Reflex Silver or Shadow Blue MK6 GTI help me pick.

[Rolfe]

I saw a Shadow Blue car (not a Golf) at the dealer's, and it wasn't especially clean and it was a dull day.  It seemed very dark, and I'd much have preferred a lighter shade.

But having said that, I'd go for it over any shade of grey/silver any day.  There are just so many grey cars on the road.  Maybe it's popular because lots of people like it but to me it's dead boring.

I went for Blue Graphite because the colour is more subtle than the basic navy of the Shadow Blue, though I suspect it will suffer from the same problem of looking dark in dull weather.

Grey/silver - sorry, just too common
Black - just a darker shade of grey
White - sure, if you wash it for me every day!
Red - too much in-your-face, and the red stripes on the nose are lost

So it had to be one of the blues, and I went for the more subtle one.  But they're both too dark, in my opinion.

Having said that, I've never seen a Blue Graphite car, in sun or rain.

Rolfe.

[matchboy]

Black - just a darker shade of grey

Rolfe.

then it would still be grey and not black!!

[gizzywizzy]

No no no Black is not a darker shade of grey!! that is where carbon grey comes in, which in all honesty should probly be called charcoal.  Those are greys along with steel grey but black is just what it says on the tin, BLACK and contrary to many opinions on here, and that is what they are just opinions the GTI looks remarkable in the black and it doesn't matter whether you spend hours cleaning it with every potion under the sun, I've had mine almost 2 weeks and it hasn't been washed once, apart from it being rained on and yeah, it looks fine, with a nice glossy shine.

[FroGTI]

contrary to many opinions on here, and that is what they are just opinions the GTI looks remarkable in the black and it doesn't matter whether you spend hours cleaning it with every potion under the sun, I've had mine almost 2 weeks and it hasn't been washed once, apart from it being rained on and yeah, it looks fine, with a nice glossy shine.

Well, my opinions on black are based on my own personal experience, having owned 3 black cars in the last 10 years. All I can tell you is that in the winter, they are nearly impossible to keep clean. This goes for other colours, of course, but applies to black in particular, IMHO. And then we have the question of swirl marks...

[mac7]

I had a shadow blue Passat and that looked alright but I didn't like it on the Mk5 Golf. Out of the two for the Mk6 it has to be silver. It just highlights the dark grille/headlamps better. I saw a GTD in silver with the optional 18's and it looked great.

Having said that I think those who have ordered blue graphite will be happy with their choice. I saw a Mk5 in this colour at the weekend and in the sun the blue sat well with the red stripe grill.