R56 Pure Silver vs Sparkling Silver...or even the Camden's new White Silver??
#26
Choose the colour with your heart
They just happened to have two Minis parked right next to each other on the lot, one SS and one PS, which made comparison much easier. At first I liked them both, but as the sun started to get lower in the sky, that dreaded green tinge REALLY showed up on the SS. Crap! I really did not care as much for the color after that, even though the Tuscan Beige interior clearly would work beautifully with it.
So that leaves me with... Pure Silver. But with Tuscan Beige? I still don't know about that one. My MA was kind enough to park one with a TB interior next to one with a PS exterior so I could eyeball the open door of one against the exterior of the other. Can't say I love the combo, but then again, Robin might be right about considering them as two separate things. Besides, there are plenty of silver accents on the Mini interior, so maybe that would help tie it all together.
But, if I settle for that but don't really adore it, am I going to spend the rest of my Mini ownership years regretting having gotten that combo?
Decision paralysis! Augh!
So that leaves me with... Pure Silver. But with Tuscan Beige? I still don't know about that one. My MA was kind enough to park one with a TB interior next to one with a PS exterior so I could eyeball the open door of one against the exterior of the other. Can't say I love the combo, but then again, Robin might be right about considering them as two separate things. Besides, there are plenty of silver accents on the Mini interior, so maybe that would help tie it all together.
But, if I settle for that but don't really adore it, am I going to spend the rest of my Mini ownership years regretting having gotten that combo?
Decision paralysis! Augh!
Lots of people choose silver because it's practical (dirt doesn't show) and it's good for resale value. Those reasons are just so boring and the MINI deserves better.
There are two consumer mindsets: maximisers and satisfiers.
Maximisers explore every option and go to great lengths to make the perfect choice. Satisfiers quickly pick the first choice that's good enough. Maximisers are more often than satisfiers unhappy about their choice in the long term, because they keep agonising over their choice or something better comes along later and they feel they should have waited.
Your colour-choice approach is maximiser. You seem to eliminate colour after colour when you find faults and flaws with them, like the "SS green tinge ... crap { ... snip ... } So that leaves me with... Pure Silver". Sad to see there's no colour in the palette that evokes your passion.
You wrote "Can't say I love the combo ...". Well then don't get it then. With the MINI, get a car that you'll love, at least some of the time. And then live with its shortcomings the rest of its time.
Your final paragraphs in the quote above, about regret, is also a typical maximiser sign.
In short: be more of a satisifer and choose with your heart on the colour issue.
Sorry about the incohesive rant. Silver just pushes a button with me. Good luck on your purchase.
Sincerely,
--Anders.
#27
...I like the green shade SS becomes when it's overcast. It's almost olive. But that's why colour choice is such a personal decision.
I'm also a fan of how well SS hides winter grime. It's the best at this out of all the colours, I think; better than pure silver.
@Anders: I can see how silver might bug you. Prior to the MINI, we had a silver car, and before that, we had a silver car... it's a nice colour that looks good on almost any car, but it just got a bit too boring and common. Like brown cars in the 70's.
I'm also a fan of how well SS hides winter grime. It's the best at this out of all the colours, I think; better than pure silver.
@Anders: I can see how silver might bug you. Prior to the MINI, we had a silver car, and before that, we had a silver car... it's a nice colour that looks good on almost any car, but it just got a bit too boring and common. Like brown cars in the 70's.
#28
There are two consumer mindsets: maximisers and satisfiers.
Maximisers explore every option and go to great lengths to make the perfect choice. Satisfiers quickly pick the first choice that's good enough. Maximisers are more often than satisfiers unhappy about their choice in the long term, because they keep agonising over their choice or something better comes along later and they feel they should have waited.
Your colour-choice approach is maximiser. You seem to eliminate colour after colour when you find faults and flaws with them, like the "SS green tinge ... crap { ... snip ... } So that leaves me with... Pure Silver".
Maximisers explore every option and go to great lengths to make the perfect choice. Satisfiers quickly pick the first choice that's good enough. Maximisers are more often than satisfiers unhappy about their choice in the long term, because they keep agonising over their choice or something better comes along later and they feel they should have waited.
Your colour-choice approach is maximiser. You seem to eliminate colour after colour when you find faults and flaws with them, like the "SS green tinge ... crap { ... snip ... } So that leaves me with... Pure Silver".
Yes, quite sad... because there WAS a color that evokes my passion: Lightning Blue. Which is no longer available. Quite aggravating.
Robin: thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not a fan of red, inside or out. My MA also suggested that to me tonight, as the red leather is one of his favorites. My tastes (with the exception of a certain specific range of blues) tend to run towards the neutrals. Call me boring, but the car is supposed to be about what I like, isn't it? I saw the Tuscan Beige interior tonight and I am quite fond of it. (See, asp1880? I can make up my mind about some things. )
#30
When I took Viola in for service, there was a lady taking delivery of a Horizon Blue/Black MINI with a tuscan beige interior. I LOVED the interior with the blue, but I think I would have chosen to go with a white roof and white bonnet stripes if possible. Horizon blue is not that exciting of a color when paired with black, but with white... I think it would be stunning.
#31
Isn't it one of the MINI's features to be able to customize our cars like we do? So to each his/her own! Some people like white roofs, some people like black. Some people like chrome, some don't. Some like stripes, some like racing stripes, some don't like them at all... some like Lounge Leather, some like cloth! Didn't MINI say somewhere that there were like 1,000,000 configurations?
#32
There are two consumer mindsets: maximisers and satisfiers.
Maximisers explore every option and go to great lengths to make the perfect choice. Satisfiers quickly pick the first choice that's good enough. Maximisers are more often than satisfiers unhappy about their choice in the long term, because they keep agonising over their choice or something better comes along later and they feel they should have waited.
Maximisers explore every option and go to great lengths to make the perfect choice. Satisfiers quickly pick the first choice that's good enough. Maximisers are more often than satisfiers unhappy about their choice in the long term, because they keep agonising over their choice or something better comes along later and they feel they should have waited.
You wrote "Can't say I love the combo ...". Well then don't get it then. With the MINI, get a car that you'll love, at least some of the time. And then live with its shortcomings the rest of its time.
Isn't it one of the MINI's features to be able to customize our cars like we do? So to each his/her own! Some people like white roofs, some people like black. Some people like chrome, some don't. Some like stripes, some like racing stripes, some don't like them at all... some like Lounge Leather, some like cloth!
Didn't MINI say somewhere that there were like 1,000,000 configurations?
#34
I somehow missed this thread on its first run. How funny that the OP ended up with BRG (according to her signature, anyway).
But yeah, I agree that SS would've been the way to go. Oh well, not all of us can have amazing taste. Besides, we don't want our lovely color to become as common as PW has.
But yeah, I agree that SS would've been the way to go. Oh well, not all of us can have amazing taste. Besides, we don't want our lovely color to become as common as PW has.
#36
I somehow missed this thread on its first run. How funny that the OP ended up with BRG (according to her signature, anyway).
But yeah, I agree that SS would've been the way to go. Oh well, not all of us can have amazing taste. Besides, we don't want our lovely color to become as common as PW has.
But yeah, I agree that SS would've been the way to go. Oh well, not all of us can have amazing taste. Besides, we don't want our lovely color to become as common as PW has.
#37
NOW WAIT A MINUTE!!!! I have Sparkling Silver, and I really like the color and it doesn't show dirt at all. I don't see alot of them on the road either, which is nice. No stripes or anything just yet, just stock. But I do like Sparkling Silver or as I like to call it Champagne.
#38
So it went like this: 1st choice: Lightning Blue: unavailable. 2nd choice: Pure Silver: unavailable. 3rd choice: Sparkling Silver: great until the wrong light hits it...and not sold on the SS/TB combo. Only remaining possibility for me was BRG. Amazingly enough, I think I'll be happy with it!
#40
Not from the factory. I was going to, but then I saw this thread:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...55-post13.html
...and fell in love with T8rChick's stripes. I love the idea of doing something similar for mine. Girly, yes -- but awesome. I have been playing around with some custom design ideas at home to send off to either Cooper Flags or Aesthetic Creations.
No matter what, they will be white, though!
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...55-post13.html
...and fell in love with T8rChick's stripes. I love the idea of doing something similar for mine. Girly, yes -- but awesome. I have been playing around with some custom design ideas at home to send off to either Cooper Flags or Aesthetic Creations.
No matter what, they will be white, though!
#41
Not from the factory. I was going to, but then I saw this thread:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...55-post13.html
...and fell in love with T8rChick's stripes. I love the idea of doing something similar for mine. Girly, yes -- but awesome. I have been playing around with some custom design ideas at home to send off to either Cooper Flags or Aesthetic Creations.
No matter what, they will be white, though!
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...55-post13.html
...and fell in love with T8rChick's stripes. I love the idea of doing something similar for mine. Girly, yes -- but awesome. I have been playing around with some custom design ideas at home to send off to either Cooper Flags or Aesthetic Creations.
No matter what, they will be white, though!
#42
Not from the factory. I was going to, but then I saw this thread:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...55-post13.html
...and fell in love with T8rChick's stripes. I love the idea of doing something similar for mine. Girly, yes -- but awesome. I have been playing around with some custom design ideas at home to send off to either Cooper Flags or Aesthetic Creations.
No matter what, they will be white, though!
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...55-post13.html
...and fell in love with T8rChick's stripes. I love the idea of doing something similar for mine. Girly, yes -- but awesome. I have been playing around with some custom design ideas at home to send off to either Cooper Flags or Aesthetic Creations.
No matter what, they will be white, though!
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