Sandy Beach at the beach

Congratulations to the real first buyer in Texas! Nice pics...:cheer2:

 

Wait! All I could see were black 17" tires and wheels. Just saw the sandy beach all around them....


VERY nice pics - thank you! I think the color is very distinctive and have seen a similar if not exact color on the Lexus ES350. Matter of fact, when I first saw the '10 color palette my picks were Red, White, then Sandy Beach. In that order. And still are.

I'll tell you one thing - your color will be the easiest to maintain and clean.

You're lucky to be in the first owner's group - enjoy your new ride.

 

LOL, I'm still trying to decide whether to keep mine. It does kind of break up the monochromatic look though, so maybe it is a good thing, especially for extra protection for your car on those beach clean up days!

 

That's the color my wife and I are hoping to find in a package II.

 

Congrats and thanks for the photos.

I always thought that the Gen III Sandy Beach was more golden than the Gen II Driftwood Pearl.

In your photos, the Sandy Beach color doesn't look as golden as when I've seen it indoors in person or in other people's photos.

I know lighting, camera, camera setting, etc. have a big effect on how colors look in pictures. But I was struck by how much your photos of your Sandy Beach looked so much like some photos of the Gen II Driftwood Pearl. Compare, for instance, these two photos:

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Would love to see sometime, either in person or in photos, a Gen III Sandy Beach side-by-side with a Gen II Driftwood Pearl.

 

i really like the black carpet floor mats instead of the matching color ones with the light interior. i really like how the driftwood looks in low lighting. i like the dark brown tone to it. i need a night time shot of the sbp.

 

Hello Greenbirder:

Excellent choice of color! That's my all time favorite for a car. Not only do I think that it compliments most cars, but it's also the easiest to keep clean looking.

Boy, those 17" wheels look SO much better than the 15s, on the 2010.

 

Nice Sandy look!.

btw, who's that lady in pink bikini in the background?

 

I agree! Love the color. Can't wait to get mine. It looks as good as I had hoped. Congratulations!

 

Excellent !!!! I realy like this!

 

Buick beige I do like the photos great spot

 

Great Pics. Thanks For Sharing

 

I know someone with a driftwood. I'll see what I can do. Probably won't happen till next weekend at the earliest.

My recollection is that the driftwood is a darker bronze/brown in person (by bronze, I mean tending more to the brownish/greenish spectrum), while Sandy Beach is lighter and more tannish to yellowy gold (the metallic bits up close look like yellow or bright gold glitter).

 

Hey Greenbirder,

Nice lookin' car. Judging by your name I'm guessing your a birder. Me too. Which brings me to my concern; tint. In your pics it looks like you opted to go without tint. Did you have to argue much to get the dealer to leave the windows naked? Tint makes it much harder for me to ID birds quickly (or at least sort the trash from the good stuff) while driving, and I know I don't want it.

Salesmen are telling me; "Well gee, they apply the tint before we get the cars, and I doubt we can get you one without it". Is that true?

Having to pay for tint, and then having to have it ripped out would drive me crazy! Window tint may turn out to be the deal breaker!

 

If you identify a car in the computer system (allocations to the GST region) that has not already been processed by GST (the distributor) you can get your car without tint or other GST installed accessories. GST won't force it down your throat if you place an order specifying no tint. I don't know whether GST tints every car that moves through their processing center (unless otherwise specified), but I know they do a lot of tinting. I suppose it's possible you'd have to wait a while longer to get your car, since dealers don't have their first cars yet, and supply is currently limited.

 

What about us Silver drivers?

Looks like a nice little break running off shore in the background of your pics. I learned to surf off Galveston and have been on Padre. What a beautiful background for your color!

 

Thank you for these pictures. I've been debating about the color choice, but I do like this color best. What I can't believe is that everyone across the country seems to be getting their cars and NOBODY in SoCal can until June 1st. Well, it least there will be more varieties to choose from here when they do come in. Supposedly, Marina del Rey is getting 38 and Santa Monica 15... we'll see.