Calling all Thunder Grey owners

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Goldfish
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Post by Goldfish »

stu22 wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 8:57 am I’ve seen a few in photos now and am surprised at how blue they are, was expecting more of a smoky grey. Maybe it’s the light the shots are taken in as I believe the Osmium also changes a lot in the light?
We only have until the 20th to change our order before build. My wife seems ok with the pics she’s seen and as she’s the fussy one on colours, we’ll probably just go with it.
I quite like the blue-ish colour but it is very dependable on the light. We have seen all r-design old colour cars at the dealership and concluded that they are all darker Vs the brochure or the web configurator bar the pearl white which is the opposite. The closest match was the bright silver. I eventually followed the wife's direction to pick the glacier silver :mrgreen:

Paul 44
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I collect mine tomorrow. Only got these pictures so far. Dealer telling me it can look quite different in different light. I’ll post some more pictures when I have it

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stu22
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Post by stu22 »

Paul 44 wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 10:03 am I collect mine tomorrow. Only got these pictures so far. Dealer telling me it can look quite different in different light. I’ll post some more pictures when I have it
Be interested to hear your views once you've seen it in the flesh. Guessing it is one of those colours that will change significantly in different lights.

Don't know why I'm so bothered really, the wife will be driving it 99% of the time anyway! :lol:
Goldfish
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Post by Goldfish »

Paul 44 wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 10:03 am I collect mine tomorrow. Only got these pictures so far. Dealer telling me it can look quite different in different light. I’ll post some more pictures when I have it

Paul,
When did you order? I ordered mine in February but the scheduled delivery is end of June.
Paul 44
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Post by Paul 44 »

Goldfish wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 10:15 am
Paul 44 wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 10:03 am I collect mine tomorrow. Only got these pictures so far. Dealer telling me it can look quite different in different light. I’ll post some more pictures when I have it

Paul,
When did you order? I ordered mine in February but the scheduled delivery is end of June.
Ordered 5th March. Was given a delivery date 29th May but got a call last week to say it had arrived
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Paul 44
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Post by Paul 44 »

Picked it up today. Looks more blue in the sunlight and maybe more grey in the shade. Personal taste but I absolutely love the colour, looks great close up. One slight disappointment, the little rubbish bin has been ditched, otherwise well pleased so far

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stu22
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Post by stu22 »

Looking at your pics I really like it, think we’ve made the right choice staying with that colour.

With regards to the litter bin, I though that was auto cars only?
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Post by Paul 44 »

stu22 wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 3:35 pm Looking at your pics I really like it, think we’ve made the right choice staying with that colour.

With regards to the litter bin, I though that was auto cars only?
That explains the bin thing 👍
With regards the colour, I don’t think the picture does it justice. I like it because It’s a bit different, i wouldn’t call it boring, I’m sure you’ll like it
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Paul 44 wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 3:48 pm
stu22 wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 3:35 pm Looking at your pics I really like it, think we’ve made the right choice staying with that colour.

With regards to the litter bin, I though that was auto cars only?
That explains the bin thing 👍
With regards the colour, I don’t think the picture does it justice. I like it because It’s a bit different, i wouldn’t call it boring, I’m sure you’ll like it
We only realised things like that after our 2nd test drive - the first drive was a T5 FE auto with every option and the 2nd was a basic T3 manual, my wife asked where all the toys and cubby holes had gone!
aj05
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Post by aj05 »

the more pictures I see of Thunder Grey the happier I am with my choice I originally chose Denim Blue but changed it when I cancelled the original order due to dealer problems and reordered with a different one.
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