RE: PH Service History: Fifty shades

[CDP]

Helicopter123 said:

CDP said:

I prefer to have decent colours but not from the BL palette, which I'm sure was chosen by somebody on Ford's payroll:







Or were they just chosen in the hospital pathology lab?

All very 'post war'.
Still, post Brexit I'm sure these shades will be back 'cause everything was better in the 1950s, wasn't it?

No. These were the colours picked after the EU entry. The Allegro was supposedly what we thought the EU was all about. Britain's Song (sorry car) for Europe.

Kind of says it all really...

[drewpasmith]

Fur coat:


No knickers:

[PomBstard]

drewpasmith said:

Fur coat:


No knickers:

Amazon Green? One of the regulars at my local 928 specialist has a GTS in this colour, but instead of red leather theirs has the much more subdued magenta... Looks fantastic in the metal.

[Turbobanana]

White, yellow and pink on my driveway. Looks like a fruit salad

[Greeneyelevin]

Just your typical car manufacturer parking lot - could have been a black & white photo......

[M666 EVO]

As close as makes no difference, a 27 year old Merc Estate for 4k? Have a word.

Although that means I am well in the money with my W210 Estate that I just paid a grand for!!

[luckystrike]

Greeneyelevin said:

Just your typical car manufacturer parking lot - could have been a black & white photo......

In fairness, plenty of high volume plants will batch-build a small selection of colours to minimise churn in the paint shop - 3 weeks of black/white/grey, then 4 days of red/blue/green, then back to the greys etc. That red car was probably in rework so snuck out during a grey batch. The demand is clearly strongest for, white, black and grey though.

[Rawwr]

My Focus is painted in 'Tangerine Scream' and I love the colour, especially in bright sunshine

Manufacturers need to offer more interesting, bold colour options to choose from to brighten up the roads a bit.

[drewpasmith]

PomBstard said:

Amazon Green? One of the regulars at my local 928 specialist has a GTS in this colour, but instead of red leather theirs has the much more subdued magenta... Looks fantastic in the metal.

Yup, Amazon Green over Can Can red and black extended leather

As far as I - and Porsche - can tell, it's a unique combo.

And you're right about Amazon Green. Here it is under direct sun:

[NorthernSky]

Under the direct sun makes a big difference to green cars.

There are very few out there if you discount the pensioner jazzes, etc. There is a lot of hatred toward the colour as well. Reasons unknown.

[Mammasaid]

drewpasmith said:

PomBstard said:

Amazon Green? One of the regulars at my local 928 specialist has a GTS in this colour, but instead of red leather theirs has the much more subdued magenta... Looks fantastic in the metal.

Yup, Amazon Green over Can Can red and black extended leather

As far as I - and Porsche - can tell, it's a unique combo.

And you're right about Amazon Green. Here it is under direct sun:

Amazon Green?

Doesn't look like that on my Mitsubishi...

[Limpet]

The interior colour was a bigger priority for me when I ordered the M140i. As soon as I saw the Coral leather, I had to have it, but it didn't look right to me with either Estoril Blue (the so-called "Superman" scheme) or Valencia Orange (OTT with red interior) paint colours. A lairy interior colour works far better with a subtle exterior colour to my eyes (and vice versa), so Mineral Grey it was.

[2354519y]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

So true. I remember seeing some Hugo Boss clothes in a shop. The tops were just grey or black and completely devoid of detail.
Yet really expensive

[Ryvita]

I found this lurking on Ebay and pretty much had to have it for the colour scheme alone. Not exactly discrete...





Needs a fair bit of work to bring it up to scratch mechanically as I intend to get it to Germany and throw it round the ring at least once, but it does look good at least (from anything more than about 6' away).

[CDP]

Mammasaid said:

drewpasmith said:

PomBstard said:

Amazon Green? One of the regulars at my local 928 specialist has a GTS in this colour, but instead of red leather theirs has the much more subdued magenta... Looks fantastic in the metal.

Yup, Amazon Green over Can Can red and black extended leather

As far as I - and Porsche - can tell, it's a unique combo.

And you're right about Amazon Green. Here it is under direct sun:

Amazon Green?

Doesn't look like that on my Mitsubishi...

The 928 green represents the trees while the Mitsubishi the river itself.

[Smitters]

Swampy1982 said:

Link for 911 is directed to the merc

Still...

If we're going to have another article that's a thinly veiled marketing attempt, please at least get the contents right...

[Matt Bird]

Smitters said:

Swampy1982 said:

Link for 911 is directed to the merc

Still...

If we're going to have another article that's a thinly veiled marketing attempt, please at least get the contents right...

Yep, apologies, only just seen it! Sorted now. Certainly wasn't pitched as marketing though, thinly veiled or otherwise...

[jeremyc]

My thread has arrived.

It is handy to be able to refer to the "green one", "yellow one", "orange one" or "blue one" to differentiate for those of a non-petrolhead persuasion.

[FerdiZ28]

JMF894 said:

I have a silver E46, a grey 2 series GT and this:

IMG_3908 by James Fawcett, on Flickr

IMG_3898 by James Fawcett, on Flickr

I do like a chilli red with contrasting interior that isn't black

Edited by JMF894 on Sunday 20th May 20:53

Lordy. Not up on Saabs - what wheels are they? They look hard as nails with the red. I once said three spokes should be sent to hell but that looks epic. Any side on pics?

[Mr2Mike]

jeremyc said:

My thread has arrived.

It is handy to be able to refer to the "green one", "yellow one", "orange one" or "blue one" to differentiate for those of a non-petrolhead persuasion.

That almost looks like a pop-art poster