Vauxhall paint codes

[sadako]

I had insomnia was bored last night so was killing time surfing the net on my phone. I know that in a few months I'll be getting a phone call asking what colour I want for my company car (They gave me a rental Golf in the meantime) which will be an Astra Estate, so I went on the Vauxhall website and had a look at the different paints they offered. I hate silver cars and there were lots of variations on silver/white/grey so I ignored those and was left with Red, Baby blue, black and a really dark green called "myth green" I couldn't find any decent pictures so I go look at something else, then get some sleep.

Today I'm having a quiet moment at work and go looking for pictures of myth green astras so I can see if it looks any good, then find a thread listing the paint codes that Vauxhall use. I notice that the "myth green" paint is listed as GAY. I thought "Either someone at Vauxhall is having a laugh or the the thread poster is." Then I saw more things in the codes...

Red is GBH
White is GAZ (think "Essex boy")

Is this right or is this a pisstake? If its a pisstake then why is it that really dark green, which seems to look OK, is considered GAY when that stupid pearlescent baby blue that they call "waterworld" isn't?

[TheEnd]

Stolen from Astra owners network-

Olympic White - GAZ / 40R
Power Red - GBH
Technical Grey - GAL / 177
Sovereign Silver - GAN / 176
Carbon Flash - GAR / 22C
Metro - GBI
Velvet Red - GCS
Misty Lake - GCW
Waterworld - GEU / 22A
Silver Lake - GEV / 179
Linen Beige - GKE / 55U
Myth Green - GAY / 30K
Pannacotta - GBF / 167
Black Sapphire - GBG / 20R
Iceberg - GEP




Linen Beige sounds interesting.

[sadako]

Pannacotta is probably just as bad. I'm falling asleep just thinking about a car that colour.