Velvet Blue Metallic

Daftasabrush · 02-25-2017, 12:07 PM

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01702132262942

I asked for a price on this when I was speccing mine and it was £3200 so I didn't go for it. This is the first one I've seen in that colour.

Edit: Just seen the tyres. Who on earth cheaps out on tyres on a car like that!? Ergh

philiper1 · 02-25-2017, 12:19 PM

Cheap tyres and them awful tri-colour grilles!!!

MattOz · 02-25-2017, 12:19 PM

Colour looks great. Tyres and wheel refurb less so. Soper direct might be an offshoot of Soper BMW in Lincoln. Wonder if it came in as a p/x at Sopers and for some reason couldn't be retailed?

deebee · 02-25-2017, 12:22 PM

Looks like Le Mans Blue to me, i loved that colour

Sopers probably put those tyres on knowing them

Daftasabrush · 02-25-2017, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MattOz

Colour looks great. Tyres and wheel refurb less so. Soper direct might be an offshoot of Soper BMW in Lincoln. Wonder if it came in as a p/x at Sopers and for some reason couldn't be retailed?

Yeah, I suspect they didn't want to fork out for all the bits it needed to be returned to stock (luggage net, grilles, tyres, number plates and possibly new brakes). It's a shame it's not been looked after properly.

They're on the same road as the main dealer so it's likely to be the story.

JustChris · 02-25-2017, 12:35 PM

Hmmm, barely looks individual on my screen? Nice but no way a 3k colour.

Daftasabrush · 02-25-2017, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JustChris

Hmmm, barely looks individual on my screen? Nice but no way a 3k colour.

it's like a modern Techno Violet: http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1283786

blackrabbit · 02-25-2017, 12:41 PM

Dont like it.

Daftasabrush · 02-25-2017, 12:42 PM

This is more what it looks like IMO:

robbiep · 02-25-2017, 12:47 PM

It isn't even paricularly decent value

AUC ... http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/3-Series/3...cmdc=se_na_re_

Newer, better spec, lower mileage, AUC warranty, £650 more

225 · 02-25-2017, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Daftasabrush

This is more what it looks like IMO:

Is that the same colour? Nice if it is but that 3 stripe grille looks so shite its unbelievable. There is a 6er with one at the work car park and really looks cheap with it.

JLR1969 · 02-25-2017, 01:07 PM

It really winds me up when dealers put blurd photos on Autotrader of their cars.

Just shows how brain dead and clueless some people are.

NotGotABimmer23 · 02-25-2017, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Daftasabrush

This is more what it looks like IMO:

Looks good on the m3 under showroom lights but its not special enough to warrant over £3k imo.

teaston · 02-25-2017, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Daftasabrush

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01702132262942

I asked for a price on this when I was speccing mine and it was £3200 so I didn't go for it. This is the first one I've seen in that colour.

Edit: Just seen the tyres. Who on earth cheaps out on tyres on a car like that!? Ergh

Rovelo tyres!? They're even worse than Kumho's aren't they!

Stoo · 02-25-2017, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by teaston

Rovelo tyres!? They're even worse than Kumho's aren't they!

Pfffft, who buys Khumo?!

teaston · 02-25-2017, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Daftasabrush

This is more what it looks like IMO:

Ghastly colour imo!

I remember they did the E36 in a similar colour, which really hurt their resale value!

Firaxis · 02-25-2017, 02:21 PM

Velvet? Meh, Velour? Now we're talking..

ronime · 02-25-2017, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Stoo

Pfffft, who buys Khumo?!

Plenty of people. They are an OE supplier to factories and some of their track day tyres are not half bad.

But yeah, I wouldn't buy them. They're not ditch-finder material like WanLi et al but there are better tyres for similar money.

Stoo · 02-25-2017, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ronime

Plenty of people. They are an OE supplier to factories and some of their track day tyres are not half bad.

But yeah, I wouldn't buy them. They're not ditch-finder material like WanLi et al but there are better tyres for similar money.

Sarcasm bud

Twenty2Three · 02-25-2017, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by robbiep

It isn't even paricularly decent value

AUC ... http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/3-Series/3...cmdc=se_na_re_

Newer, better spec, lower mileage, AUC warranty, £650 more

But that interior lol!

Wills2 · 02-25-2017, 04:31 PM

Looks stunning on the F80, dreadful on the F31 (but that could be the photograph and lack of a clean car in the photos), but there is something that is just so right about the F80 it carries colours so well.

Wills2 · 02-25-2017, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by teaston

I remember they did the E36 in a similar colour, which really hurt their resale value!

I'd love to see the empirical data to back that statement up.

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