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[Yep 135]

Asked the same question to my BMW man and he said that they (BMW) use the most inspiring colour from a survey for promotional purposes. My wife drives a Imolar red X5 4.6(still a stunning looking car, gets heaps of comments) they used the same colour also. ( didnt know any of this or had seen any promo's for any before I bought either car) I just liked the colours.
Yep

[Alpine*]

Originally Posted by Yep 135

Asked the same question to my BMW man and he said that they (BMW) use the most inspiring colour from a survey for promotional purposes. My wife drives a Imolar red X5 4.6(still a stunning looking car, gets heaps of comments) they used the same colour also. ( didnt know any of this or had seen any promo's for any before I bought either car) I just liked the colours.
Yep

I think that Sedona is pretty good choice.

The hero colour is always a good choice IMO, I had a deeb blue pearl VW R32 and now the AW in the M3. It is sometimes a model specific colour too, like Melbourne Red and others in the M3 range. Speaking of which, I would have chosen Melbourne Red in a 135 if it was an option.

[Yep 135]

Originally Posted by AlpineM3E92

I think that Sedona is pretty good choice.

The hero colour is always a good choice IMO, I had a deeb blue pearl VW R32 and now the AW in the M3. It is sometimes a model specific colour too, like Melbourne Red and others in the M3 range. Speaking of which, I would have chosen Melbourne Red in a 135 if it was an option.

Same here. M/red on the M3 looks awsom.

[Wraith]

I've always been looking for a good reason/excuse to use this :smile:

[Wraith]

Originally Posted by AlpineM3E92

I think that Sedona is pretty good choice.

The hero colour is always a good choice IMO, I had a deeb blue pearl VW R32 and now the AW in the M3. It is sometimes a model specific colour too, like Melbourne Red and others in the M3 range. Speaking of which, I would have chosen Melbourne Red in a 135 if it was an option.

I may be wrong, but from what I've seen the Melbourne red on the new M3's is very similar to the Crimson red on the 135's :smile: Melbourne looks just a little darker, both are very nice

[Alpine*]

Originally Posted by Wraith

I may be wrong, but from what I've seen the Melbourne red on the new M3's is very similar to the Crimson red on the 135's :smile: Melbourne looks just a little darker, both are very nice

Yeh but imagine how many of those AW coloured 1's in Victoia would be that colour if it was available in Aus :smile:

[WAY]

Melbourne Red is a nice colour, as is that M5 colour Sepang Brown or something.

[123D-M]

Originally Posted by d3syd

I've never seen Sedona in the flesh and was tempted to go for it. There must be something unique about the colour as virtually all the 135s in BMW's ads are Sedona.

Enjoy.

Sedona Red was the 'launch colour' so that's why most of the marketing is of that colour. I chose my colour based on the pictures and videos I had seen in the BMW brochures. Over the last few months I have been having constant crises about whether I made the right choice... But I'm glad I didn't cave in and change it. :biggrin:

[123D-M]

Originally Posted by WAY

Melbourne Red is a nice colour, as is that M5 colour Sepang Brown or something.

I just went for a walk around our carpark (I work for BMW) and there is an X6 xdrive50i (god that's a stupid naming convention) in Vermillion Red parked next to a 120i vert in Sedona Red.

The Vermillion Red is gorgeous. A bit deeper red than the Sedona and it doesn't have that orange tint. But the Sedona also looked excellent and possibly a bit more interesting as it is not a traditional red. I'm very happy with my choice (again).

[WAY]

What the? You work for BMW? Doing what? How does a Melbournian end up in Belgium working for BMW?????

[123D-M]

Originally Posted by WAY

What the? You work for BMW? Doing what? How does a Melbournian end up in Belgium working for BMW?????

I'm an SAP Consultant. I moved to Belgium with my partner (an Aussie) who works for Mazda Europe. I thought we had too many Mazdas in our lives so I managed to score an 18 month contract with BMW Belgium Luxembourg.

So I'm in IT/Accounting. And I have a big shiny carpark filled with about 250 BMW's to look at every day

[d3syd]

Wow that's cool. Sorry to ask what's a SAP consultant??

[123D-M]

Originally Posted by d3syd

Wow that's cool. Sorry to ask what's a SAP consultant??

SAP is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system. We love our acronyms. Basically it's an integrated piece of software for accounting, logistics, sales, distribution, HR, materials management, purchasing etc etc.

It's German and therefore very serious :smile: Quite big in Australia also but massive here. I first used it when I worked at Lonely Planet in Footscray. The entire BMW Group is migrating to the new version of SAP at the moment which is why they need people like me.

[d3syd]

Oh I see. Comprende.

[WAY]

And by the sound of it he works on the FI module...

[SimonB]

And, if he's like any other SAP consultant (always pronounce it S.A.P, by the way, they hate it pronounced like the stuff that oozes from trees) he's well paid :-)

[123D-M]

Originally Posted by WAY

And by the sound of it he works on the FI module...

Indeed I do. FI & CO modules in fact. With a dash of SD & MM.

Originally Posted by SimonB

And, if he's like any other SAP consultant (always pronounce it S.A.P, by the way, they hate it pronounced like the stuff that oozes from trees) he's well paid :-)

I couldn't possibly comment...

[d3syd]

Multiple abbreviations, I'm lost......