Official BMW 330 ZHP Sighting Thread

[danewilson77]

It seems that Imola Red is actually kind of rare amongst the ZHP's... I thought it was the most common color.
Any time I see a ZHP in person it's never Imola, and most people on here don't have Imola either.

Look at the stats on ZHPregistry.

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[kayger12]

I thought it was the most common color.

According to the registry it is.

I agree that it doesn't seem that way based on the colors I've actually seen in the wild.

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[az3579]

According to the registry it is.

I agree that it doesn't seem that way based on the colors I've actually seen in the wild.

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The "in the wild" numbers most certainly seem to agree that red isn't the most common. Also, the Registry doesn't even have the majority of total ZHPs produced in it. My guess is that the vast majority of ZHPs sold were to non-enthusiasts, meaning the likelihood of most of them being red is much smaller. Red is harder to resell than a common color such as silver or black and a non-enthusiast is far more likely to sell their car than the enthusiast counterpart, so they'll choose the color that's most compatible with the market.

Of course, that is what I "think" is the reason. I wish I saw a lot more Imola ones on the road in the rare occasion I do actually see a ZHP.

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[Avetiso]

My vote would be for silver gray. Second most common *statistically*, and it's a neutral color. I see it most often, too.

[johnrando]

The "in the wild" numbers most certainly seem to agree that red isn't the most common. Also, the Registry doesn't even have the majority of total ZHPs produced in it. My guess is that the vast majority of ZHPs sold were to non-enthusiasts, meaning the likelihood of most of them being red is much smaller. Red is harder to resell than a common color such as silver or a superior color like black and a non-enthusiast is far more likely to sell their car than the enthusiast counterpart, so they'll choose the color that's most compatible with the market.

Of course, that is what I "think" is the reason. I wish I saw a lot more Imola ones on the road in the rare occasion I do actually see a ZHP.

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FTFY BTW, where is the zhpregistry.net post, I wanted to bump that for the new people and I didn't see it yesterday.

[danewilson77]

It's a link at the top, no?

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[johnrando]

Why yes, yes it is!

[stephenkirsh]

It seems that Imola Red is actually kind of rare amongst the ZHP's... I thought it was the most common color.
Any time I see a ZHP in person it's never Imola, and most people on here don't have Imola either.

Besides my own, I've only ever seen one other imola red zhp.

[johnrando]

Really? i've seen quite a few.

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[oclvframe]

There were two somewhat high mileage imola red/black zhp vert's for sale here in GA back when I first started looking for mine. Both 6mts and both were pretty ragged out. The one I drove at a local ford dealer had cracked seats that had been repaired with that fake vinyl repair stuff and it was smoking and reeking of burning oil after a very short test ride (no I didn't rag it out).....but the fact that there were two identical cars for sale within a very short distance of each other was interesting.

I think the one at the Ford dealership finally sold at wholesale auction but the other one (the one I didn't look at) is still for sale in case anyone is interested in it: http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...adius=200&mmt=[BMW[][3_SERIES[]]]&listingId=349749552&Log=0

-r