Just that!.....everything's red, there's no colour in the clock's or anything, even if the made the needle's a diffirent colour, and the only diffirent colour's on the heater panel is (on the E39 anyway) the vent button's....

Even the button's on the door's are red....why is this..

bm24v wrote: Just that!.....everything's red, there's no colour in the clock's or anything, even if the made the needle's a diffirent colour, and the only diffirent colour's on the heater panel is (on the E39 anyway) the vent button's.... Even the button's on the door's are red....why is this..

so they match

so why are the streetlights at night orange then..??

Helps pedestrians eyes no doubt at night time so they can feel warmer in winter...as well as criminals..

'Oh! he was wearing a brown jacket Occifer, or was it green, or was it a blue one or was it..etc...etc

Yea but Iv'e had a few car's over the years with various interior lighting from clear (white) or green (think the Saab was green....but again not everything).

I dont aggree with the "it's easier to read them at night" thing, yes easy but I wouldnt say the best, no way.

Iv'e actually thought of emailing BMW and asking why, it's just my curiousity..

Oh and Rossi.....as we all know orange s/lamp's do help you see in the dark, why I dont know but they do. Iv'e been on some street's (not alot though) where theyv'e been white it's a h ellish to see.

Personally I prefer green which Fords usually have. Was going to convert my last BMW to green to go with my Alpine stereo but never got round to it.

Would't do it to my current car as the M dials look better with the orange glow and the red needles.

Alan.

alanross wrote: Would't do it to my current car as the M dials look better with the orange glow and the red needles. Alan.

Now that's sound's nice....so why couldn't they have did that with the range..it WOULD break it up and make it more appealing.

bm24v wrote: Oh and Rossi.....as we all know orange s/lamp's do help you see in the dark, why I dont know but they do. Iv'e been on some street's (not alot though) where theyv'e been white it's a h ellish to see.

so do carrots..

Rossi wrote: bm24v wrote: Oh and Rossi.....as we all know orange s/lamp's do help you see in the dark, why I dont know but they do. Iv'e been on some street's (not alot though) where theyv'e been white it's a h ellish to see. so do carrots..

 true..

So, by colour you would mean...white dials with blue needles that change colour to green the higher the revs and speed are?

Isnt that a little Japanese ... like for baby cars ...

BB

Rossi wrote: so why are the streetlights at night orange then..?? Helps pedestrians eyes no doubt at night time so they can feel warmer in winter...as well as criminals.. 'Oh! he was wearing a brown jacket Occifer, or was it green, or was it a blue one or was it..etc...etc

The street lights were designed orange as they found that it is a better light for visibility in bad weather, snow and fog, white reflects and glares more. It may also be that red or orange, like in red attack lights in submarines, it doesn't compromise night vision as much as lighter colours. Going from orange/red lighting into the dark the eyes react almost instantly so you can see better,  more quickly, white light leaves a glare or white spots and takes your eyes longer to get accustomed to the darkness again. Altogether better for night vision it seems.

Rob