revision of colour choice

[Watts]

My TR GTI is pretty good at hiding the dirt (except the worst trap, top of the rear bumber). It does look fantastic freshly washed but even after about a month without a clean, it still looks good. In fact, yesterday I cleaned the inside and wheels whilst my OH was out and when she came back she commented that I'd missed the rear bumper assuming I'd washed the whole car! Mind you, her car truly is minging having not been washed for probably over 6 months so perhaps that wasn't a good example

[Bubba Nutkin]

Mine's Reflex Silver and I'm very happy with it, as stated above it's a practical choice.  I know people says it's boring, but my view is that I'd prefer a colour that looks "good" 90% of the time, compared to a dark colour that looks "fantastic" 10% of the time.
Bubba.

[monkeyhanger]

Ps I whittled it down to black or silver...anybody like to comment on silver ?

Silver is good at hiding the sh!te - my wife has a "Floret Silver" (A silver with subtle blue/violet tones) Audi A1 and I can get away with not cleaning it for a month is a bird hasn't shat on it (she's too lazy to clean her own car). The A1's rear bumper doesn't accumulate crap on the top of it like the Golf does.

[JB GTI]

Lapiz Blue is not that easy to keep clean and avoid the dreaded swirl marks either. I would only have Deep Black pearl if it came with a 3 year Booth detailing option 
Strangely enough though, I didn't find Carbon Grey that much of a pain 
If I were to change tomorrow it would be a 3 dr Reflex Silver R with Pretoria's 👍

[Raffe]

I have a 3dr Reflex Silver R on order because our current black car has driven me to distraction.

Gone for the easier option and hoping it will keep the R under the radar a bit as it's my wife's daily and she doesn't like the attention.

[Moro]

Reflex (and other real silvers) just don't show the dirt but also can never give a satisfying sheen like a metallic black or dark blue - and I have owned quite a few of these in the past.

As I can no longer be bothered with a lot of car cleaning, these dark colours are now "out" for my future cars...

[Exonian]

Mine's Reflex Silver and I'm very happy with it, as stated above it's a practical choice.  I know people says it's boring, but my view is that I'd prefer a colour that looks "good" 90% of the time, compared to a dark colour that looks "fantastic" 10% of the time.
Bubba.

I'm with you 100% there.
Not that I have a silver car but that's what I would choose right now if I had a choice.

[JamesR27]

I have carbon grey and I have become very OCD about cleaning to avoid the marks. My MK6 was reflex silver and I seemed to enjoy it more as it was far more care free to keep clean. So seriously considering if I change to an R it will be Reflex Silver again with Pretoria's.

[Bungleaio]

I love black paint, the golf is easy to clean as it's small but if I'm in a position to get another range rover it will be in a lighter colour.  I've had a dark navy one before and that took a while to clean. 

[p3asa]

I have a white GTD my wife has the metallic black GTI.

I prefer washing the white as I can see how clean it is. You think its clean then spray Tardis over a panel and the amount of tar that runs down the side is nuts. I think it gives me more satisfaction washing the white one.

When I clean the black one it looks more stunning but I'm never convinced its as clean as the white one.

Putting wax on is no contest. Black is so easy to put on and remove. White is a nightmare as you can't see it properly.

When both are clean, the black one certainly turns more heads when I'm driving it but that might be because its a GTI 

White is certainly more forgiving. It hides a multitude of sins. Swirls being one of them as these are unavoidable. Water marks are another. The black is an absolute nightmare to avoid water marks. Even drying one panel at a time they always seem to appear. If I use something like Last Touch it helps prevent them but as soon as there is a shower the water marks are back.

How is Lapiz Blue compared to Black?