Colours..

[willisit]

Hi chaps and chapesses,

Okay, who has a silver Monaro - and who a black? I would really like a black one, but I'm seeing a lot more silvers in my price range (VXR). What weathers best? Mine will live outside so I'm guessing silver... it really is the difference of £2000..

[BigNige]

Red's fastest.

[willisit]

Nope, I don't do red.

[V6 JDT]

Silver will be easier to keep clean, but if you're a cleaning fanatic like me and Booster, the darker colours look the shiniest

[rocket]

Mine's silver. I like black, but from previous experience it's a pain to keep clean. Silver doesn't show the dirt so much.


Oh...and that's QUICKsilver, but the way.

[BigNige]

rocket said:

Mine's silver. I like black, but from previous experience it's a pain to keep clean. Silver doesn't show the dirt so much. Oh...and that's QUICKsilver, but the way.

Don't you mean LOUDsilver?

[BigNige]

My fave colour is actually yellow but I just don't like the Monaro yellow.
It's a bit washed out and primrosy for my taste.

If it'd been close to Daytona yellow then I'd would have gone for that.

[willisit]

My favourite is black - I had 2 911s in black, one solid and the other diamond. Also a Calibra and Puma both in black... a royal pain to keep but they look fantastic on a sunny day when polished!

Silver is one colour I've never owned, but the Monaro does look good in it.

It's certainly not worth £2000 to have black - since the local tabby will take great pleasure in ruining it anyway. Grr.

Maybe silver is the way to go. Decisions...

[rocket]

BigNige said:

Don't you mean LOUDsilver?

You been talking to Caspey by any chance??
Yep...got the catback exahaust fitted and remap done last week. Yum!

[hainser]

Click on my nickname, wait for the pic to load, pop down to the dealers & order a silver VXR!!
Faster, classier, and shineyer. (I may have made the last two up but you know what I mean)!

[willisit]

Thanks!

Damn, it looks good all shiny'd up!

I'm surprised I can find half a dozen red/silver cars at £28k (my limit) but all the black ones are £30k+ with the same mileage, year etc.. why is that?!

[sjc]

Yep, I've noticed that as well! With regards to cleaning I had my old HSV "Diamondbrited" from new and the paint was nigh on perfect when I sold it 4 years later, without any real hassle in cleaning it during my ownership. On a black/dark car a treatment like that is well worth thinking about.

[tiler]

Me thinks black is the fastest.

[yorkkie]

only certain black ones

[willisit]

Ahhhh... you lot are no use are yeh!

[jagsy]

Sorry, Tiger Gold all the way.

Just put the a Tiger Gold HSV amongst other HSV's - - - the Gold looks awesome.

Follow or be followed by a Tiger Gold HSV, wow is fantastic.

[BigNige]

rocket said:

BigNige said: Don't you mean LOUDsilver? You been talking to Caspey by any chance?? Yep...got the catback exahaust fitted and remap done last week. Yum!

I coulda sworn you had it on at Halfords and my mate John commented on it when we were going down the M25.


It must have been one of the others.

[DevilYellowCV8]

BigNige said:

My fave colour is actually yellow but I just don't like the Monaro yellow. It's a bit washed out and primrosy for my taste. If it'd been close to Daytona yellow then I'd would have gone for that.

Nah, nothing wrong with this yellow....

Am I the only one here with a Yellow one? (car I mean). I feel all left out now what with all the Black, red and silver Monaro's.

[Bundaberg]

Where's the cheering section for odyssey or turismo mica? i quite like those colours but red paint is worth an extra 10bhp

[yorkkie]

you are forgetting Impulse Power Blue. I know VXRs dont come in that shade, shame really they would be quickest