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Black or White or Grey?

  • 07-10-2013 11:02pm
    #1
    Banjoxed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭


    So, are there only a limited number of colours available from Irish car dealers? Or is it a slump thing that nearly every car on the road is in monochrome?


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,364 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    If you are buying new then it depends on what colours are offered by the manufacturer and what the dealer can get his hands on.

    If you are buying used then it depends on what was/is popular with the first owner.


  • #3
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,093 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Banjoxed wrote: »
    So, are there only a limited number of colours available from Irish car dealers? Or is it a slump thing that nearly every car on the road is in monochrome?
    Only a very few new cars (if any?) are not monochrome.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #4
    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭mathepac


    Banjoxed wrote: »
    ... Or is it a slump thing that nearly every car on the road is in monochrome?
    I was never a big fan of multi-coloured cars, but there are some exceptions...

    http://paulsjusticepage.com/images/vw/surfbus.jpg

    http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5289/5249545036_8937f483f1_z.jpg

    http://www.simoncars.co.uk/audax/slides/s_Hillman%20Minx%20Series%20III%20side.jpg


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I like two-tone cars too but these last ten years or more it's all various shades of grey cars.
    I have one of them now too, resistance is futile.


  • #6
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    biko wrote: »
    I like two-tone cars too but these last ten years or more it's all various shades of grey cars.
    I have one of them now too, resistance is futile.

    50 shades was about car paint!?! :eek:


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  • #7
    H3llR4iser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    50 shades was about car paint!?! :eek:

    You didn't realize? You filthy mind! :D

    Anyway, it's not just Ireland, take a look at this picture of an Italian Autostrada:

    auto--620x420.jpg

    Only a few speckles of colour, and one is a van (even the coach bus is grey!).

    Back in the late '90s everyone seemed to think silverish gray to be the "universal car colour", and it being elegant and so on.

    In truth, most motorists simply like the fact that a grey car tends to look cleaner than other colours, unless it has an inch thick of grime on it...


  • #8
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Ever since my previous daily hack I hate silver as a car colour. Yet I've 2 cars that are silver :(

    I might take a mad fit someday and respray them both to blue


  • #9
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    dgt wrote: »
    Ever since my previous daily hack I hate silver as a car colour. Yet I've 2 cars that are silver :(

    I might take a mad fit someday and respray them both to blue

    Do it! Every silver car removed from the road is a plus.

    Must bring my paint ball gun to the meet:D


  • #10
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    pred racer wrote: »
    Do it! Every silver car removed from the road is a plus.

    Must bring my paint ball gun to the meet:D

    Was thinking Nero black for the 166, still wondering what would look good for the 156.....

    You'll be happy to know I've broken dozens of silver cars over the years :D


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