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02-05-2013, 12:46 AM | #1 |
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Any 135is Owners in Mineral Grey?
Hey everyone. I am a former 2008 135i owner, getting one of the first ones back in the day, ordering it sight unseen in person. Unfortunately, someone smashed into it and destroyed it in 2010, and while I've been driving an S5 since then (I know...I know...), I think I'm going to order a new 135is tomorrow.
Problem is, for the life of me, I can't find any good pictures of Mineral Grey on a 135is. Does anybody on the forum have one? My 2008 was Titanium Silver as unfortunately Space Gray wasn't offered until 2009, and while I like Space Gray, I think I want a darker, truer charcoal. Any help would be greatly appreciated and may drive 30 miles over the weekend as a dealer seems to have one in Mineral Grey, just not the specs I want. Thanks everyone. Would also love some feedback too of any 135is owners who were former N54 135i owners to see what their overall opinions on the differences are. Hard for me to even find an "is" that isn't pre-sold to even test drive, but tired of waiting. |
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Nice colour.
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I was going to order that color for my 135i. My dealer had that color on a new 3 series checked it out very nice color but a bit dark for me as I live on a dirt road and the car is always dirty. Went with space gray instead. You should see the color in person since it reads differently in person compared to pics. It's not as reflective as I thought it would be compared to the space gray. Good luck with your choice and enjoy the car!
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I'm really on the fence with Mineral Grey cause while I may like a dark charcoal color, I'm not 100% sure it's a great color on THIS car. Different colors seem to show off and highlight the lines of cars differently and some of these colors seem hard to photograph how they truly look in real life. |
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02-05-2013, 10:00 AM | #5 |
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So Mineral Gray must be the reprise of Sparkling Graphite Metallic that was only available in 2008.
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im sure this is minral grey? anyway looks good to me
give you an idea of what it could look like :P
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The Mineral Grey is pretty dark. I'd say it's a dark charcoal. I'm trying to figure out if I like the color...but may not like the color on THIS car. |
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Weird, no clue what color that pic is MaD...here are some pics of a normal 135i with sports package, though I'd kill to see a 135is in it:
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/attac...1&d=1346206351 http://www.bmwencinitas.com/VehicleD...-CA/1827008403 |
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official Sparkling Graphite pics thread. http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206051 official space grey pics thread. http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=225736 those links looks like sparkling graphite colour?
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02-05-2013, 10:17 AM | #10 |
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Looks like spage gray to me. There is a slight effect on the picture but I'm willing to bet it's space gray.
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This is the first I've heard of the Mineral Gray color, so I'm not exactly sure what it looks like.
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the car above with the "Werkstestwagen" sticker is mine and yes, it's spacegrey
I absolutely love it because depending on the light it always looks different!
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From the BMW of Encinitas pic Mineral Gray looks great on the IMO
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135i in Mineral Grey
I'm generally liking the mineral grey - varies greatly depending on the lighting conditions.
Sometimes feel its a little too "mature" of a color for this car? If I could do it over again, I might go LeMans Blue. |
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Also graphite has purple red and blue metal flakes in it and will change hue depending on the lighting. It is a fantastic color...one that cost bmw a lot of money to make. If I remember right it takes 25 layers to make the color. This is graphite. Last edited by BrokenVert; 02-06-2013 at 10:14 AM.. |
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Thanks for your help everyone. Don't think you can ever go wrong with any of these colors, you just don't want to only "like" the one you pick and down the road kinda wish you'd gotten another color.
Nemco - I hear you on it maybe being too "mature" for the car. I saw it on a 135i but was in blaring sun, I had brown sunglasses on and had to shield my eyes from the sun, so wasn't a good gauge. The lemans is really pretty and the first 135i I ever saw in person back in March 2008 was Montego Blue and it was BEAUTIFUL. I don't think I could handle it as it was a bit much for ME, but it was definitely a looker. LeMans looks nearly identical to Montego. I go back and forth on mineral, but think I will go drive the 45 minutes out to see the 135is a dealer has in mineral grey, as they also have a carbon black, which I would like to see in person as well. That is a dark horse that maybe in person wins me over, but for now I'm ordering with mineral grey. Stay tuned, and hopefully I'll be back on the forum more and back as a 135 owner after taking a turn to the dark side with the S5. I just want to put my custom plates back on - 1FA KND |
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my e46 was silver and i love that dark dark grey- but something made me spring for a plain white car. it reminded me of a stripped down race car before the teams put the advertisements all over it. my dealer was so appalled and shocked that i wanted a manual 128i with no options except the m sports pack. i really think with that great bmw 6 going the way of the dodo, this thing'll be the last of the "real" bmw.
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I'll try to take pics tomorrow as I'll be seeing a 135is in Mineral Grey as well as a Carbon Black one. |
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Mineral gray has a lot more black in it then Space Gray. Our 135is is MG & the 335is is SG.
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Also, do you have any pics online already of your 135is? I'd love to see how it looks on the "is" with the contrasting mirrors and black grille slats. Sounds like you have an amazing garage there. I'm jealous. |
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i actually changed sales people at my dealer because my intitial guy was such a moron. he told me 1 series weren't made with manuals, that the 128i had a 4 cylinder engine- that it was front wheel drive----what else? i called him on it and said i don't really feel comfortable buying something from someone who doesn't know anything about the car- he told me i shouldn't expect him to know everything about every model because there were "over a hundred different bmw models". i said that i also worked in sales and manage a bunch of people and if we don't know what the hell we are talking about, we don't lie- we say, "good question let's go find out!".....then i called a guy who i'd worked with years before- he still worked there and was no bullshit and let me order exactly what i wanted. |
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