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      02-03-2012, 02:59 AM   #1
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What does "Highlight trim finishers pearl gloss chrome" mean?

I noticed in my order printout that it lists under the Luxury Line header: 4DM "Highlight trim finishers pearl gloss chrome."

What does this mean? Does it mean the color will actually be "pearl" -- an off-white? I ordered Anthracite Wood Trim so I thought the trim would just be chrome metal...

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It means a whale blew his load on your dash.
















But seriously, the highlight trim is the little strip under the wood...in sport line cars the strip is red or black...
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I noticed in my order printout that it lists under the Luxury Line header: 4DM "Highlight trim finishers pearl gloss chrome."

What does this mean? Does it mean the color will actually be "pearl" -- an off-white? I ordered Anthracite Wood Trim so I thought the trim would just be chrome metal...

Anyone?

It's a bit lost in translation, the highlight trim is chrome like you thought, it's just finished in "pearl gloss". Here are a couple of photos from the US press drives (click for larger version):




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Ah, ok. Thanks for clearing it up.
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It means a whale blew his load on your dash.



But seriously, the highlight trim is the little strip under the wood...in sport line cars the strip is red or black...


On the dash, there is the trim that surves the purpose of highlight,
and that piece of trim is finished in chrome, but the chrome is not as usual,
because it's actually pearl looking, but the pearl is not as usual,
because it's actually glossy, but it's also a bit matte looking too...
so it's kinda like ... special ... you know?!... special...
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On the dash, there is the trim that surves the purpose of highlight,
and that piece of trim is finished in chrome, but the chrome is not as usual,
because it's actually pearl looking, but the pearl is not as usual,
because it's actually glossy, but it's also a bit matte looking too...
so it's kinda like ... special ... you know?!... special...
Uh, I think I'm gonna just go with the whale blowing its wad on my dash explanation.

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On the dash, there is the trim that surves the purpose of highlight,
and that piece of trim is finished in chrome, but the chrome is not as usual,
because it's actually pearl looking, but the pearl is not as usual,
because it's actually glossy, but it's also a bit matte looking too...
so it's kinda like ... special ... you know?!... special...
Uh, I think I'm gonna just go with the whale blowing its wad on my dash explanation.

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Bmw ought to name its features with cool names like that: "whale's wad on dash!"


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Bmw ought to name its features with cool names like that: "whale's wad on dash!"


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