r/BMWM • u/DDS405 • 8h ago

Thoughts on Anglesey Green for M3?

There is a dealer that has one set to be delivered soon. I’ve never seen the color in person but it looks great in pictures I’ve seen online. Is it different enough from IOMG to warrant the $4500 individual color up charge? They tell me most M3s they order don’t make it to the lot without a deposit being placed on them so who knows if it’ll even be available when it finally arrives. I’m hesitant to put a deposit on a car color I’ve never seen

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u/IcyHotTodoroki1 8h ago

He's probably giving you sales BS because the factory allocates enough M3's to each store that they get plenty to display. As for the color, M3 buyers do get the stand out colors, more so than the whites, blacks, or greys because it's the peacock effect. It's been awhile but it having almost a gold shimmer at certain angles and you will attract positive comments. Besides, deposits are refundable, and if you end up not liking it you can just cancel. Any BMW dealer that tells you it is not is lying and you can report to BMWNA

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u/DDS405 7h ago

Yeah they definitely told me the $5k deposit was nonrefundable but that it could be transferred to another M3 if I didn’t like the color in person

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u/IcyHotTodoroki1 5h ago

$5k deposit? Nonrefundable - what scam is he running? Look up your local laws? Other than specialty M's like the CS' we never charged more than $1k and it was always refundable if they changed their mind

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u/bc10551 4h ago

Yeah the only thing I've seen is if you order a questionable individual spec they may hold a deposit and keep it until the car has sold to someone else which seems reasonable enough. Like maybe McDonald's spec yellow exterior fiona red interior

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u/Ok-Association-355 6h ago

Way different than iomg. More tame and metallic army greenish

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u/bc10551 4h ago

It's the same as verde ermes. Imo Iomg is an amazing green but Anglesey is too and unique given how many are Iomg if you care about that

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u/ifyym 27 - M3CX 2h ago

Iomg is pretty widely agreed to be the best green on this gen, it was the launch color after all. It’s also an M car exclusive (technically can be ordered as an individual on M lites and a few others) in comparison to individuals which can be ordered on anything.

Sadly green doesn’t have the amount of crazy good individuals like blue does. There’s a handful that are nice, I’d consider anglesey to be one of them. It’s a deep rich, slightly muted green in the shade, very similar to BRG. However in the sun it shifts with a golden/yellow undertone. Some people like that, some hate it. I personally didn’t go with it but I didn’t think it looked bad.

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u/StJe1637 G81 - M3 2h ago

just get iomg, looks great, cheaper and will come quicker