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Title: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Andy B on 14 November 2007, 23:37
Ok, so colour is a personal thing, but there must be some weird reasons why you went for the colour you did.

(Points awarded for comedy value)

Candy White: I want people to think I'm the police and get out of my way!  :grin:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: maxamus on 14 November 2007, 23:44
i went for black because i heard it stays clean for longer. I now only clean my car once a week
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Manu_R32 on 15 November 2007, 00:09
When i walked into teh showroom i just didnt seem to have the choice xD...although black woulda been teh colour i wudda gone for :)
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: speedynz on 15 November 2007, 06:31
i went for black because i heard it stays clean for longer. I now only clean my car once a week

Black is actually renowned for showing dirt easily but it looks very good when it's absolutely spangly.
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Makaveli on 15 November 2007, 08:21
I had originally chosen grey but living in Scotland thought that with the amount of grey days we have that the car might just fade into the background.

Changed it to Black and got the tints and am very happy with it even if it is a b1tch to keep clean  :shocked:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: DrT on 15 November 2007, 08:45
Black!!  :drool: :drool:

Saw it and loved it. Simple and sweet.
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: joesgti on 15 November 2007, 09:41
black.........its the only choice

(except white  :sad:)
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: SteveS on 15 November 2007, 10:30
i had a black car before. it looked great and girls love black.. LOL, but it was a b!tch to clean.. so the steal gray it was!
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: maxamus on 15 November 2007, 11:06
black looks beautiful when the car has been washed, polished and waxed !!!!!!

to get there though it takes 2/3hrs of work and then the car stays beautiful for a 1 or 2 days.
I love the way water just rolls off the car when it rains when the car has been waxed  :cool:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Marco Rossi on 15 November 2007, 11:11
green.  because im into trees in a big way.
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Hurdy on 15 November 2007, 11:13
I chose silver as:-

Didn't want a non-metallic which ruled out flat black, red and white
Last car was Steel grey and wanted a different colour.
Wife doesn't like black and so metallic black went out the window

errr...what's left....oh....silver :laugh:

Oh...and silver matches the colour my hair is going and I do like colour coding :wink:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: 08micsta on 15 November 2007, 11:49
United Grey.

Looks classy, Shows dirt very little and makes the car look chunky  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: paulm007 on 15 November 2007, 16:44
Was very very very tempted to get a white ED30 as they look great and really turn heads but as I am now a little past my twenties  :laugh: I thought, and more importantly my missus thought :rolleyes:, I would look a bit sad. 

So there was no other choice, it had to be black :evil:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Peskarik on 15 November 2007, 17:46
my boss forced me  :wink:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Hurdy on 15 November 2007, 17:50
my boss forced me  :wink:

And obviously you were upset :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Peskarik on 15 November 2007, 17:55

my boss forced me  :wink:

And obviously you were upset :rolleyes:

my boss is a very wise man, special-edition Porsche owner, car fanatic, and has italian blood running thru his veins  :smiley:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Hurdy on 15 November 2007, 18:11

my boss forced me  :wink:

And obviously you were upset :rolleyes:

my boss is a very wise man, special-edition Porsche owner, car fanatic, and has italian blood running thru his veins  :smiley:

Lucky you, my boss has just bought a Dodge Nitro....that says it all

http://www.autonews24h.com/files/2007-Dodge-Nitro.jpg
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Peskarik on 15 November 2007, 18:18

my boss forced me  :wink:

And obviously you were upset :rolleyes:

my boss is a very wise man, special-edition Porsche owner, car fanatic, and has italian blood running thru his veins  :smiley:

Lucky you, my boss has just bought a Dodge Nitro....that says it all

http://www.autonews24h.com/files/2007-Dodge-Nitro.jpg

my condolences....  :cry: :cry:
Nitro.... that's like.... TOTAL CRAP!
Doesn't he love himself?  :huh:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Hurdy on 15 November 2007, 19:58

my boss forced me  :wink:

And obviously you were upset :rolleyes:

my boss is a very wise man, special-edition Porsche owner, car fanatic, and has italian blood running thru his veins  :smiley:

Lucky you, my boss has just bought a Dodge Nitro....that says it all

http://www.autonews24h.com/files/2007-Dodge-Nitro.jpg

my condolences....  :cry: :cry:
Nitro.... that's like.... TOTAL CRAP!
Doesn't he love himself?  :huh:

He actually like it :shocked:

and it's a diesel :sick:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Peskarik on 15 November 2007, 20:17

my boss forced me  :wink:

And obviously you were upset :rolleyes:

my boss is a very wise man, special-edition Porsche owner, car fanatic, and has italian blood running thru his veins  :smiley:

Lucky you, my boss has just bought a Dodge Nitro....that says it all

http://www.autonews24h.com/files/2007-Dodge-Nitro.jpg

my condolences....  :cry: :cry:
Nitro.... that's like.... TOTAL CRAP!
Doesn't he love himself?  :huh:

He actually like it :shocked:

and it's a diesel :sick:

I have nothing against diesel power (in Audi or Beemer.. I mean in real cars)
But Nitro...  :lipsrsealed: at least he should have bought an Escalade  :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Gene Hunt. on 16 November 2007, 03:24
Candy white for me   :cool: :smiley:.
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: RonnieB on 16 November 2007, 04:16
Candy White the only way to go....
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Peskarik on 16 November 2007, 14:40
yes, signori! White is bello bello, molto bello, bellissimo!!! Si Si
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: PabloGTI on 16 November 2007, 15:14
Reflex silver...Because they are the fastest, and look the best.

United Grey would be a close second as they are only slightly slower.


Seriously though, I just like silver cars. Seem to hide the enevitable stonechips and scratches better.
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Hurdy on 16 November 2007, 15:45
Reflex silver...Because they are the fastest, and look the best.

United Grey would be a close second as they are only slightly slower.


Seriously though, I just like silver cars. Seem to hide the enevitable stonechips and scratches better.

We need to keep it to ourselves though as we don't want everyone driving the fastest coloured car :wink:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: R32UK on 16 November 2007, 18:30
Once you go black! you never go back!  :grin:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Pando on 16 November 2007, 19:43
Laser Blue cause i'm the only one in the area with that colour !

Unlike the rest of the crowd
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Peskarik on 17 November 2007, 18:32
Once you go black! you never go back!  :grin:

disagree, had a black car, switched to silver, then bought silver again, switched to white... next one will be white  :smiley:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Golfgirl on 17 November 2007, 18:43
Current car - Deep Blue Pearl is the ONLY colour to have on an R32.  It's different, it's exclusive to the R32 and looks damn good - really turns heads.

Next car - Candy White Edition 30 - they don't stand out as being much different to a normal GTI in black IMO (and there are too many black Golfs on the road already), the red is TOO red (need the black like on the normal GTI to break it up a bit), silver is too common - there's just too many silver Golfs on the road, and Steel Grey is a bit bland IMO.  So white it was - it's different, it's trendy at the moment and it stands out so there was no choice really!
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: PabloGTI on 17 November 2007, 20:43
silver is too common

SNOB!!!

(Your not Hyacinth Bucket, are you.)

I think you`ll find silver is an exclusive colour.

Exclusive to people with excellent taste.
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: maxamus on 17 November 2007, 22:21
There is only 1 colour worthy:

(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2002/74035067yt0.jpg)

(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7593/84929278za6.jpg)

(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8249/83046662dk1.jpg)


Looks beautiful during the day and devine during the night..........Need i say more?

Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Hurdy on 17 November 2007, 22:35
There is only 1 colour worthy:


Looks beautiful during the day and devine during the night..........Need i say more?



You mean silver then :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: R32UK on 18 November 2007, 08:16
The black look pucker!! Esp in the evening pictures... convinced me to take some now.. gonna have a go tonight if its still no pi$$ing it down. :cool:
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: RedRobin on 18 November 2007, 17:13
....My last car was a metallic silver-grey BMW and I really like the Steel Grey GTI but wanted a change. Also, my name is Robin and my 'public' name as a musician is RedRobin. My car forums name is also RedRobin and many people call me "Red" or "RR" for short.

The GTI red is such a great Throbbin' Red - One of the best reds I've seen on a car. I got the VW05 RED plate after ordering the car but before delivery.
Title: Re: Alternative reasons for choosing a colour...
Post by: Lynsey on 18 November 2007, 17:39
Shadow blue metallic - I wanted something different that you don't see too often.

Was a close call with black but thought with the blue it wasn't quite as much 'high maintenance' to keep clean... I got that wrong lol.

My old car is jazz blue, so blue kept it more 'in the family'  :smiley: