Opinions Needed: Tuscan/Lightning Blue/Anthracite

[jmelrose]

Hi there.
I've ordered my MCS and will have it built in March. I'm getting:
Gravity Tuscan Leather Seats (inc. Creme White colorline & Piano Black int. trim)
Anthracite Headliner
Navigation System

In my Lightning Blue MCS.

I've had several dissenting opinions given to me about the Tuscan Leather with the Lightning Blue, and others about the Anthracite w/Tuscan Leather.

So, is there anyone who HAS the LB with the Tuscan who could pass on a photo, or at the very least share impressions.

Ditto for the Tuscan Leather seats with the Anthracite headliner.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offfer!

[Scrogg]

Wow! Deja Vu moment!

[jmelrose]

Indeed. Thanks again for your input.

Go Ireland! :-)

[KenL]

Somehow, I don't think a biege interior would sit well with a blue car, although biege seems more prominent in the US. I've lived in Hawaii and visited the US many times, most GM hire cars I've been given had biege interiors

For me, biege would look good on black, red or British Racing Green.

I also think the dark roof could look strange with those seats.

However, it is YOUR MINI, good luck with whatever you decide.

[MINIAC]

Using the MINI UK configurator gives an interior view with a sliver of the door jam ...

I think the following combo looks better with Lightning Blue ...

Pacific Blue Ray Cloth/Leather
Fluid Silver Interior Trim
Pacific Blue Color Line

Too bad the US seatbottoms don't look like the Euro version

[SimonSJR]

sorry but that beige does not go....... urm.................. all black or grey?

[jmelrose]

Ok, I know I asked opinions, but I'm also kind of confused on when blue and tan stopped going together.

I know the configurator's colors aren't great, which is why I hoped someone who has seen this combo "in the flesh" maybe was out there someplace. I mean, people wear tan pants and a blue shirt, or something similar, all the time. Why would this work any differently.

I will say that the ceiling DEFINITELY doesn't work for me with the standard color. Anthracite it will be on that one. Strogg has an anthracite roof with the Tucsan and he says it looks great, so I'm not as worried there.

Well, my other thought was the BRG. I just have had a green car for so many years I wanted to trade it up, but I definitely want the lighter-shade interior. If I'm getting leather seats in Florida, they've gotta be a light color!

[CC07ERS]

beige is so horrible domt do it go with the black but its your money spend as you like

[SimonSJR]

maybe taste in the U.S is different

[popey]

Its the colour line cream white that make is look so bad.

Sorry buts that not a good combo .

I could live with the blue and seats tho

[stuvoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by SC06GVK (original)

beige is so horrible domt do it go with the black but its your money spend as you like

The beige looks a lot different in car than in the configurator and if you do have it, it does need the anthracite to stop the interior looking too insipid.

Then, to avoid having colour overkill, piano black and cream line seems to go best, having the various silvers just look a bit messy to me.

What I really wanted was a cream leather, the black and cream looks a bit odd though

Stu

[I love MINI, Laura]

I personally think it would look very nice. Just my opinion. I loved the beige in the Paris motorshow Black and White Cooper. I don't think the exterior and interior colours have that much to do with each other. It seems to me that BMW have had a good think about their options and have not allowed speccing of interior colours that don't match the exterior (example Rooster red interior on a blue car) so I say if BMW say its alright its alright!

Good luck!

[Pentagon]

mine has the anthracite headlining it is fabulous, looks expensive compared the the original. The only dash trim that didnt look tacky was the piano black or the carbon fibre JCW which doesnt really suit the lighter interiors. If its gotta be light inside go BRG outside and tuscan inside, the wooden steering wheel and dash look a bit fake but are ok with this combo. very trad. why dont you tint the windows and go dark inside, you could have the SUPERB JCW suede steering wheel, big JCW bucket seats with the carbon fibre dash/ handbrake/ gearshifter . I seriously regret not getting these
Next time....