How important to you is the colour of your car?

[john luke]

How important to you is the colour of your car?

A little photo manipulation but I think the question is a valid one.

I have chosen a very 'standard' car but obviously manipulated colours.  Do you want your car to stand out or just merge in with others in the area?  Is a car which stands out more likely to be a target for thieves or vandals?

[Nickrock]

Colour has no importance on the decision to purchase a car ( with in reason ) but I'm told ( by she that knows about this stuff) that red cars go better , bright colors almost as good , that's why fire engines are red 

[Pumpuynarak]

Colour is not that important to me unless you're buying a Ferrari (must be red lol), as long as the colour looks good/right for the car then i'm ok. One thing to remember when living in a hot/sunny climate is that you really want a light colour to reflect the suns rays, thats why you see loads of white cars in sunny climates.

[Zambo]

1 hour ago, john luke said:

How important to you is the colour of your car?

A little photo manipulation but I think the question is a valid one

I think you should also manipulate the white. But i just noticed the top picture is different from the lower 3 (which are all identical except for the colour) - is that important....?

I remember an expat who bought a car while on leave, when he got back after his 6 month work cycle his wife had sold it and bought a new one because the upholstery "hadn't matched the dog"

[john luke]

49 minutes ago, Zambo said:

I think you should also manipulate the white. But i just noticed the top picture is different from the lower 3 (which are all identical except for the colour) - is that important....?

I remember an expat who bought a car while on leave, when he got back after his 6 month work cycle his wife had sold it and bought a new one because the upholstery "hadn't matched the dog"

Since white is the absence of colour, there is little that can be manipulated except the registration plate colour.

 

[Zambo]

[galenkia]

As @Pumpuynarak said certain brands should be certain colours. Ferrari and Ducati red, Kawasaki lime green, Suzuki bikes blue and white etc.

Most colours these days are fucking dull,grey,matt black etc.

Condition of a vehicle is paramount,but nice to get the best colour you want.

[Butch]

Colour choice has an impact on resale value as well.

Roll the clock back a few years and silver or grey was known in the trade as "resale silver", as it was an easy colour which matched with a black interior offered a level of standardization that follow on consumers seemed to like, Very often ex fleet vehicles came in these colours purely for the resale aspect and that it was an easy popular option for metallic paint.

To me, colour is important. My car is metallic blue and the other one black with a gold pearl (Range Rover option of metallic black ). bold colours let a car stand out, make it a bit more unique and makes it more attractive.

After a few years of whites, greys, blacks and silvers, some manufacturers are making some bold options these days.

However, a car park from a few years ago (80's/90's)..:

Although props to VW for the Polo Harlequin..

 

[bob lt]

i don't like the green or purple ones otherwise I'm not fussy.

 

[Nightcrawler]

I don't think it's a coincidence that the majority of cars I have owned have been red, including my current vehicle 

[Painter]

As long as it's plain and boring, not to bright, colour doesn't worry me. But my cars are old and cheap, and thrown away when the threaten to die completely...

[Zambo]

1 hour ago, Nightcrawler said:

I don't think it's a coincidence that the majority of cars I have owned have been red, including my current vehicle 

Ferrari?

[Nightcrawler]

1 minute ago, Zambo said:

Ferrari?

I wish 😁😁

Many of my cars have been "Prancing dogs" 

[maipenrai]

After a lifetime spent driving used vehicles, I'm not that fussy about colours - however I don't care for white because it is bland and I don't care for black because it is almost impossible to keep clean where I live, with so much dust and pollen in the air. 

[Nickrock]

6 hours ago, Painter said:

As long as it's plain and boring, not to bright, colour doesn't worry me. But my cars are old and cheap, and thrown away when the threaten to die completely...

I'm the same  a 10 year old car costs 2 or 3 k if or when they get expensive to keep on the road I just throw the key on the seat ring the wreckers they give me 2 or 3 hundred and I buy another one that's probably 10% of what I would loose in depreciation in a new one

[coxyhog]

I've never bought a new car so colour was always way down the list behind condition,service history etc.

[Siam Addict]

Back in the eighties we need a van for our shop deliveries, we decided on a Toyota Lite Ace and the local garage had a Green one on their forecourt we could drive away that day. My mother said no! Green is unlucky so we waited 2-3 weeks for a Blue van to arrive.

It must of been lucky as it went for 20 plus years with just basic servicing.

 

[Siam Addict]

The car I have now I bought new and there wasn't much colour choice, Black, white, A shitty blue, red and grey. My previous colours were red, silver, white (twice and same model) grey, Lilac (it was a cheap Citroen only a year old) three grey cars, as these were all second hand cars, colour didn't make much difference. So my new car was black, I did like a red and black option but it was about £1k more. 

 

[Pumpuynarak]

Now i loved this colour on my Dolomite Sprint back in the early 80's but some thought it was a joke, philistines the lot of them lol

[SteveBC]

47 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Now i loved this colour on my Dolomite Sprint back in the early 80's but some thought it was a joke, philistines the lot of them lol

I assume you bought that for your Daughter ??    55555

[Pumpuynarak]

32 minutes ago, SteveBC said:

I assume you bought that for your Daughter ??    55555

Now behave lol, what about this in gawdy yellow, a real hairdressers car, i loved it.....i think it looks good, but we're all different ehh ?

[SteveBC]

4 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Now behave lol, what about this in gawdy yellow, a real hairdressers car, i loved it.....i think it looks good, but we're all different ehh ?

 

The new(ish) MG5 is available in a bright yellow, and i think it carries it well.

[bob lt]

Yellow works for some cars IMO

[galenkia]

8 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Now i loved this colour on my Dolomite Sprint back in the early 80's but some thought it was a joke, philistines the lot of them lol

Couple of mate's had yellow ones, really suited it well.

[boydeste]

I love bright colours on cars, but I chose metallic dark grey for my van so it doesn't stand out whilst parked at the lake. It looks OK with black alloys.