08-22-2018, 07:10 PM | #501 |
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It's not purple, it's lavender
One of the reasons this is funny is because when I place my order for the E46 my original color was Orient blue. But then on the last day I had to change my order I one in the bright sunlight and it looked like a deep purple to me. (kind of like the Tesla blue). I switched to steel blue, then later figured out it was basically lavender. Zach, the red is really nice and I thought about it. But I'm not sure I'm a red kind of guy, and $2,000? Give me a break. I refuse out of principle BTW the sales guy said switching colors won't change my delivery time at all. |
08-22-2018, 09:15 PM | #502 |
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I had a steel blue E46... never thought it looked lavender.
As for delivery, still don’t have a confirmed date, but the car is supposed to arrive on Sat. Tesla did get back to me and won’t match the CarMax offer...
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08-22-2018, 10:14 PM | #503 | |
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I don't have any further info beyond "Oct to Dec." Salesguy said not to expect anything until delivery approaches, though I am cautiously optimistic given that I'm basically asking them to build me the same car they've been building for launch/test drives. |
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08-22-2018, 10:47 PM | #504 |
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There was a 5 series car color that was totally lavender. I’ll have to find it. Might have been “Amethyst.”
Close. It was “Amethyst Gray.” https://5series.net/information/opti...amethyst_gray/ |
08-22-2018, 10:57 PM | #505 | |
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08-22-2018, 11:27 PM | #506 | |
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Matt Farah's review of the RWD model 3
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08-23-2018, 05:44 AM | #507 | |
No more BMWs
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08-23-2018, 08:23 AM | #508 |
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The 981S rides just fine on razor thin /35 sidewalls and 20" wheels, not sure how much of it is the 3050lb weight vs. suspension tuning.
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08-23-2018, 01:19 PM | #509 |
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The 981 and Teslas also have larger diameter wheels than older cars like the e46 or 987. I don't really know how much this helps but in theory this decreases the attack angle of bumps and smooths things out a bit.
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08-23-2018, 04:23 PM | #510 | |
I like BMWs
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I don’t even remember all the names these days but BMW had a range of nasty colors on the E60 - amethyst, some light green/beige. Every once in a while one would show up in those colors with the auburn interior. Yowza!
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