What ever happened to brightly coloured cars?
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No, my Ejection seat is unfortunately one inch too wide to fit at 16 inches, it gets used as an office chair instead. The Westfield is an old narrow bodied one that has a girth limiting 15 inch seat width.
I have so far only sourced a MK 8 GGS (Gyro Gun Sight) from a Hunter, however I am unable to obtain any Aden 30 mm cannons. I also fear the recoil will stop the Westfield in it's tracks if I fire them.
Had enough of snooty Caterham drivers, even though I have mates who drive Caterhams.
I have so far only sourced a MK 8 GGS (Gyro Gun Sight) from a Hunter, however I am unable to obtain any Aden 30 mm cannons. I also fear the recoil will stop the Westfield in it's tracks if I fire them.
Had enough of snooty Caterham drivers, even though I have mates who drive Caterhams.
Tempest_5 said:
From a previous post, "People used to drive interestingly coloured cars, what happened" I think that should be changed "People used to drive visually interesting cars, what happened".
I've been using my Westfield a fair bit over the summer for the 23 mile commute along the A27/M27. What other interesting cars do I see on the way? Umm, not that many.
I think I've seen one Caterham, a Stag that lives near work, the odd classic Mini, that's it. Everything quick seems to be a pumped up Audi/BMW/Merc in the colours of OPs original photo.
The Westfield is Burgundy btw,
What happened is your taste hasn't changed, but car design has moved on. Folk have always said that modern cars aren't as interesting as old cars, this nothing new. I've been using my Westfield a fair bit over the summer for the 23 mile commute along the A27/M27. What other interesting cars do I see on the way? Umm, not that many.
I think I've seen one Caterham, a Stag that lives near work, the odd classic Mini, that's it. Everything quick seems to be a pumped up Audi/BMW/Merc in the colours of OPs original photo.
The Westfield is Burgundy btw,
RDMcG said:
ddom said:
Dapster said:
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paradigital said:
I can’t stand the current trend for white, black or a shade of grey, usually accompanied with black highlights and black on black accents with hints of black. When hunting out my current car (440i) I made sure I got a decent (IMO) hue.
Snapper Rocks Blue.
That is a really nice colour.Snapper Rocks Blue.
Looks great.
A few years ago I spent a long time searching for the right colour for a respray for my current Tuscan.
It was in Bentley Sapphire Blue which in strong sunlight was fantastic, but I wanted a much lighter, brighter colour.
I started off looking at red, and posted on here if someone could 'photo shop', unfortunately I asked for 'Paint Box'.
If I had seen yours .................
LunarOne said:
paradigital said:
Snapper Rocks Blue.
Seriously though - who'd a thunk it possible? A beautiful post-2005 BMW!!
A good thread. I often think the same. I sadly have two silver cars because they came up at the correct time at the correct price. I am always envious when I see ones in colour. 
It's the same in Germany. Black and silver is the norm. It is quite depressing, but people are sheep, so it's to be expected. Houses tend to be white, as do their interiors (in this region).
The most colourful cars are small city cars (generally driven and chosen by women), like Twingos, Fiat 500s etc. It seems only women aren't colourblind, or worried about the resale value.
Interestingly, Teslas rarely seem to be silver, and black not very often.
I suppose metallic paint was expensive once, and with silver being the most metallic, maybe the most desireable (people want what they can't have). So when the manufacturers started offering it without too high costs, it became popular. And because people tend to follow each other (and with the few pennies saved on resale), it snowballed.
Black, in the 60s, was for hearses, taxis (in London), dictators, gangsters, and politicians. (yes, I'm generalising). The wish to seem important and be respected became desireable for the common man, and was available in the form of the black paint, along with darkly tinted windows, and angry front styling.
Now it's the norm. "Why did it happen?" is the question I would like to know the answer to.
I preferrred it when I knew when a corpse, or an undesireable, was driving past. Now it's difficult to tell where they are. Or are they everywhere?
Of course, with cars being generally quite ugly, these days, black can hide that a little.
It's the same in Germany. Black and silver is the norm. It is quite depressing, but people are sheep, so it's to be expected. Houses tend to be white, as do their interiors (in this region).
The most colourful cars are small city cars (generally driven and chosen by women), like Twingos, Fiat 500s etc. It seems only women aren't colourblind, or worried about the resale value.
Interestingly, Teslas rarely seem to be silver, and black not very often.
I suppose metallic paint was expensive once, and with silver being the most metallic, maybe the most desireable (people want what they can't have). So when the manufacturers started offering it without too high costs, it became popular. And because people tend to follow each other (and with the few pennies saved on resale), it snowballed.
Black, in the 60s, was for hearses, taxis (in London), dictators, gangsters, and politicians. (yes, I'm generalising). The wish to seem important and be respected became desireable for the common man, and was available in the form of the black paint, along with darkly tinted windows, and angry front styling.
Now it's the norm. "Why did it happen?" is the question I would like to know the answer to.
I preferrred it when I knew when a corpse, or an undesireable, was driving past. Now it's difficult to tell where they are. Or are they everywhere?
Of course, with cars being generally quite ugly, these days, black can hide that a little.
dandare said:
It is quite depressing, but people are sheep
Or maybe they just don't want brightly coloured cars. I've always prefered cars in sliver, grey or dark metallics. My current two are in dark blue metallic. Four of the previous five were in variations of silver or grey.
It doesn't make me a sheep. I just much prefer non-shouty colours.
My OH is the same - she finds a lot of Fiat 500 colours challenging. My mission was to find her one in dark blue or grey.
moffat said:
I often go for bright colours - yellow S2000 and I also had a grey S2000 but it had the full red leather dash!
I had an Imola Red 6 series and then had to move to black with my next car a 440i due to the lack of options, but back in Toronto Red now which I love!
I like that!I had an Imola Red 6 series and then had to move to black with my next car a 440i due to the lack of options, but back in Toronto Red now which I love!
Don't think I have seen an X5 in anything other than black, silver, white, black, silver, white....etc
The Mk1 X5's always looked good in blue I seem to remember.
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