Red or Pure Silver?!

[cfranklin]

I am getting my Cooper on 5th March.....at the moment I have ordered it in Pure Silver with Black roof and Aero Kit....R90's, HK....

Whats peoples opinion...I currently have a Chili Red Cooper but was thinking of a change....but then the Red is nice with an Aero Kit....

What do you all think?

BTW I have until 1st Feb to change the order...

[craigsyboo]

My last Cooper was red/black and I loved that combination, so decided a change was in order and went for BEP - really regret it! It's a lovely colour but scratches really really easily.

My car is with the dealer at the moment and the courtesy car is a silver One - I would definately recommend this colour as it will never show scratches (unless viewed up close) and it also hides the dirt really well!!

Personally, it would be a hard choice between Chilli Red and Pure Silver, but as you have currently got red maybe you should give the silver a go - mind you, choosing red would save you £250 on the metallic paint!!!

[cfranklin]

changed the colour combo 5 times already....started with BRG/B but felt that was too dark....then red (decided for a change), then PS/B, then Black/Black (decided this stratches too easily) so back to PS/B. But now thinking CR/W will be a better option esp when I come to sell. There doesn't seem to be many PS/B around......

HELP!!!!!! Its giving me a headache!!!!

[Hat]

don't think about resale, get the colour you want. PS/B is pretty common on S's so a Cooper in this combo should look good. its a shame you can't spec pure silver with a white roof - this looks really retro & classy. my dealer had one as a special with a george cross on the white roof & it looked mint.

[cfranklin]

I was thinking of only keeping it for 12 months then getting an S. So thats why resale values come in....plus I am getting abit of a discount so I shouldn't lose too much money...just wanted some opinions.

[craigsyboo]

Like Hat says, get whatever you would be most happy with - that way other people will be happy with it too!

If you are thinking of trading it in against an S then the dealer probably won't care what colour it is anyway. And if it is going to be a private sale then red and silver are both the most popular colour choices around just now so neither will count against you.

So go for what you want most - after a year it may come to pass that you can't go up to the S for whatever reason and you don't want to be stuck with a car in a colour you don't really want!

[cpearce]

How about Pure silver with the Tarten Red interior!

[KenL]

My MINi was PS, it always looked smart and was easy to keep clean. Didn't show up chips etc. IMO you don't NEED a contrast roof and some colours like PS & Black, dark blues look better with the roof the same colour.

If you go for red though consider red with a black roof, looks really good and nowhere near as common as red/white.

[Andromcs]

I was going to get our MCS PS/PS and switched to CR/CR. I really like the elegance of the all PS, but the all CR just seems to have more life...vitality to it. In addition, it is a bit unusual from what I have read.

[mini vanilli]

how about pepper white/black. now thats a stunning color combo.

[lpitt]

Red all the way!

Check out the link in my sig

[bengascoyne]

Pure Silver w Black Roof & aero kit !!!!

Silver gets my vote, and although this won't help much but red is the next best, as long as with black and with bonnet stripes

INMO anyways,

Ben.

[ScottyB]

Quote: Originally Posted by bengascoyne

Pure Silver w Black Roof & aero kit !!!!

Silver gets my vote, and although this won't help much but red is the next best, as long as with black and with bonnet stripes

INMO anyways,

Ben.

Theres your proof there

PS all the way

[rosco24]

ELECTRIC BLUE !!!!

[moonpie19]

I like the pure silver. It will probably look better longer.