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All, I have an opportunity to buy an highish spec Mythos black B8. Thoughts on this colour, please?

TIA

It's Phantom by another name.

Looks a bit darker than Phantom to me, either way with the black pack on it it'll look lovely.

Well I was hoping to move away from black cars but the spec is tempting me:

Seats - RS4 front Super Sports seats in Fine Nappa leather, Black with Rock Grey piping with Black headlining
Brake callipers - high-gloss red (not with ceramic brakes)
Alloy wheels - 20 x 9J 5 V-spoke design polished Titanium with 265/30 R20 tyres
Privacy glass - dark tinted rear window, rear door windows and rear side windows
Sports exhaust with black tailpipe trims
Dynamic steering
Open Sky panoramic sunroof
Heated seats - front
Black Styling Package
Door mirrors - electrically folding, heated and auto dimming
Audi parking system advanced
High-beam assist
Bang & Olufsen sound system

Looks a great spec,
after 5yrs with a black car I too wanted to get out, but theres something about a clean black car that i love.

Nice spec. My dealer told me that they've simply renamed Panther, though I have not seen Mythos in the flesh and we all know how reliable dealer info is!

If I was in your shoes, I would spec that all day long. Lovely

Having decided that there's no way back to black, it's got to be either Prism or Suzuka. Pictures on here of Prism make that the prime candidate as it really brings out the arches.

I'm interested in experiences of suzuka though - is it so light, that it has the same issues as Ibis would have in terms of keeping it clean? Or does it have some level of resistance to the grime attracted in the daily commute?

I've lost patience with the 'dirty after one day' syndrome.

Dribbler wrote:I've lost patience with the 'dirty after one day' syndrome.

Prism would be best you don't like dirty car. I've had many grey/silver cars and they don't show the dirt, a quick clean of the wheels does the trick. Suzuka will look dirty as it's pretty much white

I AutoGlym HD'd my car last weekend and used RainX on the glass. Drove 40 miles into London on Monday morning in the pissing rain and rarely needed to use my wipers, RainX is the nuts.. Got to work and the car looked clean, the HD wax repels the water and subsequently the grime. Should make washing it a doodle too.

If you are really bothered by dirt, buy a brown car.

Mine is Ibis white & I have a client who had a Suzuka Grey, same problems in terms of keeping them clean as Carsarecool states. All I would say is when they're clean, they do look good. If you really want to have something that maintains a clean glossy colour, I'd suggest you have it detailed the moment you take delivery.

White is easy to keep clean compared to black, silver or Daytona have got to be the easiest I would have thought
Riv blue doesn't really show the dirt too bad either, I had my black b7 for 5 years, when clean they look great!! Trouble is that is short lived

Daytona was my choice, largely because I figured it would be easy to keep clean.

Not the greatest photo but the car was actually filthy when I took this:
http://s36.photobucket.com/user/Snotsic ... 4.jpg.html

I had a Suzuka b8. It's a lovely colour and I still think right up there in the standard b8 colours
Some Suzuka cars are darker than the earlier ones though. It's got a lovely metallic to it that really pings when it's clean
It's easier to keep clean than black, certainly

blueaudi wrote:Nice spec. My dealer told me that they've simply renamed Panther, though I have not seen Mythos in the flesh and we all know how reliable dealer info is!

Definitely very different. Phantom Black pearl effect always looked a dark grey. I've got a Panther black crystal effect C7 RS6 in the showroom and Mythos black metallic on a Q5 nearby. The Panther has a purple/green crystal flake in it when viewed from different angles, and the Mythos is definitely a true black metallic this time. They're all nice but I think Mythos has freshened up the regular colour range. Panther will set you aside as more special from all the other non RS models around.