05-22-02, 09:57
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Looks as though the majority of autopians own black cars (~30%). Are we detailing out of enjoyment or necessity? 
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05-22-02, 10:01
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Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: howlafornia Posts: 9 | according to bmw...its called steel blue...
it can look very light purple....or dark gray...depending on the time of day..and type of day...overcast days make it look darker...
every now & then it looks blue...
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05-23-02, 08:14
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Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Rafael, California Posts: 92 | Black cars
My black car looks great, for about the first 3 or 4 hours after I wash it. Then the dust starts to show and I start thinking about when I will be able to find the time to wash it again. I just received my new Covercraft car cover. Now maybe I can get by with just washing the car once or twice a week. 
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06-10-02, 07:41
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Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dark side of the moon :) Posts: 21 |
Black 4 me 
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06-25-02, 12:08
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Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,054 | Taupe Frost Metallic 
It's sorta a dark taupe, but the zaino just has an amazing way of letting the metallic flakes reflect light. in one word-beautiful... 
Black is the prettiest when clean and detailed, but the ugliest when only slightly dirty, good for a garage queen, though...
My car hides dirt incredibly well! Even though others may think it's still clean, I still give her a good bath every weekend...lol
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06-26-02, 06:29
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Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Omaha Posts: 238 | Gotta be darker shade of red! 
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06-26-02, 06:43
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Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Golden, CO Posts: 54 | Milano Red
I didn't want a red car back in the day, but it grows on me the more I look at it, which is quite often
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10-31-06, 05:12
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Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 325 | My 5 series is silver, my 3 series is silver grey, my Mustang is Jalopena red, and my wifes Mountaineer is Black. The truck is the hardest to maintain. Silver is great. | |
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11-01-06, 09:27
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Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 19,582 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Brad B. Can I only vote once?
I voted silver.. | Heh heh, my thoughts exactly Most of ours are variations on silver, but I do have the "tender blue" (how's *that* for a precious name!) RX-7 and the Byzanz M3, which is a pretty cool color IMO.
For *years* I said I'd only own black cars, but man do I have a lot more time for other things since I got over that! Quote: |
Originally Posted by blkZ28Conv Are we detailing out of enjoyment or necessity? | Heh heh, some people really do detail out of enjoyment huh? That's the sort of question I avoided asking myself back when I had black cars; you folks with black had *better* enjoy it  | |
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11-01-06, 09:54
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Originally Posted by Tiger88 ...Color matching can be difficult with other colors, even white. There are a lot of shades of white, but black is black. | You’d be amazed how many different shades of black there are. Try parking black cars from different makers next to each other some time.
Obtw, if you want your car to be really black do not shoot it with DuPont Centari enamel. (Don’t remind me how I know that.)
Oh, and our cars are white, mint green, light blue and black.
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11-01-06, 10:53
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Muskegon, MI Posts: 749 | Holy back from the dead thread! Quote: |
Originally Posted by the other pc You’d be amazed how many different shades of black there are. Try parking black cars from different makers next to each other some time.
Obtw, if you want your car to be really black do not shoot it with DuPont Centari enamel. (Don’t remind me how I know that.)
Oh, and our cars are white, mint green, light blue and black.
PC. | Ditto that. My black car actually has a brown look in direct sunlight. Or maybe it really wouldn't be considered black, but according to the color code it's black. | |
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11-01-06, 11:50
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Freehold, NJ Posts: 59 | Two silver cars here. My Spec V is molten silver, and I absolutely am in love with the paint color. It gives a gorgeous liquid silver look in sunlight, and a cool blue hue in the shade. My SE-R is brillant aluminum, and I am not as big of a fan of this shade of silver, as it's rather bland and white looking. No where near as nice as molten silver.
My fiancee has a black car, and it makes me cringe. So happy I have silver! I'm a good person, though, and I buy all sorts of polishes and stuff to use on his car.  I care more about what his paint looks like then he does most of the time...
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