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I am stuck on colour (black or white), please advice.
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From: NY416
I have decided the interior to be Creme Beige with dark Bamboo trim, but totally stuck on the colour choice.
For a M sports package 535i, which exterior to go for?
In a perfect world, I'll go for Alpine white with Auburn interior, or Carbon Black with Auburn. But...
Black is an S to keep clean, white looks like an ambulance...What to do?
For a M sports package 535i, which exterior to go for?
In a perfect world, I'll go for Alpine white with Auburn interior, or Carbon Black with Auburn. But...
Black is an S to keep clean, white looks like an ambulance...What to do?
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Im in Toronto Canada, we have the Msport package available for the 535i here.
My last 2 BMWs were steel grey and silver grey, all of my buddies' BMWs were black of some sort, jet black, cosmos black, sapphire black and carbon black.
A ton of silver BMWs in town and Orient blue is not available for the Msport. The white seems to really stand out, especially with the red rear light cluster assembly.
I start to notice Alpine white and really liked it , somehow the white brings out the lines of the E60 exceedingly well.
However its a psychological thing for me in getting white car, I am leaning towards it more by the day.
Is AW hard to keep clean? Easier to hide stone chips/ blemishes?
The image of all BMWs on the autobahn are black and the entire fleet of the German embassy are all black BMW 5 series. Nothing beats a shiny black BMW. So teutonic, so executive looking.
I am really stuck!
My last 2 BMWs were steel grey and silver grey, all of my buddies' BMWs were black of some sort, jet black, cosmos black, sapphire black and carbon black.
A ton of silver BMWs in town and Orient blue is not available for the Msport. The white seems to really stand out, especially with the red rear light cluster assembly.
I start to notice Alpine white and really liked it , somehow the white brings out the lines of the E60 exceedingly well.
However its a psychological thing for me in getting white car, I am leaning towards it more by the day.
Is AW hard to keep clean? Easier to hide stone chips/ blemishes?
The image of all BMWs on the autobahn are black and the entire fleet of the German embassy are all black BMW 5 series. Nothing beats a shiny black BMW. So teutonic, so executive looking.
I am really stuck!
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So far, four white and zero black. There you go. 
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Originally Posted by rollee' post='428097' date='May 25 2007, 12:26 AM
I have decided the interior to be Creme Beige with dark Bamboo trim, but totally stuck on the colour choice.
For a M sports package 535i, which exterior to go for?
In a perfect world, I'll go for Alpine white with Auburn interior, or Carbon Black with Auburn. But...
Black is an S to keep clean, white looks like an ambulance...What to do?
For a M sports package 535i, which exterior to go for?
In a perfect world, I'll go for Alpine white with Auburn interior, or Carbon Black with Auburn. But...
Black is an S to keep clean, white looks like an ambulance...What to do?
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From: Adelaide, Australia
My Ride: 05 530i M Sport Sedan / Silver Grey
I have never really liked white cars so have never considering buying one.....BMW or otherwise......but after seeing some of the Alpine White E60's on this forum i have fallen head over heels in love.
WHITE IS THE NEW BLACK
WHITE IS THE NEW BLACK
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From: Gothenburg, Sweden
My Ride: F11 520d Touring Imperial Blue, sports automatic, VDC, black leather sports seats, M Sport steering wheel, HiFi Professional, 18" 328 wheels, Xenon, PCD, electrical tow hitch etc...
E87 120dM -10, Titanium silver, xenon, PDC, Hifi, 18" wheels etc.
E87 120d M sport- 08, Le Mans blue, xenon, PDC, Hifi, 18" wheels etc.
Sold: BMW 525dT Deep sea blue, xenon, PDC, leather, Hifi, USB etc.
White has been a dead color in Sweden for the last decade on any car. Totally unsellable, silver gray being very popular. But since a year or two it's coming back strongly even on high performance cars. I know that white has been a trend in the US for a long time. We see a lot of SUV's on TV which are all white and pimped with chrome 
. I guess this has spread to Europe now with BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Porsche all introducing new models in white.
My father-in-law bought a 330xdT in Alpine white. When he ordered it I thought that he should have ordered black instead. But after having seen the car and compared it to a black one, the Alpine white wins. The white color really brings out the lines in the car. But you have to wash it almos daily in Sweden though.
. I guess this has spread to Europe now with BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Porsche all introducing new models in white.My father-in-law bought a 330xdT in Alpine white. When he ordered it I thought that he should have ordered black instead. But after having seen the car and compared it to a black one, the Alpine white wins. The white color really brings out the lines in the car. But you have to wash it almos daily in Sweden though.
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Originally Posted by MatyB' post='428136' date='May 24 2007, 10:26 PM
I have never really liked white cars so have never considering buying one.....BMW or otherwise......but after seeing some of the Alpine White E60's on this forum i have fallen head over heels in love.
WHITE IS THE NEW BLACK
WHITE IS THE NEW BLACK
