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If you want something a little different, I got the carbon black. This "black" has blue tint and at various times can look a deep blue and other times look black.
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if you want something a bit more special i would go with the oxide, as its a new color. black and carbon black has always been around. i too have carbon black...and the car wash never lasts more than a few days...
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03-05-2024, 03:35 PM | #26 |
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Actually placed my order today Oxide Grey it is! Not the berline but the touring
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For everyone who is interested in how Oxide Grey looks on the i5 touring:
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03-08-2024, 09:28 AM | #28 |
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I wish they offered the i5 in Dravit Grey (without needing to go Individual).
I like Oxide as it is dynamic like Dravit (and i do like the yellow/gold-ish tint and am not an old grandma!). @deutsch100, I totally understand what you are saying about the Lexus300! But the shape of i5 definitely won't make a person look like that. I would think the lighter color would make it easier to maintain. Black is always sick! Looks fantastic! Total badass! But very hard to maintain. PPF would be a requirement for me if I went black. |
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I had an iX in Oxide Grey and it is so, so easy to keep clean....the best part of the colour. In bright lighting, Oxide is the perfect silver gray. But in a lot of lighting situations, it does turn into Mildred's Lexus |
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03-08-2024, 11:23 AM | #30 |
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My Jaguar was carpathian grey, their equivalent of Dravit. I loved the color but my husband couldn’t differentiate from black.
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Great and right choice to go with Oxide! Shockproof
While the showroom pics above tend to champagne, in natural light it is a warm silver. You‘ll enjoy it! How long until delivery? |
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Delivery would take about 6 months. My current lease (Mercedes EQC) ends in October. Glad to go back to BMW, my real passion! 😉 I had a couple of bimmers in the past but ordered the EQC because back then BMW couldn’t offer me a decent EV (unless the ugly I3) |
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[QUOTE=Shockproof;30969746]Thank you! Do you also have Oxide Grey?
Actually a Black Sapphire Metallic F31 But there‘s a very nice G21 in Oxide in my neighborhood. My next bimmer will be anything but black. For some reason BSM never has that deep, rich black effect... if you know what I mean. Maybe once rolling out the showroom. Wife went with Cape York Green on her X1 and the 5 touring press release car looked very sweet in CYG as well. |
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Picked Brooklyn grey. Really enjoy the color when sunny. Especially that baby blue feeling.
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Congrats on the car, it looks great!
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