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      04-04-2005, 03:04 PM   #1
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Terra Leather and Noise Level

Folks: 2 key questions I would love your help on.

1: Does ANYBODY have any ACCURATE, REAL-WORLD pics of terra leather interior? Seems to be a very evasive thing. I'd love to know because it's the only leather I'd be interested in going with (loved the old natural brown), but the various pics have been all over the place and the configurator is a joke on realistic color.

2: I have read several posts from peoople who have test-driven the e90 and say that the sound levels inside the car were very loud. Went so far as to say that even conversations just outside the car were no different in sound with doors closed as oposed to doors open. The e46 had a great sound-dampening feel to it. Anyone who has test driven the e90 have any experience with this?

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      04-04-2005, 03:48 PM   #2
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Terra... excellent choice...
Will get mine in saphirschwartz (black), terra leather and walnut...

The pictures show a sparkling graphite one with terra leather and aluminium...
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      04-04-2005, 03:50 PM   #3
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Folks: 2 key questions I would love your help on.

2: I have read several posts from peoople who have test-driven the e90 and say that the sound levels inside the car were very loud. Went so far as to say that even conversations just outside the car were no different in sound with doors closed as oposed to doors open. The e46 had a great sound-dampening feel to it. Anyone who has test driven the e90 have any experience with this?
The new E90 is even more silent than an E60 (5series)...

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      04-04-2005, 03:53 PM   #4
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Thanks!

Doggydog, you rock! Thanks for the pics. And the comment about noise levels. Very helpful.

Enjoy your new car! Drive fast.

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      04-04-2005, 04:17 PM   #5
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Terra... excellent choice...
Will get mine in saphirschwartz (black), terra leather and walnut...

The pictures show a sparkling graphite one with terra leather and aluminium...

Nice combination! I think black with terra leather will look awesome doggydogg Have you ordered it yet? Make sure to take some pics for us.
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      04-04-2005, 04:22 PM   #6
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I'll order it the 15th of April... schedulded delivery 12 weeks from now... I'm already counting days
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Sound level

The noise in E90 is very low, much less sound than in E46.
I drive alot with the windows open, so I can enjoy the engine-sound.
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      04-05-2005, 12:09 PM   #8
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Terra... excellent choice...
Will get mine in saphirschwartz (black), terra leather and walnut...

The pictures show a sparkling graphite one with terra leather and aluminium...
Very cool
doggydogg,
Do you happen to have any photo for SG with Beige leather?

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      04-05-2005, 03:22 PM   #9
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Very cool
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Do you happen to have any photo for SG with Beige leather?

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No... I don't have that one as that's the one that BMW did choose to promote heavily into all its brochures...
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      04-05-2005, 04:10 PM   #10
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Do you have a picture of this same car in profile?

Thanks for the great terra pics!

Did you take a picture of this graphite/terra car in profile view that would show the look of the whole car?

The interior color of a car can often change the overall external look of the car. I know I like the graphite E90 with black interior from the many pics I've seen. I wonder about the overall impact of the graphite/terra look.
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      04-05-2005, 04:17 PM   #11
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I'm not the one that did take the pics... (so no profile pics available!)

But I think that the more you increase the contrast with Terra and a dark external color, the more awesome it becomes...
My neighbor has a deep black e60 with auburn leather which is almost the same as Terra... that's a killing combo...
If BMW had released a wonderful blue (like the one that is demoing BMW Individual features), I would have chosen that one
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      04-06-2005, 11:12 AM   #12
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I wish some of those pics were of the exterior with the doors closed and the windows down.
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I think the E90 noise level is too low. Specifically the throaty 'growl' that past BMW's had.
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      07-07-2006, 02:36 PM   #14
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here's another pic. it's actually darker than most pics show. I don't remember where i found this pic but it's the closest one i've seen.
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a couple more. my mystic blue w/terra.
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here's another pic. it's actually darker than most pics show...
The lighter stiching looks go too.
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Terra is my favorite.
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here's another pic. it's actually darker than most pics show. I don't remember where i found this pic but it's the closest one i've seen.
I agree, I've seen Terra in RL & tried to shoot fotos of it w/o flash, etc. This is very close to RL.
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I'm surprised that EVERYONE doesn't get Terra.
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Noise level is low.

The noise level is that low it gets kind of sleepy when you drive some long distances. Nothing to complain about the noise ! So if the is some noise maybe you can switch to another CD or channel on the radio
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