Set up on cycle? IT CAN DO THAT? HOW HOW HOW? I'm in 2007 r56 can mine do that?

 

Purple!! But I too change it frequently.

 

As many others have said, I keep it orange, to match the gauges.

 

Mine is purple

 

I keep it orange to match the car. Unless my daughter is with me then it goes to cycle. Lol, gotta keep her happy!

 

Green currently.

 

not sure if your 07 will but you hold down the toggle untill it blinks like 2 or 3 times then it just scroll through them

 

THANKYOU! I'ma go and test this out today. I know I can make it scroll through the lights but if I remove my finger it stops. I will get back to you guys with my findings.

 

I run blue because I like the color and it matches my interior

 

currently red

 

I switch between blue and orange. Also, I haven't been able to get the color cycling thing to work. (2010 R56)

 

red isnt an option in my cooper

 

update.... my 2007 r56 does not cycle through colors automagically

 

I switch between red and green.

 

Red

 

Either purple or red, depending on my mood.

 

Mostly blue but the last 2 days i've had it on yellow to match the radio and speedo...Sometimes its purple when my kids are in the car.

 

I've tried Red and Green, but keep going back to Blue.

 

My interior is all black, and I like the blue or purple lighting the best.

It's a 2012 and the manual describes how to make the colors cycle automatically, but it doesn't work on mine as described...

Jon

 

Usually orange, to match the rest of the dash. I wish the whole dash would change with the colors.

 

I keep mine on blue because it's the brightest, though I prefer the color-matching orange as well. Being able to change the instrumentation colors as well (i.e., keeping all the interior lights in synch) is such an obvious enhancement. I can only attribute the lack of this enhancement to the stubbornness of the Germans at BMW. Dashboard lights MUST be of a reddish tint to preserve night vision. That is the way is MUST be.

 

Agreed with wishing the colors changed on the dash as well as the ambient lighting. Ultimately means I never change it from Orange because I think it looks off being two different colors.

 

I find the comments about using the "most visible" color interesting, because I have mine on red at the lowest setting available specifically so it is not visible.

I do agree that it's too bad the instrument colors don't change with the ambient lights, but that would also be a little gimmicky I think...

 

Ambient Lighting itself is a bit "gimmicky" to begin with and throw in changing the colors of said ambient lights you are only adding more "gimmicky"-ness to the whole concept.

Might as well be consistent with the gimmick, then maybe it wouldn't seem half as silly.

 

Yeah, I hear ya about gimmicky, but just coz it's there doesn't mean you have to change it. Leave everything in night-vision ready red if you like. But car companies are beginning to cater to a generation of buyers who know that everything is user-configurable.

I think in another generation, much like we sound like dinosaurs telling our kids about vinyl records, 8-track tapes and VCRs, our grandchildren will laugh at the concept of not being able to change the color of their instrument lights or having to go to the dealer to have the car programmed.