BMW M3 Individual Colors: Lime Yellow, Lipstick Red, Dakar Yellow, Brass Metallic

[E90MCF]

Originally Posted by John Tanglewood

Fixed it for you, now it's right.

Uhhh. . . Dakar Yellow has always been Dakar Yellow

[IFX]

silver is the only nice one..

[e85sbm]

the color of the Dakar Yellow seems to be a bit distorted due to the sunshine or overcast weather.

Also, the Lime Yellow is an amazing color, much nicer than it appears in the photos. This is a color that is far from Phoenix Yellow found on the E46 M3's.

The only one that would be a tough sell is the Lipstick Red...the color does have a tendency to turn pink or orange in changing light conditions.

[///M ARMY]

I'm liking the lipstick red

[John Tanglewood]

Originally Posted by E90MCF

Uhhh. . . Dakar Yellow has always been Dakar Yellow

LOL I'm confused, what do you mean? FAIL pic not really necessary but please do elaborate.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by DrivenByF30

both Lime Yellow (instant classic)
and the Dakar yellow (timeless classic)

are awesome for this car !

It's just missing the Techno Purple !! WOW I love that color on M3s

man you said it.... LOVE

[kardboard]

Originally Posted by John Tanglewood

LOL I'm confused, what do you mean? FAIL pic not really necessary but please do elaborate.

I don't think he realizes you added in Dakar Yellow to the equation.

[mofbb]

frozen silver looks amazing !

[JasonCSU]

The brass metallic looks pretty good. It reminds me of Sepang Bronze.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by jonmaceng

This lime paint cost $7000?? What a rip!

And what about $3K for PDI!!

BMW AG charged 5K euros for Individual paint options. So $7K does sound THAT bad. But I don't understand that shipping and PDI charge for $3K.

Originally Posted by stefan

I was just thinking about gutsy Calgary BMW is to be ordering these Individual inventory cars.

+1. Very brave of that dealership!

[Jaypod]

Originally Posted by Raja Ventureshield

you can't cuz bmwna will not honor the warranty if you ship the cars over that are so new. I think there is a grace period of like 1 or 2 years before you can do it. There was a time when cars were cheaper in Canada and now it's cheaper in the USA. BMWNA wants to keep control over the situation and not let anyone get the better end of the stick. :-(

You should check your facts. A friend of mine just bought a '12 E93 335i with 1140 miles on the ODO - no issues with warranty. It was used, but from a Dealer.

I believe the the key is that Dealers are not supposed to sell brand new vehicles that they know will be exported.

[e85sbm]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

And what about $3K for PDI!!

BMW AG charged 5K euros for Individual paint options. So $7K does sound THAT bad. But I don't understand that shipping and PDI charge for $3K.




+1. Very brave of that dealership!

BMW Canada charges a minimum of $1995 for freight AND PDI. Since we are a country of only 35million, our buying power is much lower.

ALSO, in Canada, the freight and PDI charges are combined so we don't pay for freight and then get charged another amount for PDI like our neighbours to the south.

[aussiem3]

Lipstick red

[jtuds]

Silver Ice and Bronze are dope as

[Raja Ventureshield]

Originally Posted by Jaypod

You should check your facts. A friend of mine just bought a '12 E93 335i with 1140 miles on the ODO - no issues with warranty. It was used, but from a Dealer.

I believe the the key is that Dealers are not supposed to sell brand new vehicles that they know will be exported.

i don't know. i know that is how it was a few years ago and.

but here is a thread all about importing into canada.
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=386003

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by GMW

M5's in Canada go for $125k
+$90k for an M3 is normal up here.

Base price for the M5 in Canada is $101,500.00.

[DDS2015]

Originally Posted by Jaypod

You should check your facts. A friend of mine just bought a '12 E93 335i with 1140 miles on the ODO - no issues with warranty. It was used, but from a Dealer.

I believe the the key is that Dealers are not supposed to sell brand new vehicles that they know will be exported.

US dealers are allowed to sell used cars to Canadians. New cars they are not because BMW USA (and all other automakers) require a US address (not just a PO box even) on file even if paying cash. They aren't allowed to ship parts across the border either.

As for people buying BMWs in the US and importing, it is up to the Canadian dealer whether or not they want to honour the warranty. Free maintenance is a whole other thing. Canadian dealers will not honour free maintenance because they can't bill BMW USA for it.

In terms of price, BMWs are actually very similarly priced when buying new. Used is another story. But with new, once you take in to consideration the cost of duties (6.5%), importation fees, and all other fees associated the price is the same, if not more for buying in the US. I know this because it was cheaper for me to buy my car in Canada where the price was discounted from 50k to 42k. You just need a good rapport with your dealer to get deals that good, and flooding the market with US cars is not the way to do it.

[3s-a-charm]

Originally Posted by UAM951

I'm liking the lipstick red

...and what's your name, darling?

[DubSport]

I drive by this dealership all the time... They have had the lipstick red and the bronze on their lot forever!! Yellows were there quite a while too. Would take a real whacko to go for one of these colors, they loook even worse in person.
I can't believe they haven't tried to drastically lower the price on these aberrations.

[Modena NYC]

that yellow is pheonix, that red is hellrot

the rest is eh...i actually think all of bmw indiv colors are terrible. they are so earthy in tone...

purple
green
orange
etc

[Lamboblue]

Originally Posted by DubSport

I drive by this dealership all the time... They have had the lipstick red and the bronze on their lot forever!! Yellows were there quite a while too. Would take a real whacko to go for one of these colors, they loook even worse in person.
I can't believe they haven't tried to drastically lower the price on these aberrations.

This. The cars have been there forever and not even a price drop. Their courtesy driver referred to the bronze one as "pond scum green" lol. Lipstick red is hideous in person

[VCMpower]

Originally Posted by nbennettksu

I'm sorry but thats Phoenix Yellow, with a re-name slapped on it.

Winning.

I'm partial to "Phoenix" yellow! Bahhaha