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Old 11-09-2005, 09:47 PM
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Ds/w
Show and tell. I'm partial to DS, too. But, after 72K miles in mine. . . the next time I think I'll go DS top and bottom.

 
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the only other COLOUR i'd go for is the dark blu'
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My friends and family think is the color,somehow it blends with traffic or it dont look fast
Stealth, is the l00k i prefer....

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I have to admit that is the only vehicle I have owned that did not get a speeding ticket with yet.
dont Jinx ur self!
 
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here's another.
 
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NiCE fuel cap.....
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Old 11-09-2005, 11:38 PM
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I forgot I did that. I guess I love dark silver more than I realized.
 
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is it body 'colour' or 'powdercoat'?
 
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Originally Posted by Uncle_John
Yep, trust those snappy Germans to give us 3 shades of black, two of gray and one white and have them call that 6 colors . . . Isn't dark silver really just light black?

PW rules!
Actually gray (I'm sorry, "Dark Silver") is just a watered down black. MINI was trying to save money with their gray (I'm sorry, "Dark Silver") cars. With enough water, you can paint five gray (I'm sorry, "Dark Silver") cars with the same paint used for one black car.
 
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Old 11-10-2005, 04:15 AM
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Grey is boring.
 
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Old 11-10-2005, 06:43 AM
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I've had two DS MINIs and love the color!

 
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Like Uncle John said "Isn't dark silver really just light black?"


If this is the case, and if black is, by definition, the exclusion of all colors, then Dark Silver, can not be the best color, but the best "non-color lite"!!
 
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You guys are killing me....I am so stuck between ordering Pure silver, Dark silver and Royal Grey that it is silly.

Wanted DS/B. Then thought it was too dark, ok, i'll get PS/B. No way i'll get RG, because you can't get a black top & I have to have a black top.

And then I saw RG in person. Black top, whatever. RG is pretty cool becasue it is a one year color.....but it is very dark! So, around i go again!!!

My wife has the CR, and I really do love it. It's just not for me! The shades of black are fine...I just cant decide between 15%, 50% or 85% black!
 
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Old 11-10-2005, 07:11 AM
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Me too
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I'm down with the dark silver!

 
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hyper blue as well, I think dark gray is a great color, but in small cars, darker colors show the vehivle smaller, I was between a DS and my HB, and HB looks 10 times more attractive and definetly faster...



Originally Posted by Tuls
it may be the best but Indie Blue is the fastest
 
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Originally Posted by ariercetinberk
hyper blue as well, I think dark gray is a great color, but in small cars, darker colors show the vehivle smaller, I was between a DS and my HB, and HB looks 10 times more attractive and definetly faster...
HB is very nice...but I wouldn't go THAT far
 
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Old 11-10-2005, 08:32 AM
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DS/DS no sunroof
Here he is: Spike
 
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DS/B hiding in the shadow of giants
 
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Old 11-10-2005, 09:26 AM
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DS/B "dont mess with an MCS"
A little de-chroming to make it look even darker silver...
I actually like the idea that dark silver and black make it look smaller, which makes it even more of a surprise when I get big kicks out of it.

 
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DS/DS rocks!


 
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I'm part of the DS family as well, but I think there's too many of them out there now...

As far as being the best color, I don't think so either....there is plenty of other great color combos out there, DS just happened to be the one I picked.
 
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Old 11-10-2005, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by phaedrus
HB is very nice...but I wouldn't go THAT far
 
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Stock, but what the heck, its still DS/W.
 
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Two weeks ago I would have definitely agreed with you but.......

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then I got this .....

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