truffle brown is not dual color like auburn. most plastic trims (and fthe parcel shelf and the floor) are truffle brown as well. With auburn all of these are black. Are you maybe confusing truffle with amethyst interior (which is real dual tone black/amethyst, and the amethyst looks a bit similar to truffle brown)
[/quote]

I'm afraid I have to disagree with you as a friend of mine does have the truffle brown interior and it *does* have black on the center console as well as on the armrests in the doors. That made me decide to take the truffle brown too as opposed to e.g. beige or grey. I haven't seen the amethyst but was told it was a flat tone compared to the truffle brown. I agree that other plastics trims like the parcel shelf and the floor are truffle brown as well.

Hey, I noticed you're from Belgium too?!! Where do you reside?

Cheers

 

My ride will be perfect for you.. Seems that we have the same taste. I don't mind selling mine to you...for a price

 

Yes me too. I found the Titanium Grey a much heavier paint and thus slowed the car the same with the grey interior. BMW have acknowledged this weight problem and are now offering a Stainless finish (Like Marty's Delorean in back to the future)
Option 469 cost's $999. Only available on week 9 production not yet in brochure.
[/quote]

The latest R&T tested all E60 paint colors. Despite the weight difference you note, Black Saphire is by far the fastest color (about 3/10 faster 0 - 60). This is due to new additives in the "saphire" which drastically reduce the coefficeint of friction and allow the car to slice throught the air better.

 

Jet Black, looks hot but does take work to take car of.

 

Nobody seems to like Mystic Blue. But I like it. My sales assistant and the owner of the dealer commented today how my mystic with gray interior looks great. Of course, they tell everybody that. Orient looks classic, but it can look black in bad light or when wet, so I prefer my Mystic.

I sure don't see many in Mystic. It's a little provocative, in that it doesn't just sit back and blend in. Even in the rain, it has a little glow to it. So there.

 

Hi, I am new here. Took delivery of a 535d last Friday.

I chose orient blue with beige leather interior to stand out from the 'grey mass'

Bernd

 

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Titanium Silver </span>

 

Tired of Titanium Silver.
Silver Grey is nice, but there are a lot of them out there.
I like the car in white; but white is for girls, vans, and maybe a few guys in Miami.
Orient Blue/Beige is a very nice combo - but no blue cars for me, thank you.

The car looks best in Black (real, non-metallic Jet Black); it just looks fierce. I know, cleaning is a bitch; oh well.

Interior is tough. By far, I think the Beige interior is the nicest. Unfortunately BMW still has a black dash assembly and steering wheel with beige interior; if you look at Mercedes, you'll see it is all beige, or two toned in beige/tan/sand cars - much nicer.

Black interior is my second choice, though it doesn't come close to the Beige, though it is much easier to maintain.

I have always hated grey interiors in cars. Any car. Period.

The Auburn is way too orange. Combine it with the black dash, and whatever exterior color, and there is way too much going on.

So I ended up with Black/Beige. Frankly, I think Orient Blue/Beige goes better; but I just went with my favorite exterior and favorite interior. Black/Beige does strike me as a bit late 80's, but that's ok.

 

Welcome aboard, moema535d !

 

Jet black on black...I think it does the perfect justice to the lines of the car. Noticable when you look close, but not enough to distract (IMHO).

Black interior just looks better longer too...I like the lighter colors but black looks cleaner day in and day out.