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The official DEEP BLACK PEARL photo thread
« on: 04 June 2011, 22:18 »
Go for it laddies .....
« Last Edit: 05 June 2011, 11:45 by Snoopy »
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Re: The official Deep Pearl Black thread
« Reply #1 on: 05 June 2011, 00:17 »


For Mr Asker.  Take a look at the Tornado Red thread as well = simply stunning too.  :laugh:
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Re: The official Deep Pearl Black thread
« Reply #2 on: 05 June 2011, 09:02 »
Yesterday, I saw a DBP GTI sparkling in the sun.  :drool:
Boy, is black not wonderful when it is clean?  :cool:
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Re: The official Deep Pearl Black thread
« Reply #3 on: 05 June 2011, 09:06 »
Yesterday, I saw a DBP GTI sparkling in the sun.  :drool:
Boy, is black not wonderful when it is clean?  :cool:

I'm starting to quite like the fine layer of dust that's always on my car. I'm also too ashamed to post a picture until the car is washed.  :cool:
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Re: The official Deep Pearl Black thread
« Reply #4 on: 05 June 2011, 10:49 »
I've several regrets on my choice of DPB, although I do love/admire the car. 

The original picture is taken in St Andrews, with the Old Course as the backdrop. It's about an hours drive from where we stay and the car is covered in insects, bird poo and tree sap on the front even by then if you look closely.  We had stayed overnight and I'd reluctantly parked in the last space in the hotel car park we were staying in -right under a tree rather than leave her out on the road.  I'd awoken to find a mess from the tree and birds nesting, which was touched up with a bottle of water from a local shop!

I paid extra to get DPB, but would never do so again.  It's a pig to keep clean and even when it's spotlessly clean and the sun is shining I've often gone and thought jings the car is covered in dust again, only to find on closer inspection that its actually the pearl fleck I'm seeing in the glare of the sun and not dust - that was money well spent then eh!!

Why oh why I paid £465 extra to get the paint, instead of using the £465 to put Monza Shadows on her I will never know - one of my major regrets!

The only time the car is clean, is when its sat on the driveway!

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Re: The official DEEP BLACK PEARL photo thread
« Reply #5 on: 05 June 2011, 20:18 »
scotsgolfer : That looks good with the 17s imo  :smiley: :cool:
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Re: The official DEEP BLACK PEARL photo thread
« Reply #6 on: 05 June 2011, 21:07 »






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Re: The official DEEP BLACK PEARL photo thread
« Reply #7 on: 19 November 2011, 00:00 »
Day out in the Dales today - snapped this one of the car in a not very clean state but other than that thought it looked OK




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Re: The official DEEP BLACK PEARL photo thread
« Reply #8 on: 19 November 2011, 23:04 »
Buck - that's a great pic; nice and moody. Do you have any others you'd care to share? Black GTDs on Vanc's  :nerd: are my fave...
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Re: The official DEEP BLACK PEARL photo thread
« Reply #9 on: 20 November 2011, 11:04 »
Thanks dunc  - I got a couple whilst out in the Dales on Friday - not looked through all my shots yet - if there are more I'll pop them up here