White cars rock!
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
Originally Posted by ITNurse' post='522115' date='Jan 23 2008, 10:30 PM
My wife loves white...not to say that white is a feminine color or anything. 
Just kidding 
Just kidding 
No doubt white will be on my list (with the silvers and light grays I still favor) for my next ride.
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From: Vancouver, BC , Canada
My Ride: 2011, X6 Hybrid . Alpine White , every option. 20" Conti' NON runflats,OEM trunk spoiler , LUX V3 AE's , HP Thunder Fogs , custom front bumper reflector delete........
In the luxury segment, the silver/gray cars are still the most popular colors by far at 30%, followed by Black and White tied at 22% each, So I think the real story here is that White has caught up to Black . The real lemmings are still those Silver /Gray guys... 
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From: Texas, USA
My Ride: '07 530i
Back in the mid to late 1990's (1997), white was the "luxury" color here. Usually a pearlescent white of some kind rather than plain white, but white nonetheless. The BMW CA I was talking to said that he wished BMW would come out with some other variations of white, as all of the 5 series they had on the lot that were unsold were white.
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My Ride: 2011, X6 Hybrid . Alpine White , every option. 20" Conti' NON runflats,OEM trunk spoiler , LUX V3 AE's , HP Thunder Fogs , custom front bumper reflector delete........
Originally Posted by TX-530i' post='523559' date='Jan 27 2008, 06:33 PM
Back in the mid to late 1990's (1997), white was the "luxury" color here. Usually a pearlescent white of some kind rather than plain white, but white nonetheless. The BMW CA I was talking to said that he wished BMW would come out with some other variations of white, as all of the 5 series they had on the lot that were unsold were white.
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From: North County ,S.D, Ca
My Ride: 2012 535i Msport
I'm a new member out from southern California.....Yes white does photogragh better ....I looked a used white 5 series with black interior .and all I could find was gray or tan interior....?? ,,,,So yeah I ended up with platinum gray exterior with black / bamboo,gunmetal trim.........Once again in racing White always photos better..lol !
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From: Sydney Australia
My Ride: Current - MY2008 530i comfort access,active steering, HUD, prof nav/TV, bluetootth etc .....
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Arn't White coloured cars as hot (in the sun) as Black these days????
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My Ride: 2011.5 Alpine White E90 M3 | Black Novillo Leather | Carbon Fiber Leather Trim | ZCP | ZP2 | M-DCT | Navigation | Moonroof | 6FL Mods: TMS 12.5mm spacers all around l Hawk HPS Brake Pads l OEM M3 Edition Grills l Paint Matched Side Gills l Key Hole D
[quote name='bmwfan05' date='Jan 27 2008, 10:18 PM' post='523671']
White looks very good when its new and clean!! But verry hard to keep clean!
but is far more forgiving than black or any color when it comes to dust, scuffs, scratches, ding/dent roll outs....
White looks very good when its new and clean!! But verry hard to keep clean!
but is far more forgiving than black or any color when it comes to dust, scuffs, scratches, ding/dent roll outs....
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Originally Posted by bmwfan05' post='523671' date='Jan 28 2008, 01:18 AM
White looks very good when its new and clean!! But verry hard to keep clean!
It's amazing to me how many people avoid a white car because they think they're hard to keep clean (actually the same reason I don't get black cars...)
