[snareman]

Originally Posted by Marty in NY

That's the way to do it. If you see this on the seat, take it

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Lol. Absolutely

[mattsrs]

Here's my interior with cognac and fineline open pore wood. I strongly recommend non-shiny trim as the shiny ones reflect sunlight so bad in certain angle and will show fine scratches over time.

[snareman]

Originally Posted by mattsrs

Here's my interior with cognac and fineline open pore wood. I strongly recommend non-shiny trim as the shiny ones reflect sunlight so bad in certain angle and will show fine scratches over time.

By non-shiny do you mean not the carbon fiber?

[mattsrs]

Originally Posted by snareman

By non-shiny do you mean not the carbon fiber?

Yes, I mean the matte wood (open pore wood) options. They are way more practical.

[snareman]

Ok, I went to the dealer to check out the combo tonight and unfortunately for that reason, I'm out. Its a sophisticated color combo, but was just a little too much for me so I'm going conservative sporty and doing black and carbon fiber with MBB.

[Marty in NY]

Originally Posted by snareman

Ok, I went to the dealer to check out the combo tonight and unfortunately for that reason, I'm out. Its a sophisticated color combo, but was just a little too much for me so I'm going conservative sporty and doing black and carbon fiber with MBB.

Right, that's why you have to see this stuff in person. However, Sophisticated color combo's take time to grow on you, anything bold, at first sight, is, well, BOLD .. but after a few times seeing it, you might start to like it. You just have to give it a chance. Black will always work but it's just black, nothing special about it like Cognac or Tartufo or some other sophisticated color.
When I showed Tartufo to my wife, she said .. .. no! She wanted black. I said we had black in the last several cars, this time I'm going bold. I bought Tartufo. Everyone who has seen it, comments on how nice it is and what a great departure from the ordinary .. .. my wife? well, she now loves it.

[snareman]

Originally Posted by Marty in NY

Right, that's why you have to see this stuff in person. However, Sophisticated color combo's take time to grow on you, anything bold, at first sight, is, well, BOLD .. but after a few times seeing it, you might start to like it. You just have to give it a chance. Black will always work but it's just black, nothing special about it like Cognac or Tartufo or some other sophisticated color.
When I showed Tartufo to my wife, she said .. .. no! She wanted black. I said we had black in the last several cars, this time I'm going bold. I bought Tartufo. Everyone who has seen it, comments on how nice it is and what a great departure from the ordinary .. .. my wife? well, she now loves it.

Yes I agree with all that. I know you have to see these colors in person but I was trying to get some opinions until I could do that. I went down to a local dealer that I am not buying the car from (I'm buying it out of state) as they had one in stock with the combo. I was able to get there about 10 minutes before they closed skipping out of work a little bit early and asked the sales guy if I could see the car. He walked me out to it in the lot and sat there and stared at me while I sat and trying to take in the colors. It was awkward. He was polite enough, but clearly just tolerating the experience. I wanted to say, give me the keys and I'll sit here for a half hour and absorb this and then bring them back to you but I knew that wasn't going to happen. It's entirely possible with time the colors and combo would have grown on me. I just wasn't willing to take the 3-year risk of having to look at them in case they didn't based on my 2 minutes of sitting in the car. I walked around the lot for another half hour after the dealer closed peering in windows. In the end, while conservative yes, I know the black will work and also think the black and carbon fiber is a little bit more of a sporty combo compared to the sophisticated combo. So for all those reasons, I bet on black.

[Marty in NY]

Originally Posted by snareman

Yes I agree with all that. I know you have to see these colors in person but I was trying to get some opinions until I could do that. I went down to a local dealer that I am not buying the car from (I'm buying it out of state) as they had one in stock with the combo. I was able to get there about 10 minutes before they closed skipping out of work a little bit early and asked the sales guy if I could see the car. He walked me out to it in the lot and sat there and stared at me while I sat and trying to take in the colors. It was awkward. He was polite enough, but clearly just tolerating the experience. I wanted to say, give me the keys and I'll sit here for a half hour and absorb this and then bring them back to you but I knew that wasn't going to happen. It's entirely possible with time the colors and combo would have grown on me. I just wasn't willing to take the 3-year risk of having to look at them in case they didn't based on my 2 minutes of sitting in the car. I walked around the lot for another half hour after the dealer closed peering in windows. In the end, while conservative yes, I know the black will work and also think the black and carbon fiber is a little bit more of a sporty combo compared to the sophisticated combo. So for all those reasons, I bet on black.

That was an unfortunate experience, why not go back when you both have more time and give it another look? Yes, black is safe and I have always liked our black interior cars which is why I kept buying them.

[LDT]

Originally Posted by snareman

Also I think we need to see a picture of you wearing your green shoes and green sunglasses in front of your green car, maybe in front of some green grass. 🙂

Grass? Chi fan is in AZ….might have to find some green pebbles.

[LDT]

Originally Posted by snareman

Can't talk my brain into ivory.

Find one and see it in person. It’ll pair well with MBB.

[NickyF25]

Originally Posted by BSfmAZ

Chicagofan00, can't believe U have matching sunglasses!, good move!
Tartufo + Fineline Brown Wood With Tanzanite Blue II

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That looks great. Went with same interior on wife’s Mineral White X5 40i we just ordered.

[chicagofan00]

Originally Posted by snareman

Ok, I went to the dealer to check out the combo tonight and unfortunately for that reason, I'm out. Its a sophisticated color combo, but was just a little too much for me so I'm going conservative sporty and doing black and carbon fiber with MBB.

I think Tartufo would be a better pairing for MBB. The trim choice in your example also doesn’t seem to pair well with Cognac, IMHO, so I can see why you might shy away from it.

FWIW, I had Silverstone in my M3. It was a daily driver with two little ones and I never had any problems with upkeep/care of the leather. The lighter interior colors aren’t that much of a pain to keep up with and ensure they stay looking nice. Just get them protected at the beginning and then wipe them down every few weeks with something like Griots interior detailer.

[snareman]

Originally Posted by chicagofan00

I think Tartufo would be a better pairing for MBB. The trim choice in your example also doesn’t seem to pair well with Cognac, IMHO, so I can see why you might shy away from it.

FWIW, I had Silverstone in my M3. It was a daily driver with two little ones and I never had any problems with upkeep/care of the leather. The lighter interior colors aren’t that much of a pain to keep up with and ensure they stay looking nice. Just get them protected at the beginning and then wipe them down every few weeks with something like Griots interior detailer.

I think I'm just not ready for essentially a white interior yet. Maybe someday. Also as much as the car is already $98,000 and there is the thought of in for a dime, in for a set of leather seats, I was trying to at least be a little conservative and went with the sensafin instead of spending the extra $1800 or so on the leather. I've read lots of good things about it.

In any case I think I'm now locked in at status 150.

[chicagofan00]

Originally Posted by snareman

I think I'm just not ready for essentially a white interior yet. Maybe someday. Also as much as the car is already $98,000 I was trying to at least be a little conservative and went with the sensafin instead of spending the extra $1800 or so on the leather. I've read lots of good things about it.

In any case I think I'm now locked in at status 150.

Will definitely be a great build regardless. Maybe next time!

[LDT]

Originally Posted by snareman

I think I'm just not ready for essentially a white interior yet. Maybe someday. Also as much as the car is already $98,000 I was trying to at least be a little conservative and went with the sensafin instead of spending the extra $1800 or so on the leather. I've read lots of good things about it.

In any case I think I'm now locked in at status 150.

Yup, you’re locked in now. You’ll be driving this baby by early to mid June. I now have 11,000 miles with smiles on my M60i.

[MADBMWX5MC]

Originally Posted by Marty in NY

You need to go find a good size dealer and look at these colors in person. I did a LOT of internet searching but the thing is, when looking at pix on a computer screen, the colors are not true and you also have the lighting/shading errors that happen by the person who took the pic. You can get to point where you can probably rule certain colors out but when comparing similar colors, you have to see them in person.
Mine is Tartufo but it looked like Cognac in some pix and visa versa. The first time I saw Tartufo in person, it was quite different than all the pix I had been looking at and that was even more pronounced with Cognac.


Here's mine, Tartufo with Fineline

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and here are a couple pix of mine, to me the color looks much different but it was just the lighting at the time the pix were taken.

Crazy how light makes the difference.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by snareman

I think I'm just not ready for essentially a white interior yet. Maybe someday. Also as much as the car is already $98,000 and there is the thought of in for a dime, in for a set of leather seats, I was trying to at least be a little conservative and went with the sensafin instead of spending the extra $1800 or so on the leather. I've read lots of good things about it.

In any case I think I'm now locked in at status 150.

I'm not posting this photo to try to change your mind on white (Ivory) interior. I just noticed that your build is similar enough in exterior color and wheels to share a photo of our 2019 X5 with Ivory Merino. I had doubts the light-colored interior in terms of maintenance and so on, but my wife wanted it so we went for it. 5 years later....not a single regret.

[snareman]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I'm not posting this photo to try to change your mind on white (Ivory) interior. I just noticed that your build is similar enough in exterior color and wheels to share a photo of our 2019 X5 with Ivory Merino. I had doubts the light-colored interior in terms of maintenance and so on, but my wife wanted it so we went for it. 5 years later....not a single regret.

Looks nice. I'm locked into the black, but any color transfer in the 5y?

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by snareman

Looks nice. I'm locked into the black, but any color transfer in the 5y?

None. I wear Levi's and I was expecting problems. I take a damp cloth to it whenever I wash the car. Once a year or so, I use BMW leather cleaner and lotion. I take it skiing and I don't agonize over it at all. Way easier than I expected.