What ever happened to brightly coloured cars?
Discussion
UTH said:
lukeharding said:
UTH said:
I have a silver Evo, so I felt I needed this to contradict it:
Thats the sort of decision making I can get behind. Yellow cars ftw 
My Mrs wears pretty much only black, but my wardrobe basically looks like a gay pride flag! Love a bit of colour.
A bit of colour is a great thing. I wouldn't say my wardrobe resembles a gay pride flag (although there are one or two brighter hued coats/jackets), but I do have a brightly coloured car or two, and yellow is always at the top of the list.lukeharding said:
A bit of colour is a great thing. I wouldn't say my wardrobe resembles a gay pride flag (although there are one or two brighter hued coats/jackets), but I do have a brightly coloured car or two, and yellow is always at the top of the list.I do resist wearing the yellow one when I drive the car......that would be sad.
tty brown') seem to have recognised this and are actively doing press shots and demonstrators in something that isn't white/silver/black.
UTH said:
I have a silver Evo, so I felt I needed this to contradict it:
Lovely! I love a yellow car.I'm with the OP here and find all the dull colours rather er.... dull. I read an article a while back and it suggested that when customers choose the colour of their car, it can reflect their confidence in their financial situation and future. I'll see if I can find it.
Miami blue car here btw.
lukeharding said:
UTH said:
I did get a bit obsessed with Ralph Lauren Polo shirts and own pretty much every bright colour they have!
I do resist wearing the yellow one when I drive the car......that would be sad.
I stopped myself from buying a yellow jacket just for that reason! I do resist wearing the yellow one when I drive the car......that would be sad.
I originally wanted a Grey, but I ended up with Red.
Glad I did; I'm certain it makes me far more noticeable (If it wasn't enough already), but It's also very strange to park near other bright cars (Bright blue focus my friend owns; or finding an Orange ST in a car park) - It really doesn't look like it "belongs" to have that much "light" - Reminds me of that picture from the 1980s!
Glad I did; I'm certain it makes me far more noticeable (If it wasn't enough already), but It's also very strange to park near other bright cars (Bright blue focus my friend owns; or finding an Orange ST in a car park) - It really doesn't look like it "belongs" to have that much "light" - Reminds me of that picture from the 1980s!
I too miss jolly colourful cars & remember the two-tones of yesteryear - pink & white Vauxhalls for instance & Hillmans GAYLOOK Minx.
Today some take themselves too seriously regarding bright colours as frivolous, juvenile or dare I say feminine.
Mr/Mrs important senior executive must not be seen in anything other than in business clothes of sombre hue, ditto their transport. Bright colours & anything that shouts casual is for the week-end out of the office.
I did have two red company cars but there is red & there is shouty pillar box red, luckily both were of the former.
Bright colours can of course be cheering especially in our bleak grey climate but you have to comfortable in your own skin or just thick-skinned to be seen in bright yellows reds or blues, or worse orange.
Anybody remember that awful cheap hard solid blue used by BL on the likes of the Morris Marina now sadly replicated on some Jaguars, & a metallic version now favoured by BMW's?
As a very normal middle-aged male I was desperate for a bright red Mazda MX-5 when launched but was persuaded I'd look a mid-life crisis twit & finished up with silver which on reflection was more subtle & sophisticated but not very sports-car-ish. Then a new yellow Honda S2000 was lusted after but again was persuaded I'd look a berk so settled for black ...... but with bright red seats. Yet a yellow Ferrari would have been acceptable - no understand that.
Now looking for a convertible in deep metallic red that's not a supercar & failing miserably.
Today some take themselves too seriously regarding bright colours as frivolous, juvenile or dare I say feminine.
Mr/Mrs important senior executive must not be seen in anything other than in business clothes of sombre hue, ditto their transport. Bright colours & anything that shouts casual is for the week-end out of the office.
I did have two red company cars but there is red & there is shouty pillar box red, luckily both were of the former.
Bright colours can of course be cheering especially in our bleak grey climate but you have to comfortable in your own skin or just thick-skinned to be seen in bright yellows reds or blues, or worse orange.
Anybody remember that awful cheap hard solid blue used by BL on the likes of the Morris Marina now sadly replicated on some Jaguars, & a metallic version now favoured by BMW's?
As a very normal middle-aged male I was desperate for a bright red Mazda MX-5 when launched but was persuaded I'd look a mid-life crisis twit & finished up with silver which on reflection was more subtle & sophisticated but not very sports-car-ish. Then a new yellow Honda S2000 was lusted after but again was persuaded I'd look a berk so settled for black ...... but with bright red seats. Yet a yellow Ferrari would have been acceptable - no understand that.
Now looking for a convertible in deep metallic red that's not a supercar & failing miserably.
Unknown_User said:
Lovely! I love a yellow car.
I'm with the OP here and find all the dull colours rather er.... dull. I read an article a while back and it suggested that when customers choose the colour of their car, it can reflect their confidence in their financial situation and future. I'll see if I can find it.
Miami blue car here btw.
Miami Blue is a superb colour...have been tempted.I'm with the OP here and find all the dull colours rather er.... dull. I read an article a while back and it suggested that when customers choose the colour of their car, it can reflect their confidence in their financial situation and future. I'll see if I can find it.
Miami blue car here btw.
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