Is the bubble about to burst?

[Orangecurry]

roygarth said:

highway said:

Black is difficult to keep clean. It's never been a marmite colour. That surely refers to colours like green, yellow and other less mainstream choices.

Correct, just look at how a high a percent of cars are black.

But that's because most cars are awful box shapes, and we are happy to make the shape of a BMW Audi etc less visibly awful by painting it black.

[roygarth]

Orangecurry said:

roygarth said:

highway said:

Black is difficult to keep clean. It's never been a marmite colour. That surely refers to colours like green, yellow and other less mainstream choices.

Correct, just look at how a high a percent of cars are black.

But that's because most cars are awful box shapes, and we are happy to make the shape of a BMW Audi etc less visibly awful by painting it black.

LOL.

[highway]

Car colours are subject to fashion. Tastes change. Red was a popular choice up to the 90's since it fell from favour. Silver grew popular but is something of a vanilla colour. Looks much the same clean or dirty, which some see as an advantage. White was resale death until around 10 years ago. The police dropped white as their default choice replacing with silver for resale reasons.

Black has always been in fashion for cars and clothes. It always will be as its iconic. For me black is the definitive 911 colour. Moody and menacing. Much like many who post here.

[NJH]

For me it was on the 930. They always looked great in black. For N/A 911s though its white surely that is the iconic colour from 2.7RS through to 996 GT3 RS.

[g7jhp]

highway said:

Car colours are subject to fashion. Tastes change. Red was a popular choice up to the 90's since it fell from favour. Silver grew popular but is something of a vanilla colour. Looks much the same clean or dirty, which some see as an advantage. White was resale death until around 10 years ago. The police dropped white as their default choice replacing with silver for resale reasons.

Black has always been in fashion for cars and clothes. It always will be as its iconic. For me black is the definitive 911 colour. Moody and menacing. Much like many who post here.

Black isn't a colour and it certainly isn't the definitive 911 colour.

Silver is the definitive colour even if it's become a victim of its own popularity.

[Orangecurry]

Definitive colours:

Silver - 911
White - 911 RS
Red - 911 1980s
Green/Orange - 911 1970s
Beige - 911 1960s
Blue - 911 owner who needs to be different - other car is an old-skool Saab
Yellow - 911 owner with personality disorder

[Wozy68]

Orangecurry said:

Definitive colours:

Blue - 911 owner who needs to be different - other car is an old-skool Saab
:

Cheeky git. Daily = 4x4 chosen by God for the inflicted. The late great LR Defender

Thank you very much

[highway]

g7jhp said:

Black isn't a colour and it certainly isn't the definitive 911 colour.

Silver is the definitive colour even if it's become a victim of its own popularity.

If black isn't a colour you need to call watchdog. Car manufacturers have been advertising it as such for years. Piston heads. Pedantry matters.

[david hockney]

I hate washing cars and subsequently could never be bothered with a black car.

Best 911 colour definitely depends on the model- for me a 993 will always have to be polar silver....
the real vintage stuff looks the business in viper green or arrow blue.....

[highway]

Peugeot 206 were polar silver. Put me right off.

[highway]

Peugeot 206 were polar silver. Put me right off.

[Koln-RS]

Is the bubble about to burst?

Looks like it has for 'black' cars

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

[mollytherocker]

Koln-RS said:

Is the bubble about to burst?

Looks like it has for 'black' cars

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

I guess that is a scam.

[RSVP911]

mollytherocker said:

I guess that is a scam.

Yep

[v8ksn]

Koln-RS said:

Is the bubble about to burst?

Looks like it has for 'black' cars

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Scam diddly scam scam

[Richie200]

v8ksn said:

Scam diddly scam scam

How can you tell???

[mollytherocker]

Its half price. The reg doesnt exist.

Thats just for starters!

[Digga]

IIRC, there was a replica in a similar colour scheme a while back. I wonder if that might explain it; perhaps rather than being a 'cheap' GT3RS it's an expensive pastiche?

[Mario149]

jimmyslr said:

I'm with you on this. I've been tracking them for some months, including private sales of ones with nicer specs (in my mind- I know it's personal). I think 65 would have been closer. There were some posts a couple of months ago that pointed to trade bids being a few grand lower than 65 so if the goal was to shift it then I think the reserve was definitely ott.

That was me. Trade bids for my 997.1 GT3 all ranged between 60 and 62 from memory. Car sold for 65, bought unseen by another enthusiast. I needed a fast sale, but I think 67 would have been the max private sale price if I'd hung on. That was a 2006 car, white, carrera GT factory buckets, 31k miles, recent major service and brake fluid, FSH with invoices etc etc.

I sure these cars will be worth more in the long term, but at the minute, if you're paying over 70 privately/auction for a car similar to mine, you're being had. I suspect almost all the ones for sale are SOR amd the asking prices optimistic. Low 70s is where my car should be at a dealer

Edit: maybe not sold to quite so much of an enthusiast as I thought

Edited by Mario149 on Monday 30th November 07:11

Edited by Mario149 on Monday 30th November 07:34

[Mario149]

And low and behold, this is mine up for sale at a rather optimistic price

If anyone wants more info on the car as they're interested, feel free to PM me.