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Midnight siliver color regret anyone?
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CameronB
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Exactly! BMW calls their version "Shadowline trim" I think. I always got that for my BMWs. I am very surprised that Tesla doesn't offer this. I would expect that whichever supplier supplies the chrome pieces could just as easily supply black trim pieces and Tesla's costs would likely be not much different so even charging $500-$800 for that option would be mostly all profit.
Eno Deb
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You'd have the same experience with any other color too (except probably silver, which is no longer available and kind of rare).
I notice tons of blue ones ... probably because mine is blue.
It's time Tesla offered some more color choices ...
Tesla has this weird hatred (not literally, just… I dunno) for their customers, I think. It's very Apple-like, they offer what they want the customers to have, no matter how many people say "I'd buy X/Y/Z option if they offered it", and if they do offer it, it's their own weird version not quite like anyone asked for (case in point, the bad/dumb implementation of cooled seats a while back)
You'd have the same experience with any other color too (except probably silver, which is no longer available and kind of rare).
I notice tons of blue ones ... probably because mine is blue.
It's time Tesla offered some more color choices ...
A good bright blue, a bright green, a purple, an orange…
Even if they only did one batch of cars in colors like that per month and only by special order, I'd have waited.
Exterior chrome delete runs 650-850 down here in san diego depending on the shop (and not counting the carbon fiber wrap I had them do on the mirror caps. Interior wrap is a separate price though.
Yeah, it's much cheaper down there. Everything in the bay area is a ridiculous ripoff.
RSL2020
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MSM was my original pick. Changed to silver when white interior was released as I don't care for the stark contrast. Funny thing, I thought silver would be a unicorn based on sales numbers but I see them everywhere.
voip-ninja
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I switched my order from blue to MSM but then switched back to blue before the order was fullfilled after seeing several MSMs in person and just thinking it looked pretty bleh.
Everytime I see an MSM in the wild I'm glad I didn't pick it. Audi/BMW/Mercedes metallic gray have a lot more pop and look warmer... they have more metallic elements I think than Tesla has.
Then again, blue has its own issues. So does every color Tesla offers.
Rarest Model 3s in my area are black ones for some reason, followed by white and then blue. Seen quite a few MSM ones around, a lot of red ones and a handful of blue ones.
Everytime I see an MSM in the wild I'm glad I didn't pick it. Audi/BMW/Mercedes metallic gray have a lot more pop and look warmer... they have more metallic elements I think than Tesla has.
Then again, blue has its own issues. So does every color Tesla offers.
Rarest Model 3s in my area are black ones for some reason, followed by white and then blue. Seen quite a few MSM ones around, a lot of red ones and a handful of blue ones.
JBare
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White seems to be more rare in Northern VA, specifically Reston. I was initially on the msm but didn't like the way it looked when dirty (same with blue) and coming from a Black truck knew that wasn't the route I wanted to go. Wife vetoed red so o went with the color I think the S looks best in.
I've seen 4 - 3s today and 2 we're msm while the other we're both red. Very happy with white, we'll see how that front looks when the bugs come out in a few months
I've seen 4 - 3s today and 2 we're msm while the other we're both red. Very happy with white, we'll see how that front looks when the bugs come out in a few months
I’m feeling a little remorse about ordering MSM, not because I’ve seen many others but because of what v-n mentions above. That said, I went with it in the first place because blue, red, and white looked a little cheap to me on the lot and I’m not one to clean my car often enough to want black. At the end of the day, I’m on the inside looking out far more than the other way round and the suggestions to personalize or maybe someday get a wrap are great options.
Silver is the easiest color to maintain and doesn’t show swirls as much, followed by white and then MSM.
I had a steel grey BMW prior and it was prett y easy to maintain until you got rock chips, but swirls and dirt/dust wasn’t very noticeable.
Personally I see the pearl white everywhere down in OC, maybe because I have that now, and I bet the flat white is going to become a lot more common as it will be the base paint color. Also, if you just generally look at the colors of other cars and manufacturers, it seems like white is the most common.
I had a steel grey BMW prior and it was prett y easy to maintain until you got rock chips, but swirls and dirt/dust wasn’t very noticeable.
Personally I see the pearl white everywhere down in OC, maybe because I have that now, and I bet the flat white is going to become a lot more common as it will be the base paint color. Also, if you just generally look at the colors of other cars and manufacturers, it seems like white is the most common.
gdepau
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I got it from Abstract Ocean and only cost $25.00. I opted to leave the T logo and to me looks like it came from the factory that way.
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640k
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lots of MSMs here too. one thing my PPF installer told me was MSM was the LEAST likely color to have paint defects, blue being the worst. most of the M3s he sees come through his shops have either paint nubs or residual color from a prior spray.
i can count the number of nubs on my car on one hand and could probably tell you where each one is.
i can count the number of nubs on my car on one hand and could probably tell you where each one is.
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