How dull are our choices in car colour?
Discussion
Pints said:
Nickbrapp said:
What's worse is BLACK interiors, god they are so so boring, why are people obsessed with them? Especially when you can spec white or cream etc.
I think the black interiors, especially black headlining, look great. Each to their own.Two greys and one navy car owner here.
Edit: Although they were probably listed as "hue of blackbird belly" or "shades of speaker box" on the options list.
Edited by Pints on Monday 25th July 08:26
I think this looks much better
Of all people Craig David said it best in an interview once.
He was living in America and said he owns a convertible yellow Ferrari because in America you are proud of what you've achieved and want to show it off/stand out.
If it was in the UK it would have been a black coupe to blend in.
He was living in America and said he owns a convertible yellow Ferrari because in America you are proud of what you've achieved and want to show it off/stand out.
If it was in the UK it would have been a black coupe to blend in.
TazLondon said:
The situation is terrible if you're in the market for a used car. You can have any colour as long as it's silver, black, white or grey. Boring or what? It gets far worse the higher up the car scale you go. At least with used family cars there's a tiny bit more choice in colours.
Not always better with new ones. Looking at MX5 configurator, apart from red they offer an excellent choice of white, black and few sorts of grey. That's meant to be a sports car FFS!It depresses me how monochrome our roads are these days although I'm guilty of being a hypocrite with my Focus ST being in "stealth" (grey), I just didn't fancy any of the other colours after they discontinued Spirit Blue.
My incoming M140i is Estoril Blue though, with Oyster interior. And the wife's Mini is "Blazing Red" so we're doing our bit now
My incoming M140i is Estoril Blue though, with Oyster interior. And the wife's Mini is "Blazing Red" so we're doing our bit now
spookly said:
Don't buy cheap jeans? I've had light coloured leather lots of times and never had any clothes leave dye or marks on the seats.
Quite the opposite, more expensive denim tends to leave colour. Raw, unsanforized stuff for example will transfer a lot of indigo.I was bored on my way to Birmingham the other day and counted about 35 cars in a row before a colour turned up, and even that was burgundy which is hardly bright!
My BMW is Imola and I think it's brill
Well to balance it up I love odd coloured cars - favourite is a greens but they're so rare on anything other than a small hatchback or Focus RS. Currently got a black car but thats because it came along at the right price and time. The Mrs refused to buy a new HRV because the only colours they had were grey, white and black. Blue and red were an option but you'd be waiting ages for them as 'no one ever orders them' according to the salesman. So she bought a Jeep renegade in Omaha Orange with ski grey (with orange piping) interior with brown dash. Sounds horrid and the configurator doesn't do it favours but in the metal its quite handsome and very refreshing after the seas of black and grey.
I really pitty someone who picks a car like the renegade which is an unusual looking car anyway then chooses a dull colour! But I ahve seen a fair few white and grey ones
We looked at the cactus and the juke for the same reasons - interesting colours!
I really pitty someone who picks a car like the renegade which is an unusual looking car anyway then chooses a dull colour! But I ahve seen a fair few white and grey ones
We looked at the cactus and the juke for the same reasons - interesting colours!
king green. I like it. I'm also (badly) respraying my Kawasaki blue and eventually the BSA will probably be orange.aeropilot said:
My problem is I remember what it was like in the 70's.......even ordinary cars were loud colours. Our next door neighbours 1.6L Cortina estate was bright signal yellow....and that was far from uncommon.
A Ford-UK colour chart from 1980/81.....oh happy days!
Mmmm, Java Green. It never was, and never will be fashionable. And for that reason, it's an excellent colour.A Ford-UK colour chart from 1980/81.....oh happy days!
bristolracer said:
Try buying a van!
There is no colour card.
Tend to see loads of red ones around...There is no colour card.
My van is silver, that felt like a daring colour choice on a van at the time. Jeep is green, Civic is red, MX5 was an aqua green - I (rightly) got the piss ripped at every chance over that car and colour, didn't care in the slightest!
I'd say there are a few more colours around then a few years ago, red has definitely make a comeback and small bright cars seem a bit more common.
It's odd that car colours are going this way...
Yet for so many things these days companies are going out of their way to offer customization to customers. This, for example, is my bike:
Mango by Chris Harrison, on Flickr
I wasn't exactly short of options either, if I could think of it there was a manufacturer who had it pretty much off the shelf right here in the UK.
Yet for so many things these days companies are going out of their way to offer customization to customers. This, for example, is my bike:
Mango by Chris Harrison, on FlickrI wasn't exactly short of options either, if I could think of it there was a manufacturer who had it pretty much off the shelf right here in the UK.
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