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      08-23-2007, 05:28 PM   #1
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First pic of Cashmere Silver on 1-series convertible mule

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      08-23-2007, 05:59 PM   #2
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Cool pic. Thanks. The car is looking good with the tan softtop.

Does anybody remember the E30 color 'Bronzit'? That's what this picture reminds me of. Btw, BMW, please don't put those wheels on the production car. Fake split spokes. Yuck.


Edit: Pic is a duplicate to this one.
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      08-23-2007, 06:08 PM   #3
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That looks like me. Maybe.
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      08-23-2007, 08:07 PM   #4
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That's a color for real estate agents.
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      08-23-2007, 09:01 PM   #5
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That's a color for real estate agents.
Two thumbs down for your uninformed, unbridled sillyness.

Silver is in fact the the smartest color on the road. There was a rather comprehensive study conducted at a university in New Zealand which examined car color in relation to accident frequency, and silver cars are the least likely to be involved in an accident...and by a significant margin. The comprehensive scientific study also accounted for variables such as age of driver, sex, educational level, ethnicity, alcohol consumption (in previous six hours), use of recreational drugs, seat-belt use, average time spent driving each week, vehicle speed, vehicle age, engine size, registration, warrant of fitness and vehicle insurance, driving licence status, road type, weather, and ambient light conditions (day, night, twilight). Here's a link to the article, and its a rather intersting doccument to read very closely several times.

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7429/1455

Outside of pragmatic concerns outlined above, German race cars are historically silver. If you are any sort of German car fan, you should also understand and be familiar with the "Sliver Arrows" history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Arrows

You'll catch me in a silver German car every time. Its never out of style.
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      08-23-2007, 09:06 PM   #6
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silver - of course!!! I jump between TiAg and Sparking daily.....

light champaign....not so much!
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      08-23-2007, 09:27 PM   #7
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this looks more bronze-ish than silver to me. but i'm sure a certain segment will love it.
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      08-23-2007, 09:52 PM   #8
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      08-23-2007, 10:01 PM   #9
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it looks too bronzeish for sure, could just be a bad picture/lighting though.

as it is in the pic, I'll pass.
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      08-24-2007, 03:52 AM   #10
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Thanks for the pick, but will officially scratch cashmere from any list of consideration. If that's the release color for the cab, it is obviously targeted at women as Scott mentioned in an earlier post.

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      08-24-2007, 07:06 AM   #11
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Additional info in regards to silver:

Germany was asigned 'white' as its national racing color, as part of the Gordon Bennett races - silver came into play in the '30s, first with Auto Union then M-B. And M-B resorted to Silver to make weight, I beleive in '35.

A decent history of the Silver Arrows is available in a book written by Chris Nixon (no longer with us unfortunately) titled, simply, "Racing the Siver Arrows".

(The wiki entry linked under 'Gordon Bennett' is wrong in regards to Italy's color being red - it was black originally - I need to do more digging to run that one down.)
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      08-24-2007, 07:31 AM   #12
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Thanks Irv.

Who would think such a bland color would evince such emotion?

It's a great color imho. Shows the Bangled lines off to very very good effect and should look really nice on the coupe as the roofline blends into the car.

The great thing about all the silvers is how well they stand up over time...and I'm talking about how well it wears on the eyes.
Sedona Red and Montego Blue and LeMans Blue are much sexier- but they will date- attached to the taste of the moment.
They'll scream- "Hey, I was so hip in 2007."

Cashmere Silver-Safe choice- yes.
The big minus - it's a little too femme to get guys excited.
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      08-24-2007, 07:43 AM   #13
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The great thing about colors like Cashmere Silver is how well the color stands up over time...and I'm talking about how well it wears on the eyes.
Sedona Red and Montego Blue and LeMans Blue are much sexier- but they will date- attached to the taste of the moment.
They will scream- "Hey, I was so hip in 2007."
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Good point....
Selection could also depend on how long you'll keep the car, and whether it's buy or lease.

keeping long term - definitely consider something that you can live with that long.
Buying but not long term ownership - Consider how hard it'll be to flip when your done (green is a tough one to move)
If it's a lease; get the exotic colour if you like it, the dealer will have to deal with it at lease end.
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      08-24-2007, 08:47 AM   #14
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I like it. The wheels aren't true to the car though. Still, very nice.
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      08-24-2007, 11:31 AM   #15
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That's a color for real estate agents.
I'd have to agree if it is a bronzy silver. The colors on my monitors suck so it's hard to tell. My current car is Titanium Silver, which looks great. I also like the darker silvers and grays.

When I toured the Spartenburg plant they said that silver is the most popular color by far.
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      08-24-2007, 01:10 PM   #16
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Yeck - that's the color of 1/2 of every Lexus out there...
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      08-27-2007, 11:48 AM   #17
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Color aside, I think the convertible looks awesome. I can't wait to get my hands on one.

But I was wondering... is their any particular paint-color that is more physically durable (like as far as chips and dings and stuff)?

The white paint job on my Audi looked awesome... but I swear, there were times when I could literally see a paint-flake fall off after even the gentlest encounter with another car door. It was especially bad on the plastic parts of the exterior.
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      08-27-2007, 02:19 PM   #18
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leave it to wolf to give scientific evidence of an opinion







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      08-27-2007, 03:04 PM   #19
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Two thumbs down for your uninformed, unbridled sillyness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Arrows

You'll catch me in a silver German car every time. Its never out of style.
Too bad you missed the line about BMW's and Porsche's in the wiki article you quoted.

"Other German companies, like Porsche and BMW, still favour mainly the traditional white, while Audi also uses silver in to carry on the tradition of Auto Union."

Which would explain BMW Sauber's colours being mainly white as well.

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      08-27-2007, 03:20 PM   #20
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I didn't miss white, that's why I linked to the article. You could have clicked on the list of colors by nation in that article and saw...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._racing_colors

It also explains a return to white by Germany "When aluminum was replaced by fiberglass materials in the 1960s, some German teams (like Porsche and BMW) returned to white paint"

But it goes on to say "Other German manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz and Audi used silver paint when they returned to international racing in the 1990s."

The whole point was to demonstrate silver as a traditional color for high performance German race cars, both old and modern. Not to claim that silver was the exclusive color.

And yes aesthetect, I am obsessive compulsive beyond your wildest dreams.
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      08-27-2007, 03:52 PM   #21
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I read that as well. I enjoyed seeing all of the different colour examples. Who knew so many countries had national racing colours? Lucky Jordan gets the super-fast racing brown... lol Guess they always have UPS as a potential sponsor.
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      08-27-2007, 04:09 PM   #22
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haha, i would expect nothing else from the strongest man in the world
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