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09-18-05, 04:27
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Carl Anderson is offline
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Your favorite color?
I currently own a Jet Black BMW. I love the car, but sans a garage it is getting tedious keeping this car up to autopian standards. So I have been thinking about what color for my next car, whenever that will be. I've owned silver in the past, and that was a breeze. I also kind of like white. I'm interested in what detailers prefer from both an aesthetic and a detailing point of view. Thanks.
Carl
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09-18-05, 04:46
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Richt is offline
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Black for Looks.
Silver for Easy up keep.
I think I will go back to a nice metallic blue again next time, sits in between the 2!
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09-18-05, 04:48
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"That ball wasn't low"
blkZ28Conv is offline
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Location: VIR Road Course, Va
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My daily driver is white, easy as heck to keep Autopian. Before that it was silver metallic.
Wife's DD is black.  Thank goodness for Zaino which greatly reduces detailing to just washing most of the time for months and still be Autopian in appearance.
My garage queen is black. Can not beat a perfect black vehicle in appearance. 
Never again a black daily driver for me.
Two Black daily drivers is too much even when garaged. 
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09-18-05, 05:17
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JBM is offline
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My next Ford pickup will be that new brownish color with different colored trim.
But, i will probably go with either white, silver, or a blue for my wifes next car.
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09-18-05, 05:32
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percynjpn is offline
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Location: Japan
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Absolute favorite color: British Racing Green (though only appropriate for certain cars); second, Black. Colors I like for ease of maint. and look: Light Gold Met., Light/Med Brown Met., "Taupe".
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09-18-05, 06:27
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my daily driver is black, and is really a pain. next time i'm going to get a white one  |
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09-18-05, 07:50
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Picus is offline
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I always tell myself I will never buy a black car again, then I do. Five in a row now. If I didn't have a black car I wouldn't have anything to do at 2am when I can't sleep.
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09-18-05, 08:01
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Rollman is offline
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Location: Phila Pa
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Primer 
it always looks the same .
Ok I'm jokin , Any color with flake in it .
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09-18-05, 08:17
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I'm The "Punk Kid"
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for looks in my mind you cant beat black, Darker Red, or a dark gray/gunmetal.
But my current and next car is white for sure...My last car was black, and ill never do it again.
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09-18-05, 08:37
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Suasexed is offline
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Location: Cheltenham, UK
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A nice rich metallic blue, either fairly dark, or the colbalt blue. Greys are also very nice. But i also like a nice glossy red!
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09-18-05, 09:43
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Lowejackson is offline
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Is black a colour  |
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09-18-05, 09:49
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epbrown01 is offline
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I own 2 black Bimmers - a Jet Black 325i and a Black Sapphire Z4. It's a lot of trouble, but for those fleeting moments when they're clean, it's more than worth it to me. In my opinion, the Z4 doesn't look as good in light colors, the creases need muting to look their best - I only really considered black and Sterling Gray. Besides, all my life I've wanted a black car and for 20 years circumstances always worked against me. Now I've done it, and I'm sticking with the color from here on out, dag nabbit.
Emanuel
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