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post #1 of 30
1/3/11 at 4:50pm
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I may be getting to be an old fuddy duddy, even a geezer, but man, the colors they are putting on cars these days must be designed by someone who started working for the car companies in 1940. They are so DULLLLLLLLL! All grays, blacks, silvers, pale golds, blues. Nothing that really pops.

This is our Cobalt.



We've been looking at new cars (Chevrolet Cruze, Malibu, Corolla, Camry, Fusion, etc.). Even the red colors are pretty muted.

If you could get the color you wanted, what would it be?
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post #2 of 30
1/3/11 at 4:54pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
We've been looking at new cars (Chevrolet Cruze, Malibu, Corolla, Camry, Fusion, etc.). Even the red colors are pretty muted.

BELIEVE ME YOU DON'T WANT A MALIBU!!!!!!!!!!!
If you could get the color you wanted, what would it be?
Green a dark green
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post #3 of 30
1/3/11 at 4:58pm
I have:
White Mustang v6
White Integra LS
Red Camaro Z28
Red F350 dually
Silver Monte Carlo SS

I'd either buy black or white on another new car. The Mustang was a toss up between white and black. White with black interior won out.
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post #4 of 30
1/3/11 at 5:01pm
I used to have a candy purple Blazer. I LOVED that thing!!

My car now is dark blue. Every car I've had since the Blazer has been blue b/c that's my favorite color. Maybe I'm boring, but every car I'll ever have will be blue. I don't care what shade or tone (pref not neon, though lol), as long as it's blue.

Dh used to have a mint green jeep cherokee. He called it The Tic Tac b/c it was about the same color as the mint tic tac. It was totaled in an accident. He loved that truck. Our current car is sitting next to it (not the cop car hehe).
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post #5 of 30
1/3/11 at 5:04pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
I may be getting to be an old fuddy duddy, even a geezer, but man, the colors they are putting on cars these days must be designed by someone who started working for the car companies in 1940. They are so DULLLLLLLLL! All grays, blacks, silvers, pale golds, blues. Nothing that really pops.

This is our Cobalt.



We've been looking at new cars (Chevrolet Cruze, Malibu, Corolla, Camry, Fusion, etc.). Even the red colors are pretty muted.

If you could get the color you wanted, what would it be?
I know, right? Here is my Frontier (this is when I was moving from Los Angeles to Dallas) - the color keeps me from speeding on the FWY - I can be seen from very far!

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post #6 of 30
1/3/11 at 5:15pm
On the title, it says that my truck is black.
I however, insist that its dark metalic green, and that it only looks green at the equator at noon on the summer solstice.
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post #7 of 30
1/3/11 at 5:17pm
I agree, it's all boring these days! I like COLOR!

I settled for dark red when I bought my new Toyota Echo in 2003. I wanted the light blue one, but no dealers in the area had any. My only requirements when car shopping was it had to have a tape or CD player, and it could not be beige, silver, or white.

I think if I had my choice, I'd like a bright blue, green, or orange car.
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post #8 of 30
1/3/11 at 6:02pm
If I bought a new car (I probably never will) or otherwise have a choice in the color vehicle I buy, I'd get a nice dark metallic charcoal gray. I don't like silver or beige, but for some reason I love that dark gray.

My current car is a light seafoam green. The title says "teal", but isn't teal darker, like turquoise? I kind of like it, I guess.

I think go-fast cars should be banana yellow or candy-apple red! I hate seeing cool cars in uncool colors.
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post #9 of 30
1/3/11 at 6:04pm
I'm the conservative type. I like the muted colors. I prefer black (current car is), silver, grey/charcoal, or dark blue.
My DH's truck in getting some work done on it, so for now he has a loaner. It's a bright blue Dodge Journey. The SUV may not look that bad if it were at least a more basic color, like black. It looks absolutely terrible in that blue, though. They had a bright green newer Camaro sitting right next to it... yuck.

I see lots of cars in brighter colors, actually, but they tend to be sports cars.
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post #10 of 30
1/3/11 at 9:31pm
The last 3 cars DH and I have owned (or still do) have been black. We just aren't flashy people. I'd love a sapphire blue car! My first car was missing much of it's paint; what was left was silver. DH's first car was a dark red. We should have my car paid off by this fall; so we may upgrade DH's car after that. But it still wont be anything bright.
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post #11 of 30
1/3/11 at 10:43pm
My Mazda is "Aquatic Blue" I have gotten so many compliments on that color I love it! I almost got the green color- check them out here
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...=MZ2#/exterior

the Sebring was Dark Sapphire Blue and it looked like a dull purple I hated it! before that I had a silver car, a metallic dark red car and a regular red one. I like blue the best!
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post #12 of 30
1/4/11 at 12:12am
I'd like bordeaux, so nothing flashy. Our current car is black, and since it's a station wagon, somewhat reminiscent of a hearse.

Bright (taxi-cab) yellow is supposedly the safest color to have, since it's recognizable in all lighting conditions.
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post #13 of 30
1/4/11 at 2:32am
We have a bright red GMC pick up with matching cap! Very easy to find in supermarket parking lots!

My truck is a silver F150. I loose it all the time!
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post #14 of 30
1/4/11 at 2:34am
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Originally Posted by farleyv View Post
My truck is a silver F150. I loose it all the time!
That doesn't surprise me. I once stood at a red light and counted 7 black Passat station wagons going by - and it wasn't a long light.
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post #15 of 30
1/4/11 at 2:38am
I really want either tvr purple, liquid yellow

My 500 was tropicana yellow
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post #16 of 30
1/4/11 at 3:19am
I love dull colours black and silver!
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post #17 of 30
1/4/11 at 3:56am
My current car, a Nissan Sentra, is black, kind of boring, but still a decent looking car.

My first new car as an adult was a Honda Civic coupe, Aztec green - loved that color and wouldn't mind something similiar now.
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post #18 of 30
1/4/11 at 5:52am
Our Mazda6 is black, but DH bought that before we got married (before we were even engaged). My Escort is called just "green" but I call it Jade green, as it's a very pretty shade and it really is a Jade green color.

Our brand-new Ford Edge is Mediterranean Blue Metallic, but I think it's more of a deep teal color: http://www.ford.com/crossovers/edge/
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post #19 of 30
1/4/11 at 6:02am
I think Clarence's (PT Cruiser) color is called Inferno Red or something like that. I like red colors (my Nova, my Turismo, and one of my Olds Calais were all shades of red). DH drives a blue Toyota Tundra.

No beige, no white, no silver, no black, no brown. Charcoal grey wouldn't be a bad color....I think Chrysler calls it gunmetal grey for its Cruiser.
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post #20 of 30
1/4/11 at 7:39am
My new car is Platinum Gold which looks both silver and/or gold depending on the light. I love it, but then I'm an old lady and not so flashy anymore.
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post #21 of 30
1/4/11 at 7:52am
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I may be getting to be an old fuddy duddy, even a geezer, but man, the colors they are putting on cars these days must be designed by someone who started working for the car companies in 1940. They are so DULLLLLLLLL! All grays, blacks, silvers, pale golds, blues. Nothing that really pops.
You are not an old fuddy duddy; DH and I complain about the lack of color options constantly. His first little Honda was a beautiful emerald green; we had striping put on it-yellow and tan-and that color just popped! We sit at stop lights sometimes and count the white and silver/grey cars that go by; it's astounding.
My car, a 67 Mustang, is a color called Fiesta Turquoise and it's fabulous. If we could choose any color for our next Honda (and there will be another CRV in our future, I'm sure) DH likes that funny 'grasshopper green' color; I like the burnt orange. At this point, neither color is available on the Honda CRV
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post #22 of 30
1/4/11 at 7:59am
My current truck is black, & although it looks really nice when clean (which is never) working on a construction site with a black truck isn't the best.

So I have my black truck & my silver with blue stripes 1965 Cobra in the garage.


If I were to buy another car/truck it would probably be silver. yes, I am boring, but I can not stand those new colorful cars. I've aways hated red & especially dislike that new "sunset orange/copper" color that is so popular now.
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post #23 of 30
1/4/11 at 8:00am
any car and any color right

it would be a tossup!

Krypton Green
or

Chrome Orange

I have a thing for Lotuses
or is it Loti?
Lotus'?
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post #24 of 30
1/4/11 at 8:06am
Our camaro is red. If it was up to me, it would be any colour except red. I hate red, especially on cars. We got the car for free so its not a big deal.

When we buy a new car, it will not be red. Probably blue or black, but my husband really likes orange.
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post #25 of 30
1/4/11 at 8:59am
I like blue. My equinox is black with granite metalic. I like it because it sparkles in the sun.
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post #26 of 30
1/4/11 at 9:08am
My Cavalier was black. I love black its such a crisp clean color but a pain in the bum to maintain. The Explorer is tan but depending on the brightness outside it can look silver.

I would loveeeeee the new dodge orange. I forget the name but bf just painted his cousins chevelle that color in single stage and vowed never again. If we repaint the Explorer it will be painted that orange in 2 stage or we will just redo the current color. It depends on how we feel about wet sanding, its delicate work wet sanding with all that metal flake in it and if it lays wrong then ugh.
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post #27 of 30
1/4/11 at 10:09am
Almost all my vehicles have been shades of red:

Chevy S10 bright red; Chevy Impala SS maroon; Ford Focus bright red ; Ford Cobra bright red ; Chevy Corvette candy red (nicest paint job so far).

I'm not a supremacist or anything, but my next car will definitely be white.
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post #28 of 30
1/4/11 at 11:32am
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Originally Posted by jcat View Post
Bright (taxi-cab) yellow is supposedly the safest color to have, since it's recognizable in all lighting conditions.
You saw our Cobalt?

It's been hit twice, once before we paid the first payment on it! Both by young people disobeying the law and not paying attention.
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post #29 of 30
1/4/11 at 12:10pm
I like a lot of colors but not red. Red does not fit my personality at all and cops can find you very easily, lol. My car is a mint green, very light tho. I don't like bright yellow or purples. Black is always good.
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post #30 of 30
1/4/11 at 12:43pm
My color of choice is Blue. My 1997 Jimmy is blue. I bought it because of the color. When I saw it on the lot I knew I was going to buy it before I even got in it.

For several months I had been looking for a replacement for my 1991 Jimmy, also blue, but was having no luck finding what I wanted. My plan was to buy a newer year but could not find any in blue that I liked. Then I saw this.



When the time comes to replace this one I have no idea what I want. It has been my opinion for some time that there are no cool cars these days. At least none that I can afford.

Actually, not too long ago I was thinking about what I would do if something happened and I had to buy something in a hurry. My solution would be to buy something I liked and if it were the wrong color I could have it repainted blue.

I know, I'm an oddball.
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