[Broken1]

ok. I've ordered my car, and I'm just waiting for the sale of my car to go through before I spec it, but i'm sure BMW will phone me in a week or two and I need help.

I can't decide on a colour.
Saphire Black or Sparkling Graphite
and interior
Lemon or Terra

Please vote in my pole and comment on the colours, how dirty they get, which is best looking etc... ;-)

[a3ndy]

Saphire Black with lemon interior will look the business! A dark exterior contrasting with a light interior. Classy or what?

That's my choice in your poll.

SG with lemon would be cool too. I'm not too keen on the terra.

[juan23]

Howzit Broken1

I am also in Jozi, I have ordered a SG 330i with Sports pack. Which dealer have you ordered from ? I ordered from Hyde Park Auto. Having seen SG in person I can definatley say it is 10x better than black, neway just my 50 cents worth

Hope u come to a decision

Cheers

Juan

[E90Newbie]

Either exterior will be fine, but definitely get the LEMON!!!

[Broken1]

hey Juan23, I've ordered a 325 from midrand(september delivery), but i think i'm gonna have to cancell it. I want a 320d now for economic reasons(and i can get June/July delivery) but I am only going to order it when i sell my 325ti (2003,white,grey leather) I drove a 320d and that torque is amazing. Most likely get black with lemon at this stage...but we'll see. Did you goto the launch at the venue?

[Broken1]

OK well the decision has been made.
I have chosen saphire black with lemon interior! I saw it and it looks amazing, just waiting for the sale of my car to go through and i'll sign for it :P :P :P

[bimmerphreak]

Nice choice!! Can't wait to see your pics! These are the only ones black/lemon pics I've seen so far from the Official Interior thread here. That's awesome!

[Jason]

I agree that black/lemon looks terrific. The contrast really accentuates the interior. Here's some more pics of this combination which looks great from the outside too:

[Broken1]

oh man that looks good. I ordered the 158 style wheels. The dealer tried to get me to splurge for the sports pack with 18" but it would just push the car out of budget.
i did however order comfort access....nothing more "wow" to the women than a car without keys! Still need to finalise the sale of my e46 325 *sigh* i can't wait !!!

[Tierfreund]

I´ve seen practically every possible combination BMW has built so far (yeah I´ve been spending ALL of my spare time on dealers lots lately), trying to decide for my car.

Today I finally saw black / terra / burl

Bingo!!!

It´s by far the most beautiful combination (well to my eye).

It´s elegant without being boring. It´s not to uneasy on the eye (as the three-tone-versions such as black/terrea/aluminium or anything with lemon (since no trim fits) are).

It´s perfect. And rare. And beautifull.

I know what I´m getting.

Oh and by the way:
If you haven´t seen it IRL in sunlight, be carefull about lemon. It look just that - lemony. If you like it, you´ll love it. If you don´t you´ll dislike it severely.

Oh and another by the way:
NEVER look at pictures of terra, I haven´t seen any picture of terra so far (wether with flash or without, sunlight or artificial) that has even the faintest resemblance to the real thing. It´s so rich and brown and not orange despite having some red overtones, you can´t describe it, you can´t take pictures of it, you have to see it.
And burl compliments it perfectly by picking up the colour in a darker and glossy shade.

[e90fanatic]

they don't have lemon interior in the US right? but it gets dirty easily doesn't it? my grey interior in the 525i is already stained from something

[frothboy]

I wish we had lemon in the states.....

[Broken1]

Shame you poor people. Like there isn't enough choice on other things :/ go put some lemon scented toilet paper in your car, and think of us with only 1 kind of toilet paper. hehe
Aside from that, I heard somewhere that Bi-xenons are against town law in santa barbara? Something about the old people complaining?

[frothboy]

I hope you are kidding about the Xenons. Could be true though there are alot of really stupid Santa Barbara County ordinances. We have Michael Jackson but we cant get Lemon.

[kchika]

SG with lemon leather. I wanted the lemon leather too, but ordered black beause I thought it'd be easier to clean.

[mwie]

I've seen the beige leather at the official presentation here at a dealer in Munich. So the cars were brand new - and the leather was dirty after a short period of time!!!

So keep in mind that you have to pamper your baby once a month or so... ;-)

[Broken1]

The dealer promised to give me a bottle of BMW leather cleaner, she said once a week if I clean it - it'll be fine. Shouldn't be a problem seeing I'm gonna be the only one in the car most of the time. Wish my luck anyways...not that the car is one it's way yet...but...

[abdulh]

well they reckon metallic black helps the resale value of the car more then any other colour.

definately go for lemon though, i have it and it looks great. I was thinking about the Terra until i saw a real pic of it and i dont like it (sorry).

one problem with lemon will be that it will be hard to keep clean

[Tierfreund]

Originally Posted by abdulh

I was thinking about the Terra until i saw a real pic of it and i dont like it (sorry).

There are no real pics of Terra. It´s like a ghost, it can´t be banned to a pic. It looks completely different than on any picture.

Never decide upon terra (pro or con) without having seen it IRL.

[abdulh]

Link to Terra Pic

[Tierfreund]

Originally Posted by abdulh

Link to Terra Pic

OK, that´s closer to the real thing than most pictures. But it still looks different IRL.

[abdulh]

i think the fact that no one seems to have specified it suggests its not very nice. the reason i went for lemon rather then grey or beige is that the dash and door trims are in black so it gives a nice contrast.