Color Choice Dilemma
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08' BMW E92 Coupe
Originally Posted by white_w203
i had white cars before and then got a black is300. i spent so much detailing that car not to show swirl marks. thats why i went back to a white car again. 
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08' BMW E92 Coupe
Originally Posted by FrankW
the TRUE white before they put on that yellowish white for the current line-up 
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08' BMW E92 Coupe
Originally Posted by mbny
I wish i had gotten capri blue. i have silver but i feel it's boring and way too common. black is very nice, hard to keep clean and just as common as silver. but it's your ride, your dime, so definitely get what you really want. i had one black car and will never had another as a daily driver. i'm pretty obsessive with how clean my cars are and not seeing swirls and spent way too much time maintaining it.
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My last C230 was black and keeping it clean was no different, I washed it at the same frequency as my pewter silver C230 that replaced it. The biggest issue for me was the swirls, you can see them a mile away and people comment on them, that's how bad it is. Sure, you can polish and wax the car at least once a month, hand wash using the 2 bucket method and being very carefull but it's inevitable. Now with the new nano paint it should be a lot better than my 2002 as my 2004.5 hardly has swirls, even after a year.
But in terms of looks, nothing has the depth and shine of black car, even dirty it will outshine my silver car. The downside of black is that it's less visible at night so there's a higher risk of accident, on the plus side is also less visible to law enforcment. Besides, a black car in AZ, that's fantastic, very rare.
But in terms of looks, nothing has the depth and shine of black car, even dirty it will outshine my silver car. The downside of black is that it's less visible at night so there's a higher risk of accident, on the plus side is also less visible to law enforcment. Besides, a black car in AZ, that's fantastic, very rare.
