There are a few silver mk5s round my way and I think they look awful. There is one that is often crossing an overpass in the opposite direction about the same time every morning. Each time I'm going

why oh why oh why get that colour?

But then again, I like the blue a lot and that makes a lot of people

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Oh yes, I should point out my current car is silver. Ha! It's just I don't like silver on the mk5, which is kinda why I never even considered it for the mk7.