[spdandpwr]

My red on oyster with a moonlight top gets all the compliments...more so than my Austin Yellow F80 did. It's a handsome car...still crazy to think it was 57k brand new!

[VIN240i13]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

I do not find the convertible to look good, either top up or top down....Top up, it looks terrible.

I agree, Top Up, it's not the most attractive car, but considering "looks terrible" is a bit much, but I understand everyone has an opinion. From the attention my car attracts seems "terrible looking" is not that bad.

Originally Posted by XutvJet

The best colors to bring out the body lines and aggressiveness are mineral white, silver, and alpine white in a distant 3rd.

Two types of White and a Grey as best colors? WOW, you have selected the three most BORING colors one can choose for a car, especially a Sports Car. The 2013 C6 Vette I sold in 2017 before purchasing the current car was (yawn) white. Spent over a grand and a half to slap on some custom painted black stripes, they did nothing for the car, terrible looking for sure.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by VIN240i13

Two types of White and a Grey as best colors?

They may not be "best", but they're certainly popular:



Source: https://haynes.com/en-us/tips-tutori...lack-car-india.

[VIN240i13]

Originally Posted by dradernh

They may not be "best", but they're certainly popular:

Agree, Popular usually does not always equate to "best", McDonalds Hamburgers (yuck) come to mind.

When your spending $50K+ or more on a new sports car wouldn't you want to get something different, unique, a tad different then what everyone else has? I had absolutely NO issues forking over the premium price for Estoril Blue Metallic and waiting over 90 days for delivery when the dealer had a White unit in stock and wanted to "deal" if I took it off their hands instead of ordering.

[XutvJet]

Originally Posted by dradernh

They may not be "best", but they're certainly popular:



Source: https://haynes.com/en-us/tips-tutori...lack-car-india.

Well, like wheels for a car, you have to choose something that compliments the design elements of the car. You might be in love with a certain wheel design, but that doesn't mean it works well for the car you want to install them on. Same goes for color choice. Body color and wheels have the strongest effects on styling. The 2 series needs a lot of help.

the impact of color on creating visual drama with the body lines is a very real thing. Look at an M2 in alpine white and note how much the alpine white or Hockenheim silver negates the drama of the pumped up fenders compared to an M2 in blue, orange, or dark gray. From many angles, the body and fenders on an M2 in alpine white looks about as aggressive as my mineral white M235 does. An M2 in mineral white would be amazing.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by VIN240i13

When your spending $50K+ or more on a new sports car wouldn't you want to get something different, unique, a tad different then what everyone else has?

Not my thing, unless it's really a color I wouldn't want to live with. I don't know that BMW has one of those.

Long story short...I wanted Alpine White, Estoril Blue was the single new car in the US that ticked every other box. People frequently tell me how much they like the color. I always thank them.