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Color can definitely affect resale, something not mentioned yet. With blue you’re going to love it, or hate it. White appeals to a lot of buyers, and the contrasting black trim on the M40 really pops. Just wish BMW would make the Mineral White available on the X3.
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01-13-2019, 09:13 PM | #25 |
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Had blue similar on my last SUV. Looked awesome when I bought it, but after a few years I got tired and wanted something more neutral (white/grey/black).
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01-14-2019, 02:57 AM | #28 |
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Not regret as such but in Ireland where the skies are frequently grey and wet it's perhaps a little too dark. My last two were EBII (F30 and F36)
I ordered sight unseen, the choice of colours is pretty poor - don't want black or grey, AW looks very good on the X3 and I've never seen a Sunstone here.
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01-14-2019, 06:52 AM | #29 |
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Is tough choice. I dream in color, but always order dark grey. I ordered second car. I was at dealer 3x looking at Carbon Black (very dark blue) w/ Oyster. My buddy ordered PB w/ Cognac leather. I love these color options. Love them... but ordered my safe, boring Dark Graphite w/ Black leather.
I also find white to be.. cheap looking. Some cars, like another buddy's M2, look really good, but most look cheap to me. If I was doing white, however, I would do what iroger did and pain the lower black trim. THAT looks good. 100% better. https://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showt...=white+painted |
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01-14-2019, 07:52 AM | #30 |
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Thanks for all the comments. Interesting to see the polarizing perspectives on this.
Out of my last 6 vehicles, 5 have been white. The one exception I had bought used and was Pearl Black (2012 Acura TL SH-AWD Elite in Crystal Black Pearl). The experience with black was a bad one - my OCD drove me crazy looking at that car in the sunlight. And mine was freshly polished regularly but still so hard to keep up with. My white cars have been trouble free, except for the road contaminants and iron particles (that turn orange) that are more visible on white. My wife's vehicles (family haulers) have always been White Tricoat (2010 Toyota Venza, 2016 Acura MDX and now 2019 Volvo XC90 Inscription) - wouldn't have it any other way. My current car, 17 MB C43 AMG, is Polar White (Mercedes equivalent to Alpîne White) - Designo Pearl White was not available when I ordered my MB due to shortages of some sort. I was afraid of being disappointed with the non-metallic white but I actually did not mind it at all. Non-met White is sporty and metallic is more of a luxury color. In Canada, you can get Mineral White Metallic in the 30i X3 but only Alpine White in the M40i, which clearly echoes my above statement of luxury vs sport. The only thing I didn't like about Mercedes Polar White was it was easy to get swirl marks on it and VERY difficult to buff them off. Luckily those swirls did not show very much because of color. My dealer just advised me that they have a 30i in Phytonic Blue that just came in... it's a sunny day out here so I will go check it out...
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Anybody ever gotten BMW to do a custom order color? My dealer seems to think it`s possible to custom order Mineral White in the M40i, but he hasn't asked BMW yet. I would get hit with a $400 custom order charge and potentially pay more than the regular $895 metallic paint fee. I guess it depends on how much more... I will explore that option before deciding
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I was going to order Phytonic Blue and changed it to Alpine White and I don't regret that.
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Alpine White seemed like the best of a mediocre colour range with the right trimmings can look pretty sharp nonetheless. |
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01-15-2019, 04:06 AM | #39 |
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Another thing talking against white is if you are driving it often in dirty conditions like around here in winter. See the "Dirtiest X3 thread".
White cars looks much worse quicker here, than for an example the Sophisto Grau, which is one of the reasons I went for the grey.. But I agree that a clean and polished AW with Shadowline trim looks great on the X3! |
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Only thing I regret about Phytonic Blue is the fact I live in the cloudiest state in the US so don't get sun to shine on it and show it's TRUE color.
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I am typically not an indecisive person but man I can't make up my mind.. GAh!
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Two professional photo shoots :
They both look real nice - the thing about the blue is it probably does not look that bright blue most of the time. Cloudy or during winter it's going to be much darker and in the Navy Blue category, which I do not like. I had a Carbon Black tester last week and since it's winter here and very cloudy, it looked navy blue and not black... I really did not like it in it's navy blue shade...
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I don't regret it but (living in the UK) PB does tend to look a bit dull unless the sun's out. It works really well with Cognac inside, so I'm very pleased with that combination. Personally I think white would be my second choice, but that's probably because I've not owned a white car since the late 80's.
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