Hey, this is my first post...been reading almost all of this forum on the new F10 M5, basically ever since I starting thinking about replacing my E60 M5 with the F10 M5.
99.9% of this forum is awesome so take a big bow...couple of observations....if I was looking for a 2nd hand F10 M5 definitely one member I wouldn't buy from (no running in period but he thinks this is trailblazing and clever, complete moron, LOL!!) and a couple of others who have nothing better to do but be unceremoniously negative (first sign of inferiority complex so just remember how pathetic they actually feel about their own lives, don't take their spitefulness to heart.)
Anyway I digress
My biggest problem is which colour to go for. Unless I'm mistaken there are only 2 exclusive standard colours for the F10 M5 (excl. Individual colours granted) - Monte Carlo Blue and Singapore Grey - all the other colours are available on a variety of Bimmers models.
So my way of thinking is if you're going to get the new M5 get a colour that is a bit different from all other Bimmers.
MCB does look good but I have a few concerns about it -
1. As it is the promotional colour I'm getting a bit bored with it and from the 10+ dealerships I have spoken to sooooooo
many people have gone with this colour.
2. It never looks like it does (as good as it does!) in the photos , it pops out in most photos and looks alot more WOW! In reality it is actually alot flatter, not as wow, and more ordinary.
3. Not only is it similar (not the same but close) to Estoril Blue but it is also very close to the blue available for the new F30 3 series. This hardly makes it an exclusive colour for the new M5. Cheapens it I think....
So this leaves SG. Having been round all those dealers I am satisfied that it is significantly different to sophist grey, but is it also a bit boring?
SG has more depth to it as well depending in the angle and light...it is more understated and stealthy than MCB but again it can look different in photos to real life. Actually real life photos outdoors don't do it justice...
To help give me an opinion here are some photos I took (on iPhone 4s so apologies for the not great quality
) today at a dealer who had a SG demo. Having seen this under the lights and outside I'm swaying towards SG/Black. It did look super cool. Alot better than the more commonplace black, Silverstone II, white etc....or have I got this wrong?
Anyway enjoy the photos...
