Silvery pinky 996 Turbo

[davyboy]

Yep...saw the most ghastly coloured turbo today while out for a drive in my buddies new Gayman.

I can only decribe it like a silvery pinky colour.

This was arounf the St Albans Redbourne area....someone else must have seen this hideous beasty!

Dave

[clubsport]

Sounds like Meridian silver available late 01-04 I believe..

[davyboy]

Have you some links to see cars in this charming colour?

[anniesdad]

Maybe Jordan? She likes her pink cars - has a DB9 in pink hasn't she?

It's Cayman by the way.

[Yex]

Will be up that way on Saturday so will keep an eye out. Although sounds like the Oakleys will be required

[turbo tim]

davyboy said:

Yep...saw the most ghastly coloured turbo today while out for a drive in my buddies new Gayman. I can only decribe it like a silvery pinky colour.

clubsport said:

Sounds like Meridian silver available late 01-04 I believe..

Is this the colour?


From here www.pistonheads.com/sales/68460.htm

[davyboy]

Nope, it was never as discreet as that!

This thing was nasty!

[burriana]

Could be the old Cassis Red resurrected?

i actually quite like the colour, but then I'm wierd!

[rumplestiltskin]

Could actually have been any colour, didn't (doesn't) Porsche do an expensive "choose your own colour" thats something like a £5k option ?
Seem to remember they did in the past.

Perhaps the chap was a keen fisherman, caught a big salmon, took it in & said - make it this colour.....

R.

[slippydiff]

I think this car appeared at Solihull Porsche Centre a few years ago, massive spec, bling chrome non-standard wheels, interior was pinkish leather too, (as I recall all the seat adjustment and mirror adjustment buttons were leather covered too), cost to owner was somethihg horrific like £125-135K.
The colour ?...............................I haven't got a clue, but it's been used on a Lamborghini Diablo before.

[toby tucker]

Meridian Silver wouldn't be my choice on a TT , however it's been a standard metallic colour option since the 996TT was launched in July '00 -

[t5grf]

slippydiff said:

I think this car appeared at Solihull Porsche Centre a few years ago, massive spec, bling chrome non-standard wheels, interior was pinkish leather too, (as I recall all the seat adjustment and mirror adjustment buttons were leather covered too), cost to owner was somethihg horrific like £125-135K. The colour ?...............................I haven't got a clue, but it's been used on a Lamborghini Diablo before.

I think Lamborghini made a few special edition Diablo's in the early nineties if my memory serves me right they were sprayed a colour called Viola which was a kind of silvery pink metallic.

Then again I could be talking complete bollox, had a few as the Mrs made me watch Footballers wives

[police state]

davyboy said:

Nope, it was never as discreet as that! This thing was nasty!

Would you describe it more as a 'light Salmon pink'? If so, I know where that car lives, and have to say for my sins, i actually like it, it's nearly girly, but not quite; I would happily drive it; and no I'm not gay or secretly hanker after a Rav 4...

[cuneus]

"bling chrome non-standard wheels"

Indeed, they were on ebay for 5.5K

You could have the ultimate in or

buy a whole Porsche

[davyboy]

police state said:

davyboy said: Nope, it was never as discreet as that! This thing was nasty! Would you describe it more as a 'light Salmon pink'? If so, I know where that car lives, and have to say for my sins, i actually like it, it's nearly girly, but not quite; I would happily drive it; and no I'm not gay or secretly hanker after a Rav 4...

Yes light Salmon pink would be a good desription.

[Adam B]

t5grf said:

I think Lamborghini made a few special edition Diablo's in the early nineties if my memory serves me right they were sprayed a colour called Viola which was a kind of silvery pink metallic. Then again I could be talking complete bollox, had a few as the Mrs made me watch Footballers wives

not complete bollox, partial only Viola was a special colour for the SE30 Diablo (30th anniversary) though it was one of many choices and it was definitely more purpley metallic than pink

[Y4MER]

I know the car....it's a colour to sample.(Special Order) with red Leather.
Not Nice

[iain_cam]

Did it look like this?



It is a colour match to sample job. Not my personal choice of colour...

[davyboy]

It could have been that car.........thats it!

[t5grf]

Oh dear God that is not nice still each to their own it certainly has a touch of the Premiership footballer "I am clinically insane with too much money about it" perhaps I might see it in Footballers Wives next week whilst I am drinking myself into oblivion again.