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      03-23-2011, 01:39 PM   #23
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I don't get the attraction to white cars - It's only my opinion obviously, but they are so bright, hard to keep clean and after a short while of being popular, far too common. When I chose the colour, I immediately crossed white and black of the list. Just my 2p worth.
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      03-25-2011, 02:21 AM   #24
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I have a MW 750li.....it's a nice color but not worth $5,300. Quite honestly.....there a ton more MW 7's around than AW. It seems AW is the more popular color. The MW is a pearl-type paint....but not anywhere as pearl as the Lexus or Cadillac pearl (the BMW is much whiter).

I think the mineral looks whiter than AW, actually, when it's clean and in the sun.....when dirty, it definitely doesn't look as white.

I've never owned anything but a black car before this but they show too many swirls and they are way too hard to keep clean. I have black wheels on my 750 and I think it's the best color combo there is along with a black car with black wheels (done right).

Here's a pic....hard to see because it was early evening and cloudy (and pics taken from Blackberry).

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      03-25-2011, 05:01 AM   #25
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......The best feature of having the Alpine White is that anyone will be able to match it when you encounter your first fender bender.
Plus, seeing as the primer is almost the same colour, the stone chips don't show unless you look closely - a significant consideration on our grit strewn and pot-holed Scottish roads.
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Plus, seeing as the primer is almost the same colour, the stone chips don't show unless you look closely - a significant consideration on our grit strewn and pot-holed Scottish roads.
Replace "Scotland" with "California" and you are still accurate.

And this, of course, has me agonizing on whether to get a clear bra on a white car...
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This is, I believe, mineral white on a 7-series at Die Welt:





It's almost "dull" when viewed in person. Looks too shiny here, so this could be AW.
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