[darkside]

I have seen SG's on the road and think they look stunning. I would not be dissappointed if I had ordered that color.

[selm]

Originally Posted by PittWm

I tell you something you might not realized. BMW always pick the best looking color for each particular model on the front cover of their sales literature. Do you remember which color it is for the E90? and for the E46?

More trivia...Do you know which option on the car is always pictured on the front cover.

What's the answer for the color on the E46 brochures?

[Wolf359]

Metallic black is not showing the dirt as much as jet black, because of all the sparkle in it (Looks nice when the sun hits those particules).

[BigPapiDoesItAgain]

Originally Posted by DonnyGirl

So I opted for a Sparkling Graphite, and hope that its gets delivered next week (some hope) Unfortunately I thought Sparkling Graphite would look good. It looks Ok in photos, but jis ust plain dull when I have seen them on the roads. So I now realise that I have made a major boo boo I can see that resale of SG cars will be low in a few years time.i

I now realsie I should have gone for a classic Jet Black. BTW TiAg and white are pretty stupid choices as well, and I don't think Black Saphire will look particulatrly good, unless its plished very day.

Anyone else feel happy with their SG choice after a few months ?

I've had mine since 10/05, and have gotten more compliments on this car than any other I have owned (have had 5ers in Alpenweiss and Titansilber, and a 3 coupe in Jet Black) starting with some random old guy while I was pumping gas in a nowhere East Texas town while driving the car home from taking delivery in Houston.

Every car looks better when clean, and every car looks better in sunlight, if you ask me, and SG is no exception. SG has alot of different looks that vary with the lighting, including bluish and purplish hues. Some people don't like this, pesonally I think it is quite fetching.
JH

[SilvertE90]

TIAG of course ! The Official racing color of Germany. Used to be White.. Stupid German colors.....

[climkt]

SG seems to ba very popular colour world wide. not sure whether one reason is because it is the brochure car colour. wife liked it, i actually booked 320i titan silver manual and then we changed the colour to SG manual after a month. Singapore dealership brought in the only TWO manual E90 BMWs by mistake. luckily, they manage to sell the other manual car

[BMW786]

I think SG is one of the more dynamic colors. In fact, some people just compliment the color and nothing else when they see my car.

Even though it's seems really popular, I've seen more Black and Silver E90's than any other color. weird...

[ap1994]

I was going to get SG and thankfully I saw it during sunny and rainy days. Made the choice of not getting it very easy.

I like SG best when it comes off dark and creamy,I wish it stays like that all the time.IMO Honda makes the best graphite color. I really like that honda accord dark gray it also looks the same all the time ,SG was my answer,and IMO Lexus makes the best metallic black and white.

[tl_boy]

If you find my posts you'll see that mine was a surprise for my wife. She had no clue what I was gonna get her (neither about e90, nor about silver). THAT's why I put a poll up on what color to get, it wasn't my car in any case.

Needless to say, she loves it, and I think it looks awesome, esp. with the aluminum trim picking up. I just dont' know if I should keep the window surrounds black or chrome (yes its my wifes car, but i'm taking the liberty of modding it for her )

Originally Posted by ksfrogman

I think that people should get what they want, not what they think others would want. Beauty is always in the eyes of the beholder, and an e90 owner should be self-confident enough to rely on his or her own wants and desires.

I also feel that color choice is mainly a right-sided brain decision, not a left-sided one. Color choice based on visibility in different weather conditions is taking this a bit too far. One could always buy a bright white van if visibility were an issue.

[KevinC]

Originally Posted by DonnyGirl

BTW TiAg and white are pretty stupid choices as well, and I don't think Black Saphire will look particulatrly good, unless its plished very day.

You're crazy.

SG is an AWESOME color, one that virtually anyone can love and it's pretty hard to call it a "stupid" choice. It will hide dirt faily well (especially compared to black!) and looks damn classy. TiAG & white "pretty stupid choices" too? C'mon, wtf?

It could much more easily be argued that Black is a "stupid" choice because of the maintenance factor and how crappy they look as soon as they even begin to get dirty - which is by the time you're finished drying it. But I digress!

[climkt]

hi 330m. never knew it was that perilous to live in manchester. there are lots of nice cars in manchester. you must really be unlucky. never had a problem with vandalism in manchester chinatown with my e36 325 coupe.

[cncmastr]

Are you high?

This looks dull?





I'm sorry, but to me, this is one the sexies colors BMW has come out with in awhile (gray wise). When clean, she's super sleek. And even when she's dirty, it hides the dirt pretty well. I'm very glad I got SG.

[cncmastr]

Topaz blue.

He's right, that color is/was the hotest color for its time.

(my old car was mystic blue, god, I loved mystic)

Originally Posted by selm

What's the answer for the color on the E46 brochures?

Well, the old E46 Coupe brochure used to have a dark blue one on the cover (I bought my 325Ci in it and loved it, but can't remember the colour name right now...was it Mystic?)...not sure about the sedan brochure.

I bought my E90 in Arctic - in the Australian sunshine it is a very interesting colour - seems to have some of the features of darker colours but the upkeep of lighter colours...I really like it, but it doesn't seem to be very popular though. Have wondered a few times if I should have specced SG or TiAg but I'd be happy with any of them - not fussed.

I bought my 130i in Le Mans Blue and will never look back. Black looks good (but I am not prepared for that kind of upkeep) and I have seen a grey and silver one and didn't like them at all.

I've seen a few clean black E90s on the roads and they look very classy, especially with the sports pack and window tinting.

[painoz]

Smokin crack.......SGraphite looks great....I am on my second E90 335......with the same color.....

[ksfrogman]

Do you guys realize this thread is over 1 year old?

Nope, but thanks for pointing it out. Talking about car colours is SO 2006 ;-)

[Wai328]

I feel extremely happy that i choose SG it looks great:rocks:
And also i wash my car once a week

[Collanrf]

Originally Posted by aem

I think it's better than white.

But jet black is the best color...

Jet Black

[drkeng]

E46 cabrio brochure featured a Mystic Blue car with Hawaii plates. Loved my Mystic Blue and got tons of compliments on it. It looked awesome when clean and it was sunny.

Almost got Montego Blue, but went with Sparkling Graphite. So far, I love it ; haven't had too many "purplish" days yet. Most of the time it looks like a liquid metal color, at least as good as the concept M3. In the right light/sun, it really shines with the purple and green flecks. Space is just shades of gray.

Have to say, the Black Sapphire metallic looks pretty good, too when clean and shiny.

[Revlis]

Originally Posted by Socom

Am I the only one having a hard time taking that post seriously?

No, Found it rather insulting...

Heh, "Stupid Colors"... Small Brained Poster...