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BMW M2 and 2-Series Coupe
| 01-19-2023, 12:50 PM | #1 |
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Some Melbourne Red love
Compared to the other colors, Melbourne Red seems to be the least popular on the forum, so I thought I'd share some pics from my first week of ownership.
Overall, very pleased. |
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| 01-19-2023, 02:33 PM | #2 |
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Love the Melbourne, looks fantastic. Enjoy your ride!!
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| 01-19-2023, 03:07 PM | #4 |
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This is the first time I second guessed my color choice. Red is by far my favorite color on a car. My last 5 cars were all red, so I figured I'd change it up this time, especially with such a unique offering in Thundernight. Hard to beat a bright red on a sporty car though.
Also love the spec on your car with Red over Cognac plus Shadowline. Wish I could've gotten the 18" M Sport wheels on mine. Awesome car! |
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| 01-19-2023, 03:54 PM | #5 |
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Looks really good. Red is one of those colors that I like looking at but could never own. Doesn't suit me.
Unless I ever buy a Ferrari I guess 😅 |
| 01-20-2023, 11:58 AM | #6 |
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Beautiful color. There a discussion on other section about Toronto Red but I think Melbourne is the nicest of the two... So deep and no orange. Really too bad they didn't offer the same colors available to 240 to the M2.
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| 02-02-2023, 06:59 AM | #7 |
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The red on cognac look is awesome. If they offered the cognac vernasca leather (which they do in the M2 now, and did in the M440i in '22), I would've likely gone that route.
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| 02-02-2023, 07:37 AM | #8 |
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Really don’t understand why this colour is not more popular think it looks great. When I was looking in UK out of circa 40 cars nearly new / new there was literally 1 in this colour.
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| 02-02-2023, 10:05 AM | #9 |
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While I would not get for myself, looks great! I actually had a MY22 330 as a loaner when the car went in for a safety check for two days. That was red, and confirmed that it does not suit me.
I will enjoy vicariously!  |
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| 02-28-2023, 11:45 AM | #12 |
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Congrats, great combo. I do think however that on the door panels a larger proportion of Cognac vs black would look better. And not sure about the M colors, work well with full black but not with Cognac IMO.
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| 03-24-2023, 03:44 PM | #13 |
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Saw this one at my local dealership today. Generally not a red car type of guy but here it really works. Beautiful spec!
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