Orion metallic silver - marmite colour ?
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Having owned 60 cars in the past 30 years if there’s one thing I know.......
Don’t buy a car if you have any doubts about the colour. You have to look at the colour every day so if you have any doubts, they will be amplified over the following weeks.
Spent £20k on a brand new Audi A1 for the wife. It was nano grey, I wasn’t sure but she thought it was ok and convinced me. We bought it and within 2 months we punted it on as we both hated the colour the more we looked at it.
These current trendy primer greys are very marmite colours I’d say....
Don’t buy a car if you have any doubts about the colour. You have to look at the colour every day so if you have any doubts, they will be amplified over the following weeks.
Spent £20k on a brand new Audi A1 for the wife. It was nano grey, I wasn’t sure but she thought it was ok and convinced me. We bought it and within 2 months we punted it on as we both hated the colour the more we looked at it.
These current trendy primer greys are very marmite colours I’d say....
North West Surrey
Z4M-2006 said:
I dunno, Oyster Gold looked good on a mate's dad's MK2 Granada Ghia and I quite liked Champagne metallic on my old Fiat 132 - esecially as both had brown interiors.
At least it isn't another shade in the white/silver/grey/black spectrum so common on Z4s!
Not for me either. I love silver on a lot of cars including the e89, it would be my choice if I was buying one, either that or a nice grey. But i wouldnt have these god awful champagne silver esque colours. Reminds me of a shade they used to do on the r52 new mini, bloody awful. :thumbsdown:
Well thanks for all the views - certainly stirred up some entertaining responses 
on reflection whilst it fulfills all my other desired criteria and clearly looks stunning it would be a mistake to settle for a fundamental difference in colour .
Search will continue - hopefully I will find one not 500 miles away :roll:
on reflection whilst it fulfills all my other desired criteria and clearly looks stunning it would be a mistake to settle for a fundamental difference in colour .Search will continue - hopefully I will find one not 500 miles away :roll:
You wanted a red one. That's what your heart wanted. Stick with a red one.
If you like it buy it, I had a dilemma over a savannah red Z4, in the sunlight looked like burnt orange in the shade very red, I asked my wife and off springs opinion, as I was umming and arring and the comments came back "well, if you like it" etc, ended up buying a mineral grey which I love
Just remembered another reason i chose this colour was that i had a space grey MGTF and a small child ran out into the side of my car, she didn't see my car. So only light or bright colours for me. She was lucky it wasn't square on to the front and i was travelling at slow speed.
Still shocking experience when a little girl crying her eyes out and me sat in back of Police car being questioned on something you have no control over.
Still shocking experience when a little girl crying her eyes out and me sat in back of Police car being questioned on something you have no control over.