Why so many silver and grey cars?

[anonymous-user]

I blame Mercedes. Every other one that is ordered is supplied dressed in silver.

[Munter]

Ohh I'll have mine in "Go Mango" please!

[frosted]

otolith said:

The Civic was the only one bought new, and I regretted not getting a black one, because black comes up so well when clean - but it just doesn't stay like that.

I always regretted not getting my civic in gunmetal grey , I had it in nighthawk black

[Erich Stahler]

Because most of the car buying public and fleet buyers are sheep, they have all been brainwashed in believing the self perpetuating myth that "silver and gray cars have better resale value"

Bring back lime green, hot orange, yellow anything but corporate silver FFS!

Having said that I saw a new euro box the other day in some kind of slightly metallic pink nail varnish finish, I guess thats an attempt to break the mould, didn't really work though.

[SDxsi]

GSP said:

I have until recently always had black cars... the only two non black cars I had were a 106 Rallye (they only came in blue or white)

Or red or black.

[Munter]

Erich Stahler said:

Having said that I saw a new euro box the other day in some kind of slightly metallic pink nail varnish finish, I guess thats an attempt to break the mould, didn't really work though.

Was it the Fiat 500 Pink.... {shudder}

[otolith]

frosted said:

otolith said:

The Civic was the only one bought new, and I regretted not getting a black one, because black comes up so well when clean - but it just doesn't stay like that.

I always regretted not getting my civic in gunmetal grey , I had it in nighthawk black

That was the phase 2 colour wasn't it - "cosmic grey"?

I wouldn't have another black car, I don't think - especially not in a hard water area like this. The silver cars can be washed and left to dry and they're fine. If the black one isn't dried with a towel, it ends up covered in water marks.

[frosted]

Think t was the cosmic grey , I still call that dark metallic grey gunmetal . It's true , black cars are really good looking in the evening/night .

The civic looks good in red with the tinted windows

[GSP]

SDxsi said:

GSP said:

I have until recently always had black cars... the only two non black cars I had were a 106 Rallye (they only came in blue or white)

Or red or black.

S1 was red/white/black, S2 was blue/ white unless it was imported as they had more choice, and also a 16v option.