How much extra would you pay for the colour

[ewan221]

Looked at two 350z over weekend.

Both same year, spec and very similar condition wise.

I do have a preference for one only because of its colour, but this one is going to cost about an extra £1000.

my head is saying dont be stupid but Im still very tempted.

would you ???????

[j3gme]

Yes go for it !!! You will have to live with your colour choice, and will regret getting the one you really wanted....... I know I have in the past and wished I had gone with my gut feeling and not my wallet.

[FreeLitres]

And if it is a more desiable colour now, it will probably be more desireable in the future too. (Better resale value)

[SlimRick]

Do it. You know when you get a new car and you always glance out of the window at it when it's parked up at home, or you take a look back at it when you park it up in the supermarket car park....the last thing you want to be thinking is "Wish I'd gone for the pink one"!

Edited by SlimRick on Monday 18th October 08:10

[marcosgt]

If it's JUST the colour making the difference, it seems an excessive amount for a used car.

Obviously if it's that the car is newer, lower mileage, FSH or some other valuable attribute as WELL as the colour you'd need to judge the difference.

I wouldn't pay extra for a colour personally (unless the cheaper one is cheaper than usual because it's some particularly dire colour perhaps - Is it pink by any chance? ), I'm sure if you hunt around you'd find a cheaper one in the colour you're after.

M.

Edited by marcosgt on Monday 18th October 08:18

[cmackay81]

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[LuS1fer]

You have to like the colour. Why not look for another 350Z in the colour you do want. I bought a car in a colour I didn't like and had nothing but an offish disregard for it as a result.

[blindswelledrat]

Personally I never feel that strongly about colour thus tend to go with the cheapest.
However, I only keep cars a year or so and have realised time after time that if a car is cheap becasue its a crap colour then it will be reflected at resale thus a completely false economy.

[kambites]

As long as it wasn't silver or gray, I don't really care.

For me to buy a silver or gray car, I think it would have to be at least 20% cheaper.

[Risotto]

Personally, if colour is the only difference, I would go for the cheaper one, particularly if the car isn't something you're keeping for the long term.

£1000 is a significant proportion of the value on something like a used 350Z. If it were a 6 figure car, £1000 for a nicer colour is insignificant.

Mind you, perhaps my advice is best disregarded - if I were fortunate enough to be in the market for a Ferrari, I'd go for anything but red and if I could afford a 964 RS, I'd get one in Rubystone...

Edited by Risotto on Monday 18th October 10:09

[Herbs]

Depends on the colours in question.

Is it just you deciding between 2 decent colours or is it one very good colour and a crap one?

Use a Merc SL as an example:

2 decent colours: Silver and black. (cant go far wrong with either so personally go for the cheaper)

or

1 decent and one poor: Silver and Red. (pay the extra for silver all day long as the red would be very hard to shift on in the future)

HTH

[KenBlocksPants]

If they are exactly the same bar the colours, do you not have room for negotiation with the dealer(s)?

At least try to get £500 off the one in the right colour to bring them more in line.

Unless the lower priced one is throbbing bellend purple with green interior, the colour on a 350z shouldnt have that much of an effect. Right colour one is overpriced IMO

[Cogcog]

When I bought my car the dealer had 2 almost identical cars on the forecourt. One silver and one black. Very similar mileage, identical spec. same price I test drove the black one and was about to buy when the brain took over and suggested silver would be easier to keep tidy looking. The dealer obviously wanted rid of the black one (which made me more settled on the silver one)and I could have got the black one for £500 less than the silver one but I stood it out an took the silver one.

Now everytime I see a gleaming black one pass I have this little rumble of self hate and self arse kicking.

I wouldn't pay more, but I wouldn't take an unpopular colour or one I wasn't keen on just to save money.

[GT Kodiak]

How much would a respray cost?...

[thinfourth2]

FreeLitres said:

(Better resale value)

Don't take this the wrong way but

I think people who buy cars in resale gray should be taken round the back of the dealership and beaten to death

[ewan221]

Well ended up paying a bit extra for my colour of choice after a bit of negotiating with seller :-)

[LuS1fer]

If it helps, I recall that Camaro Z28s used to very colout dependent. Red and black nearly always commanded about £1000 premium over the teal, maroon and green cars.

[anonymous-user]

does this apply to just this pair or is that particular colour generally more expensive if its the only differentiating factor?

[cheadle hulme]

Was it that burnt orange colour they come in? they do look much better in that than more plain colours.

[ewan221]

cheadle hulme said:

Was it that burnt orange colour they come in? they do look much better in that than more plain colours.

It was choice between the orange which I thought looked great or the grey with was just ok. So in the end went with the colour I prefered

Edited by ewan221 on Tuesday 19th October 06:24