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      10-01-2015, 06:16 AM   #1
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Got to choose colour today - Help!

Hey guys,

I need some help please!

I've pushed the button on a UK factory order 2015 M6 GC, but i have to choose the colour by tomorrow (Friday 2nd) and I just cant decide!

I'm only looking at no-cost options, so no fancy individual stuff. UK no-cost leather is only black, silverstone, sakhir or amaro.

My favourite leather is the amaro brown full, but I don't think that will go with the san marino blue exterior.

San marino and sakhir leather looks great in photos, but it might be too over the top for day to day use.

I don't want silverstone leather, my outgoing E63 has silver leather.

Silverstone metallic is a great colour (easy to clean too) and that will go nicely with the amaro brown leather, so that could be top of the list right now.

The space grey is too, well grey, singapore grey only looks nice freshly washed.

I don't like white or black.

aaarrghh! help!

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Hey guys,

I need some help please!

I've pushed the button on a UK factory order 2015 M6 GC, but i have to choose the colour by tomorrow (Friday 2nd) and I just cant decide!

I'm only looking at no-cost options, so no fancy individual stuff. UK no-cost leather is only black, silverstone, sakhir or amaro.

My favourite leather is the amaro brown full, but I don't think that will go with the san marino blue exterior.

San marino and sakhir leather looks great in photos, but it might be too over the top for day to day use.

I don't want silverstone leather, my outgoing E63 has silver leather.

Silverstone metallic is a great colour (easy to clean too) and that will go nicely with the amaro brown leather, so that could be top of the list right now.

The space grey is too, well grey, singapore grey only looks nice freshly washed.

I don't like white or black.

aaarrghh! help!
I have to say Amaro brown looks good with San Marino. That's my vote.
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      10-01-2015, 06:42 AM   #3
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Thanks, it's good to have a positive on that combination.

I like it too, but was unsure if it was an ok combo as my wife says i'm colour blind, so I need all the help i can get!
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Check out that combo, looks stunning- not as bright as San Marino so more subtle. Looks like tarzanite blue.
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Blue and brown will look good.
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Feeling the love for blue & brown

My mistake, it's ARAGON brown, not amaro!

Any thoughts on Aragon? see it here with a flash of san marino blue

That san marino blue is a really special colour IMO.

Tanzanite Blue is an individual colour in the UK, £2000 extra.

Any love for the Silverstone metallic? or the Sakhir leather?

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We have an x5m in long beach blue and aragon brown. Not the biggest long beach blue fan (that is what happens when you let your 4 year old daughter pick the color), but I really like the aragon brown.

It's a little more orange than amaro brown, but still stunning.

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Feeling the love for blue & brown

My mistake, it's ARAGON brown, not amaro!

Any thoughts on Aragon? see it here with a flash of san marino blue

That san marino blue is a really special colour IMO.

Tanzanite Blue is an individual colour in the UK, £2000 extra.

Any love for the Silverstone metallic? or the Sakhir leather?
I just got Tanzanite with Canyon / Cohiba Brown. I like it, but a part of me wishes I had chosen the bolder San Marino.

I'm linking some pics. They always come out too big on this page, so I'm just using links instead of embedding them in shrunken form. Sorry.

http://abload.de/image.php?img=imagen9sxq.jpg

http://abload.de/image.php?img=imageb6j9w.jpg

http://abload.de/image.php?img=imageoiktg.jpg
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One thing to note with a GC is that you get a strip of leather coloured the same as the leather in them middle of the roof, but for the standard (Aragon, Sakhir, Silverstone) options only, not Individual

For that reason alone with a GC I think it is worth going with something other than black leather but not Individual leather.
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One thing to note with a GC is that you get a strip of leather coloured the same as the leather in them middle of the roof, but for the standard (Aragon, Sakhir, Silverstone) options only, not Individual

For that reason alone with a GC I think it is worth going with something other than black leather but not Individual leather.
True! I'm disappointed that my canyon isn't on the headliner. Just black leather strip in middle of black alcantara.
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Thanks for all the help guys..

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One thing to note with a GC is that you get a strip of leather coloured the same as the leather in them middle of the roof, but for the standard (Aragon, Sakhir, Silverstone) options only, not Individual

For that reason alone with a GC I think it is worth going with something other than black leather but not Individual leather.
I thought only individual leathers got the roof strip?

But are you saying standard aragon will get an aragon roof strip? That would be cool.

I've gone for the no-cost option alcantara headliner too (which I thought was grey rather than black?)
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Thank you all for your input.

With your help, a UK forum too, colleagues at work, friends, my wife and daughter I've finally placed the order this morning!

San Marino blue
20" 433M alloys
Aragon brown full leather
Carbon fibre interior trim

Options:
Alcantara headlining
Sunblinds for rear & side windows (electric)
Comfort access
Reversing camera
Surround view

Happy days!!
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Great! That will be a striking color combo!
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That's my favorite combo too, San Marino/Aragon
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