That's what I chose with the Auburn interior, and I think it's very sharp. I wanted something dirrerent besides black interior and the Auburn is the only interior where you get the two-tone effect, all others have the console and doors matching the seats. I think the black/brown combo is very rich. Good luck !

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10-11-2005, 09:36 PM

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My Ride: ActiveHybrid - fully tricked out

Model Year: 2013

I have the auburn interior with orient blue. I really like it and I get a lot of good feedback about it from friends.

An interesting story about my local (Toronto) dealer - I bought my used 2004 530i in late August. I first noticed the car on a dealers website who is a 5 hour drive away. I called my local dealer to tell them about it. When he heard that the interior was auburn there was a pause and then he say "maybe you should drop by here first to check that out before you drive 5 hours to look at it". He admitted that he wasn't sure he recalled the colour that well. I think he was worried it was solid auburn in the entire interior.

He dug out a car from their stock and we check it out. Even he was pleasantly surprised by how nice it is.

Cheers.