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Quicksilver 08-11-2006 11:59 AM

What a work of art!!!
 
I can just smell the leather. This color combination is beautiful

motordavid 08-11-2006 12:09 PM

Barry,
I agree...great color. I'm sick of black leather after having it so often.

I liked the Terra Cotta too, but this new "tobacco" or whatever its name is, is great.

Wonder where the driver side door pull went?!
BR,mD

EMIRATES_GUY 08-11-2006 12:11 PM

i want to try it but am afraid coz it will be the first time i have this color

but i realy like it

cmyX6go 08-11-2006 12:22 PM

Is that the E70? If so, they finally changed the break where the interior color meets the dash. I couldn't stand the old way, where the bottom of the dash was the color of the interior. If you had a light color interior the break was so drastic.

Curious Joel 08-11-2006 12:30 PM

That is beautiful. It looks very sophisticated. The wood is also a beautiful color. I was worried that with the E70, they would ruin the interior and make it like the X3's interior-all plastic, very little wood.. But they did an excellent job.

WOOD56 08-11-2006 12:43 PM

Smashing.. baby....:thumbup:

rangerfan 08-11-2006 01:11 PM

Great looking combo!

elijah.vdp 08-11-2006 01:15 PM

Indeed its nice but I doubt I would actually get it.

pseto 08-11-2006 01:32 PM

I do love the tobacco leather color, but have never liked the 'wood'. I think aluminum trim would look great.

Kewl X5 08-11-2006 01:48 PM

Well, not really. If you got back to see LeMans post with all the new E70 pics, the one with the light tan/sand interior has the bottom part of the dash with that "sand" color.

I also have a E46 M3 with carbon black outside (you'll see the color on Joe@Crevier's X5) which is really a dark blue metallic and cinnamon interior which is slightly lighter color of that tobbaco interior and the theme is cinnamon/black in my color (basically using cinnamon & black as the two-tone). They are using the similar technique in this X5 tobacco interior. In the current 7-series, you can order all light creme interior or creme/black. So at least BMW is offering more color combo choices with the interior.



Quote:

Originally Posted by cmyX5go
Is that the E70? If so, they finally changed the break where the interior color meets the dash. I couldn't stand the old way, where the bottom of the dash was the color of the interior. If you had a light color interior the break was so drastic.


rodybmw 08-11-2006 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by pseto
I do love the tobacco leather color, but have never liked the 'wood'. I think aluminum trim would look great.

I agree. When I ordered my E60 I was tired of gray interiors (had them on 3 BMW's in the past 12 years), I hated black, and the E60 beige was not that great. So I ended up ordering the Auburn (which is very similar to Tobacco), but there was no way I was going to get the brown Poplar wood. I ended up getting the Anthracite Maple black wood because BMW NA would not let me order the brushed aluminum. Since then I have changed the trims myself to the ALU Shadow brushed aluminum. Aluminum looks great with the Auburn/Black two tone interior, so it should look good with the E70's Tobacco/Black interior too. If we can't get Aluminumn then I would rather have the Graphite trim than the wood trims.

pseto 08-11-2006 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rodybmw
I agree. When I ordered my E60 I was tired of gray interiors (had them on 3 BMW's in the past 12 years), I hated black, and the E60 beige was not that great. So I ended up ordering the Auburn (which is very similar to Tobacco), but there was no way I was going to get the brown Poplar wood. I ended up getting the Anthracite Maple black wood because BMW NA would not let me order the brushed aluminum. Since then I have changed the trims myself to the ALU Shadow brushed aluminum. Aluminum looks great with the Auburn/Black two tone interior, so it should look good with the E70's Tobacco/Black interior too. If we can't get Aluminumn then I would rather have the Graphite trim than the wood trims.

Hey that E60 mod sounds cool, gotta pic to post? Is the Shadow brushed aluminum darker than the regular brushed aluminum? Plus, I'd like to see what the contrast is for the Tobacco and Aluminum.

Quicksilver 08-11-2006 02:50 PM

Yeah your right. Where's the driver side door pull?? Strange. I was thinking of looking at something different in a few years but if this is truly an accurate represantation of the product then it's gonna be hard for me to resist. OOps I forgot to add that if they offer a Diesel it's a done deal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by motordavid
Wonder where the driver side door pull went?!
BR,mD


fln8tive 08-11-2006 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quicksilver
Yeah your right. Where's the driver side door pull?? Strange.

I'd say done away with in order to better access mirror and window controls. Just a guess.

Quicksilver 08-11-2006 03:10 PM

Could be. Is it my imagination or does the front windshield look larger.

Quote:

Originally Posted by accella4.4
I'd say done away with in order to better access mirror and window controls. Just a guess.


Kewl X5 08-11-2006 04:59 PM

As note before, the driver side door pull is gone for better access to the power window switches, but there is a place to grab the door on the left door driver's arm rest....Just look at the current E90 3-series sedan....they did the same thing.



Quote:

Originally Posted by Quicksilver
Yeah your right. Where's the driver side door pull?? Strange. I was thinking of looking at something different in a few years but if this is truly an accurate represantation of the product then it's gonna be hard for me to resist. OOps I forgot to add that if they offer a Diesel it's a done deal.


rodybmw 08-11-2006 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pseto
Hey that E60 mod sounds cool, gotta pic to post? Is the Shadow brushed aluminum darker than the regular brushed aluminum? Plus, I'd like to see what the contrast is for the Tobacco and Aluminum.


I don't have any pictures yet, but I will post some when I do.

The ALU Shadow on the E60 has two differences when compared to the regular ALU Feinschliff. One difference is that the Shadow's grain lines are slightly more coase grain vs. the Feinscliff's fine grain. The other difference is that the Shadow has a very slight grayish tint to it vs the Feinschliff's regular silver tint. The difference is so minimal that I was able to use Feinschliff for the vertical panel under the climate controls while the rest of the trim is Shadow. Shadow was not available for that panel as in the M5 (where the Shadow is used) that panel is black or gray leather instead. The good thing is since that panel is at a vertical angle while the others around it are horizontal the slight color difference is not noticed because light hits the two surfaces differently.

Driver8 08-14-2006 01:38 PM

My '04 Audi S4 was the same way...the drivers side armrest was flat and the passenger side had a little kickup with a pull handle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kewl X5
As note before, the driver side door pull is gone for better access to the power window switches, but there is a place to grab the door on the left door driver's arm rest....Just look at the current E90 3-series sedan....they did the same thing.


SuperGreg 08-14-2006 01:48 PM

I agree, and you know what I just noticed? There isn't a grab handle on the drivers side door, thus making it easier to use the window switches :thumbup:

EDIT: LOL, I just read the other posts where this was already noted :rofl:


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