Sparkling Silver Owners Club
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Avril I asked around before
Thanks for those kind words! I asked around at the dealership and a few people, Sparkling Silver is the easiest color for the car to look less dirty,(and looks fabulous) believe you me, Spring and fall in Canada, with the amount of sand soil and salt that they put on the streets, Cars get dirty fast!, So No Blacks, or Dark Blues unless you own a car wash!
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Yes, I've noticed that peoples' posting frequency drops suddenly the day they receive their car! Hmmm...I wonder why that is?
So, if you look at your MINI in the photo taken from the left front, do you notice the violet hue near the top of the left fender? The violet hue fades to greenish as you scan downward toward the top of the wheel well. It's rather subtle in person and very, very subtle in pictures. It looks to me like SS is loaded with green/violet dichroic pigment.
Or am I hallucinating?
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Don't stress about the color. I've owned many collector cars and have had about every color offered, but i get more compliments on the Sparking Silver than any other I've owned. I even had a women tell her husband "he ordered a special color.....not plain gray like yours" he had a brand new dark gray R56.
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I've been looking for these pix too. I know the black belt line looks better, but I'm not so sure about the rest without seeing a pix. I'm imagination challenged that way.
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Mr. Bellamy -- newly arrived in Manchester, Maryland -- is very happy to be of the Sparkling Silver variety. In the next couple of weeks, he gets new shoes (16" gunmetal Rota RBs) and a new smile (JCW black grille and trim).
Boy, it's been a long wait. Plus I've become addicted to NAM over the last nine weeks . . .
Boy, it's been a long wait. Plus I've become addicted to NAM over the last nine weeks . . .
#338
Hello all! I am still very new here. Getting ready to order ( #4 on the dealer list) and am making final choices on my SS/B Clubbie. Thinking of going all out and ordering black lounge leather. Does anyone have piano black with the white color line? If you do, could you please post some pictures or send me a link? Thanks!
#339
I'm having one of those freaking out about the colour days! I saw an SS convertible today and it was absolutely filthy and it looked green!! Aaagh! I keep saying to myself remember what it looked like when you saw it in the MINI showroom and it looked fabulous but seeing these dirty cars on the road does not make the waiting time a happy occassion! It just makes me worried that I picked the wrong colour HEEELP!
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I'm having one of those freaking out about the colour days! I saw an SS convertible today and it was absolutely filthy and it looked green!! Aaagh! I keep saying to myself remember what it looked like when you saw it in the MINI showroom and it looked fabulous but seeing these dirty cars on the road does not make the waiting time a happy occassion! It just makes me worried that I picked the wrong colour HEEELP!
I plan on just washing is often!!!!! Because I don't want a green car!!!!
I want a gold car!!!
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Hey gemgirlpa, how is yours holding up since you got it, is it still all shiny and nice so and not green? I will be washing mine every week as I don't want it to look greenish!
Although the thing is I think about what I would've ordered if I hadn't ordered the SS and there really was no other colour that I was too keen on. I just have these phases of doubts n stuff, it's head wrecking! The sooner my lil MINI arrives the better!
Although the thing is I think about what I would've ordered if I hadn't ordered the SS and there really was no other colour that I was too keen on. I just have these phases of doubts n stuff, it's head wrecking! The sooner my lil MINI arrives the better!
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Hey gemgirlpa, how is yours holding up since you got it, is it still all shiny and nice so and not green? I will be washing mine every week as I don't want it to look greenish!
Although the thing is I think about what I would've ordered if I hadn't ordered the SS and there really was no other colour that I was too keen on. I just have these phases of doubts n stuff, it's head wrecking! The sooner my lil MINI arrives the better!
Although the thing is I think about what I would've ordered if I hadn't ordered the SS and there really was no other colour that I was too keen on. I just have these phases of doubts n stuff, it's head wrecking! The sooner my lil MINI arrives the better!
But just found out about 4 seconds ago she is scheduled to ship on the 10th!!!
so will answer your question in a couple weeks...
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I'm getting mine the 1st of July, oh it's gonna be a loooong 20 days!
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