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Andy S Member Since: 16 Jun 2013 Location: Sevenoaks Posts: 1010 |
I always go for dark colours with light interiors. My Freelander 1s were Java Black and Epsom Green with grey leather interior, The RSSs were Buckingham Blue/Alpaca and Bournville/almond, the FL2 Aintree Green/almond and the FF is Buckingham Blue/Ivory. My Cooper S is Astro Black with brick red leather. All chosen because I like the colours and no thought to resale. I'd never have a Silver or White car, and I don't like dark interiors - had a MkII Golf GTI once, a lovely car spoilt by a totally black interior! |
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27th Mar 2015 10:11am |
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Triarii Member Since: 10 Feb 2015 Location: Wess Vinglun Posts: 186 |
Similar reasons to Andy; Our SL is black with a pale interior, which made a change from the silver with black interiors and that grew on me. Else it was a boring grey interior. Funky combos like our previous SLKs red/black don't seem to be done now.
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27th Mar 2015 3:41pm |
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johnboyairey Member Since: 11 Jan 2013 Location: surrey Posts: 2032 |
I wanted a bright silver one, with dark grey interior. as i dont like the white-ish interiors. it may seem sad, but it matches the Missus' merc!
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27th Mar 2015 5:25pm |
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RR2008HSE Member Since: 06 Jan 2013 Location: British Columbia Posts: 2932 |
One consideration I've often had is how well I think a colour will stay fashionable and not "dated," though that's more for me having a nice looking car than for resale.
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28th Mar 2015 12:51am |
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MikeG Member Since: 14 Apr 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 182 |
I base my decision on the following:
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28th Mar 2015 7:45am |
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Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 |
Grey is far more popular than white which is actually quite rare..... Black, Grey & Silver are the safe bets. |
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28th Mar 2015 8:02am |
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Mikeyjd Member Since: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Wrexham Posts: 543 |
I can't afford to buy new, so I will generally buy what is available provided the colour isn't too crappy. If I could afford a new car, I would buy whatever colour I liked and sod the resale value. I would want to get the maximum pleasure. No longer FF owner but still interested. Present car Jaguar XE
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30th Mar 2015 6:10pm |
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nobbyclark Member Since: 16 Sep 2014 Location: Cumbria Posts: 131 |
For whatever reason I always seem to choose blue cars, starting from my first Disco in 1994. However, I wish I'd gone for a silver RR, since my Cayenne always looked clean when it wasn't, and the RR always looks dirty 2 minutes after cleaning it! |
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1st Apr 2015 8:47am |
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vaz Member Since: 15 Jun 2014 Location: Colne, Lancashire Posts: 332 |
Like Mikeyjd.
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1st Apr 2015 2:03pm |
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nondiscopaul Member Since: 06 Mar 2015 Location: Midlands East Posts: 7 |
I chose colour for safety. After an eye op. I was at the legal minimum limit of sight for a while, and was surprised at how bad eye sight has to be for a driver to stop legally driving (very bad). During bad weather, a car can disappear for those with bad sight. So concluded a non "weather" or "road" coloured car would be easier for others to see! So I choose Red (or Yellow) cars. It might only be a tiny safety improvement, but you only need to hear..."sorry...didn't see you" once to have a really bad day. I 100% accept red is not quite proper/cool on a non sports car, but I like it and do not care if I lose a few hundred £. 2008 FFRR L322 Rimini Red, BMW 120d Red, 1982 Mercedes 500SL Red, Mazda RX8 Red. Mazda Eunos Mk1 Red. |
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5th Apr 2015 10:36am |
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Prepros123 Member Since: 28 Sep 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 35 |
I always go for reliability mileage etc. Bought my recent one as it was low mileage and LPG. I never wanted a light interior though now must confess I like it a lot.colour to me doesn't matter providing it's not White. As for resale well I always keep my cars to really be last owner so resale never an issue as scrap man is never choosy
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6th Apr 2015 7:30am |
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3528cc Member Since: 29 Oct 2014 Location: North East Posts: 301 |
I didn't want a black one with black interior.
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6th Apr 2015 8:31am |
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gregdav Member Since: 26 May 2014 Location: just north of stafford Posts: 1077 |
Like above, can't afford new. Would have loved black with light interior but having owned a black xr3i many years ago I know how hard they are to keep clean. So we kept a lookout for bonatti grey with light interior and had almost given up until the car we now own came up, and it was wife that spotted it
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7th Apr 2015 6:21am |
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Zirconblue Member Since: 16 Apr 2015 Location: Kent Posts: 1277 |
It depends how much i'm spending. I mean if i were buying a brand new fully spec'd up Range Rover then i might pick a colour that's easy to resell as chances are i'd be looking to sell it on with minimal depreciation in a few years.
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19th Apr 2015 8:16pm |
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