Alpine White OR Black Saphire - that is the question....

[alexmish]

So the new lease signing looming within next weeks, the debate is now which color.

I am planning on getting 2013 X5d with 214-style wheels, almost fully loaded, and with running boards. And the interior is black (likely with aluminum trim).

I've been debating between Saphire Black and Alpine White, have seen both colors on the lot. But I'd like to hear from members here on their own personal ownership experience with either of these colors.

This is not a debate of color preference - this is sharing of your experience of what worked and what didn't - for you, as initial days of ownership worn off and reality settled in, and you had to deal with washing (hand or car wash), scratches, swirls, snow, salt, road dirt and debris, etc. Did you have any regrets getting black or white, would you wish you had different color, and why.

Fire away!

P.S. I know from pure practical point of view I should go with silver, but that is not my option. Also, I used to own Space Gray and Platinum Gray x5s in the past, so those colors ruled out, too.