I finally made up my mind and I am going with Black Sand Pearl, Automatic.

I have to drive about 2 hours to Richmond to pick it up, but it just rolled off the truck earlier this afternoon. They are prepping it now ! Pictures tomorrow !

Thanks everyone for all of the info and feedback in my posts.

Woo Hoo !

 

Congrats. i liked the BSP, but i was afraid of how dirty it would be all the time.

i am in a similar situation right now, except i only have to drive 15-20 minutes. i get my HTM xB tomorrow.

 

I've had black cars, copper cars, blue cars, green cars, beige cars, and white cars. I can safely say that if you really care about how your car looks EVERY car looks dirty when it's dirty.

The only time that a dirty car doesn't "show" dirt is if you don't care two cents about the car. My wife complains that her beige Camry is dirty all the time and she takes it to the car wash like crazy. Every time she complains about how dirty her car is I think, "Gee, this car is pretty clean." That's because I don't like my wife's Camry and I don't care how it looks.

After I picked up my BSP xB last weekend I immediately washed it, used a clay bar, washed it again, polished it (twice) and then waxed it. My wife keeps saying it's the cleanest car on the block but I keep going outside every couple hours to clean bird poop off the car (we don't have a garage).

Bottom line, if you genuinely care about your new HTM xB then you'll be cleaning it just as often as I clean my BSP xB.

 

i will prolly be washing it all the time. i have a thundercloud metallic xB right now and it takes a lot for it to look dirty.

 

Just got back in from picking it up. It was the first Gen 2 that this dealership had sold. Great people at the dealership, and the car is awesome. I will be up early in the morning washing it up and then I will get some pics. I think first stop may be for more tint !

 

thats the first thing i did on my 08, tint the front windows. congrats....did you pick it up in Richmond, CA?

 

Richmond VA