Orange Cars

[Zyp]

Little Dave said:

Zyp said:

I asked this a few pages back, but you must have missed it!

Is your car the one from OPC Leicester (can't be many orange ones for sale)

There were two orange ones that I could find, both in Leicester. One at Tollbar and one at the OPC. I went for the OPC one despite having more miles due to the fact that I could get a two year warranty on it. Leicester brought the car down to Mid Sussex OPC and I got it from there.

Have to admit that I am loving the orange

I saw the one in Leicester a few weeks back and thought it looked good in the metal.
I think another PH'er used to have an orange one (now has a 997GT2)

[Slow]

stormy22 said:

No disrespect but this is what I meant. This to me, is an example of a car that should NOT be Orange !!!

Exactly. It shouldnt be orange but when it is. My god you will never be lacking attention.

[Johnnyforeigner]

Very nice 934 up for auction earlier this year. Unbelievably this is the best pic I have of it.

[chevronb37]

wildman0609 said:

Fantuzzi said:

gaz1234 said:

Fantuzzi said:

mazda? road legal?

Jag, and no...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XJR_Sportscars

it became a mazda

I'm not sure I agree. My very limited understanding is that the above photo is an XJR12 - the last of the V12 cars. I think that particular car is the one which Karun Chandhok piloted at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. The car which spawned the Mazda was actually the later, atmo XJR14. After the 1991 season, a couple of the 14s were converted to run the Judd MV10 engine. This was known as the MXR-1. The earlier, rotary, Mazda Group C cars had nothing to do with the TWR Jaguars - to the best of my knowledge.

[Alpaca]

I nearly choose Blaze Orange for my Honda Jazz but chickened out and went with Storm Silver.

[iva cosworth]

I would really like an Orange car.

So i go around taking pics of random Orange cars

[sparkythecat]

Orange - Pah !

I give you tangerine

[TwigtheWonderkid]

sparkythecat said:

Orange - Pah !

I give you tangerine

I'd say that was more satsuma

[sparkythecat]

[TwigtheWonderkid]

sparkythecat said:

OK you win, tangerine it is.

[ian_touring]

I saw (wrapped? Plasti-dipped? Magic markered??) E60 M5 wannabe in Manchester this week.
In tangoluminous Orange.
Free world personal choice etc etc No No No wrong wrong wrong wrong.

[stormy22]

Alpaca said:

I nearly choose Blaze Orange for my Honda Jazz but chickened out and went with Storm Silver.

What the hell is 'Storm silver'? Storms are grey and black aren't they? Or are they thinking grey storm clouds twinkling with rain....I get it...I'll shut up now

[Frixturbo]

Blood orange...

[JM5]

I'm trying to decide between orange and yellow in an elise currently...

[Bob_Defly]

KarlMac said:

CommanderJameson said:

If I hadn't a company car, I would be bimbling around in an Electric Orange Focus ST.

Life's too short to let decisions about things like car colour be dictated by what other people think.

This



Laugh all you want, but this was an aspirational vehicle for me. I come from a less than privelidged background and it was and acheivable target.

When it first came out I decided I wanted one, when I was finally in the financial position to afford and run one I was torn by the colour. I wanted the orange one, but would black/white be easier to live with? In the end I thought 'in for a penny, in for a pound' and got the colour I wanted. I have no intention lf ever selling the car so didn't have to worry about resale.

On the whole the response have been positive. The negative comments I get are more about the mpg than the color, and these tend to be from bores who view there car as another consumable tool, normally a 5 door silver diesel of some description, and I literally couldn't value there opinion less. The ones that really make me laugh are the company car owners with generic-o-rama audi/bmws.

Problems?

After a review on top gear everyone assumes a benefit seeking scumbag is driving.

Very few people will give way

Your driving better be flawless, because the slightest indiscretion will be responded to with "look at that prick in the orange sports car"

Prepare for endless mid life crisis jokes

matching paint is a bh for scrapes and stone chips.

Don't apologise for it, that's an awesome car, well done!

Orange is the best colour, my old Exige.


Exige by rob smith photography, on Flickr

[blearyeyedboy]

Slow said:

stormy22 said:

No disrespect but this is what I meant. This to me, is an example of a car that should NOT be Orange !!!

Exactly. It shouldnt be orange but when it is. My god you will never be lacking attention.

I know that stormy22 didn't mean it as disrespect... but my god.. if you said you'd spec one in orange, everyone would think you were nuts or an attention seeker. However, once you've done it (like a BMW 1M or Jaguar F Type earlier in this thread), you're unlikely to regret it and it actually (and unexpectedly) looks downright brilliant.

I'm quite proud pf posting this while quite drunk and hopefully making sense!

[Slow]

blearyeyedboy said:

I know that stormy22 didn't mean it as disrespect... but my god.. if you said you'd spec one in orange, everyone would think you were nuts or an attention seeker. However, once you've done it (like a BMW 1M or Jaguar F Type earlier in this thread), you're unlikely to regret it and it actually (and unexpectedly) looks downright brilliant.

I'm quite proud pf posting this while quite drunk and hopefully making sense!

Well im looking at getting a bmw 328i track day car.

Would be orange as well so when im towing it they would match

Atleast thats the plan.... when do things ever go to plan realy.

[stormy22]

Slow said:

blearyeyedboy said:

I know that stormy22 didn't mean it as disrespect... but my god.. if you said you'd spec one in orange, everyone would think you were nuts or an attention seeker. However, once you've done it (like a BMW 1M or Jaguar F Type earlier in this thread), you're unlikely to regret it and it actually (and unexpectedly) looks downright brilliant.

I'm quite proud pf posting this while quite drunk and hopefully making sense!

Well im looking at getting a bmw 328i track day car.

Would be orange as well so when im towing it they would match

Atleast thats the plan.... when do things ever go to plan realy.

That, I could understand.....but for that purpose. Doing the weekly shop at Tesco in a standard looking 'orange' SUV/4x4 I would personally think "No!, ....just No!! WHY? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" or something less polite LOL

[Dixie68]

KarlMac said:

Yeah thats mine. have a few more pics in that style. Canon400d with some saturation/contrast adjustment. Just had the CP320 pack and RS clutch installed too. Absolute animal!

Off topic, but how do you find the RS clutch? I've broken my promise not to mod my ST and I'm getting to the point where I may need to get one fitted.

ETA: mine is Performance Blue though (not that it makes a difference to the clutch )

[Stu R]

Yeah, they're not bad