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Old 03-31-2021, 08:55 AM   #71
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I am the most anti bright color car person there is, but I have to say it looks pretty good in Birch Green.

Ooooooh man. Yes. I like that a lot, other than the color for the wheels isn't the best. That wheel in a traditionally German silver woud work a lot better for me.

I have been pretty underwhelmed by BMW's turbo I6 engines connected to manuals in real-world use (though my experience is pretty dated) and I can't help but wonder how the 2er would be with an S62 under the hood.
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Old 03-31-2021, 09:12 AM   #72
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Ditto! Best choice available.
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Old 03-31-2021, 11:44 AM   #73
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From one day of browsing an m2 forum, it sounds like it is pretty much impossible.

I'd be buying used anyway so no chance for me unless I wrapped it

BMW doesn’t do special order paint in the factory that makes the 2 series from what I recall. There was one custom order M2 early on where the guy paid something like $20k so BMW could send the shell to a different factory to paint it and then send it back to complete assembly. The car was actually for sale a few months ago at the McLaren dealer in Boston.

https://www.bmwblog.com/2020/08/03/m...austin-yellow/
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Old 03-31-2021, 12:13 PM   #74
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BMW doesn’t do special order paint in the factory that makes the 2 series from what I recall. There was one custom order M2 early on where the guy paid something like $20k so BMW could send the shell to a different factory to paint it and then send it back to complete assembly. The car was actually for sale a few months ago at the McLaren dealer in Boston.

https://www.bmwblog.com/2020/08/03/m...austin-yellow/
Wow. He goes to all that trouble and expense, then chooses that color...
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Old 03-31-2021, 12:19 PM   #75
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Wow. He goes to all that trouble and expense, then chooses that color...
If you click the rolls royce links in the article, that guy has all the money to spend on really bad paint color choices.... wowza.
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Old 03-31-2021, 12:23 PM   #76
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Wow. He goes to all that trouble and expense, then chooses that color...


awful!
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Old 03-31-2021, 12:24 PM   #77
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He clearly has people handle it for him. Also doesn't drive the cars.
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Old 03-31-2021, 12:26 PM   #78
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He could use a wardrobe consultant too
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Old 03-31-2021, 12:46 PM   #79
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He could use a wardrobe consultant too
Normcore hardcore. Is that a mullet happening there? Or a pony tail?
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Normcore hardcore. Is that a mullet happening there? Or a pony tail?
Hello, 1981.
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