Brown back in vogue???
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At the Avis desk the other week I was presented with the keys to my hire car and directed toward the pick up lot. Walking to the car I looked at the keys, noted it was a Ford Mondeo I should look for and with some surprise saw the colour was listed as 'Brown'.
A brown car? I haven't seen one of those since the 1980's Cortina in light brown with a contrasting dark brown vinyl roof. Now I know fashions come and go, but I thought brown cars were still about as trendy as flared trousers!
Luckily, being a hire car, this was a long way from home and since there was no danger of anyone I know actually seeing me drive it I didn't immediately go back to the desk and request a proper colour.
The Mondeo turned out to be a light brown, in fact I go as far as to say pastel in tone. Is pastel worse than brown? The only pastel cars I see are Nissan Micra's and are invariably driven by OAPs.
So are browns and pastels back in car fashion. And are we going to see the re-emergence of banana yellow next??
A brown car? I haven't seen one of those since the 1980's Cortina in light brown with a contrasting dark brown vinyl roof. Now I know fashions come and go, but I thought brown cars were still about as trendy as flared trousers!
Luckily, being a hire car, this was a long way from home and since there was no danger of anyone I know actually seeing me drive it I didn't immediately go back to the desk and request a proper colour.
The Mondeo turned out to be a light brown, in fact I go as far as to say pastel in tone. Is pastel worse than brown? The only pastel cars I see are Nissan Micra's and are invariably driven by OAPs.
So are browns and pastels back in car fashion. And are we going to see the re-emergence of banana yellow next??
Lorneg said:
At the Avis desk the other week I was presented with the keys to my hire car and directed toward the pick up lot. Walking to the car I looked at the keys, noted it was a Ford Mondeo I should look for and with some surprise saw the colour was listed as 'Brown'.
A brown car? I haven't seen one of those since the 1980's Cortina in light brown with a contrasting dark brown vinyl roof. Now I know fashions come and go, but I thought brown cars were still about as trendy as flared trousers!
Luckily, being a hire car, this was a long way from home and since there was no danger of anyone I know actually seeing me drive it I didn't immediately go back to the desk and request a proper colour.
The Mondeo turned out to be a light brown, in fact I go as far as to say pastel in tone. Is pastel worse than brown? The only pastel cars I see are Nissan Micra's and are invariably driven by OAPs.
So are browns and pastels back in car fashion. And are we going to see the re-emergence of banana yellow next??
Might make a change from wet weekend silver or boredom black A brown car? I haven't seen one of those since the 1980's Cortina in light brown with a contrasting dark brown vinyl roof. Now I know fashions come and go, but I thought brown cars were still about as trendy as flared trousers!
Luckily, being a hire car, this was a long way from home and since there was no danger of anyone I know actually seeing me drive it I didn't immediately go back to the desk and request a proper colour.
The Mondeo turned out to be a light brown, in fact I go as far as to say pastel in tone. Is pastel worse than brown? The only pastel cars I see are Nissan Micra's and are invariably driven by OAPs.
So are browns and pastels back in car fashion. And are we going to see the re-emergence of banana yellow next??
I think we will be OK unless they bring back that calf s
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I've been called everything from 'tasteless' to 'mental' with my love for a 'brown' colour option on Porsche 911's. The official colour designation is 'Macademia' - but having seen one in the flesh, yeah, it is basically metallic brown.
But I love it. If I ever get rich enough to own another 911, it will be in this colour. What do you reckon? Lovely, no?![cloud9](/inc/images/cloud9.gif)
![](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/BobEsponga/GT2_Brown_MacadamiaMetallic.jpg)
But I love it. If I ever get rich enough to own another 911, it will be in this colour. What do you reckon? Lovely, no?
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No, not lovely! It looks a little......, brown.
911s should be 'sharp blue', like the one I had. This was my first car and the one I taught my wife to drive in 20 something years ago. She's doing a hand stand on the beach because she'd just learned how to control the nasty rear end tendency of 1980's 911s
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911s should be 'sharp blue', like the one I had. This was my first car and the one I taught my wife to drive in 20 something years ago. She's doing a hand stand on the beach because she'd just learned how to control the nasty rear end tendency of 1980's 911s
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Lorneg said:
No, not lovely! It looks a little......, brown.
911s should be 'sharp blue', like the one I had. This was my first car and the one I taught my wife to drive in 20 something years ago. She's doing a hand stand on the beach because she'd just learned how to control the nasty rear end tendency of 1980's 911s
![](http://thumbsnap.com/sc/DB7ThW5J.jpg)
Anyone else thinking about all the sand that will be transferred to the car when she gets back in? 911s should be 'sharp blue', like the one I had. This was my first car and the one I taught my wife to drive in 20 something years ago. She's doing a hand stand on the beach because she'd just learned how to control the nasty rear end tendency of 1980's 911s
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bencollins said:
OP where have you been for three years?
obviously driving around with my head in the clouds as I've noticed a lot of brown (and pastel) cars since driving the hire car. I guess they must just not register when they go past. Every time I see one now I say 'yuk' out loud. Mind you this is coming from someone who drives a green car - but hey green is cool.Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
I've been called everything from 'tasteless' to 'mental' with my love for a 'brown' colour option on Porsche 911's. The official colour designation is 'Macademia' - but having seen one in the flesh, yeah, it is basically metallic brown.
But I love it. If I ever get rich enough to own another 911, it will be in this colour. What do you reckon? Lovely, no?![cloud9](/inc/images/cloud9.gif)
![](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/BobEsponga/GT2_Brown_MacadamiaMetallic.jpg)
Love itBut I love it. If I ever get rich enough to own another 911, it will be in this colour. What do you reckon? Lovely, no?
![cloud9](/inc/images/cloud9.gif)
![](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/BobEsponga/GT2_Brown_MacadamiaMetallic.jpg)
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