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Posted by: babooza69

1. what color is/are your car/cars?
2. do you have any problems with that specific color? like does it get dirty specifically easily?
3. why'd you pick that color?
4. would you have rather had another color?

Posted by: ice512

1. Grey..nissan calls it Platinum
2. no love it !! its pretty good with dirt..not extremely visible
3. its the spcial editon colour
4. WHITE FTW !!!!!!

Posted by: paul34

1. Flint Mica
2. It does get dirty, like any other dark color car. Also, dust becomes very noticeable. So yes, it does get dirty easily (more accurately, the dirt is more noticeable).
3. It's beautiful!

4. No!!!!!!!!!!

(not my picture... Yanki01 pics @ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2083616/1)

Posted by: CL

Well, next time when I buy a new car... I will wanted a darker color. Just incase you had an accident and need to do a paint job. Some color is easy to match and some aren't. I had a friend that his car is Sliver, man you can see the different after he fixed the front end of the car.

I think black is the best to match... Sliver, Red and Green can be pretty hard to do a color match.

Posted by: chorro

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Originally Posted by paul34

1. Flint Mica
2. It does get dirty, like any other dark color car. Also, dust becomes very noticeable. So yes, it does get dirty easily (more accurately, the dirt is more noticeable).
3. It's beautiful!

4. No!!!!!!!!!!

(not my picture... Yanki01 pics @ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2083616/1)

nice tc! Do you have the TRD s/c or the greddy turbo on it??

Posted by: wizard8873

my Altima is black.
it looks very sharp when its clean but that last maybe one minute.
the only SE Altimas they had were two, one in blank and one in red. the red looked hideous so i took the black.
i wanted a silver or smoked Altima

my Eclipse is silver.
the paint is fading a bit in areas
didn't have a choice but i wouldve taken it even if there was
no

Posted by: buhdussy

White is the easiest to keep clean, doesnt show light dust and dirt.

Posted by: paul34

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Originally Posted by buhdussy

White is the easiest to keep clean, doesnt show light dust and dirt.

Wouldn't silver be the easiest? It's the color of most road dust

White is good, primarily because its hard to see swirls. This is good for those who don't like to take care of their cars/don't have time.

Posted by: paul34

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Originally Posted by chorro

nice tc! Do you have the TRD s/c or the greddy turbo on it??

no no its not mine

Mine is all stock, but hopefully that will change before the end of this year

. I'm not planning any power mods... too expensive and not worth it IMHO since I use my car as a daily driver mostly.

I'm going to be doing suspension work. I find a lower-powered car with an excellent suspension is where its at without going to hundreds of horsepower and 8 cylinders

Posted by: TheRupp

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Originally Posted by paul34

Wouldn't silver be the easiest? It's the color of most road dust

Silver is VERY easy to take care of. This is silver car #2 for me. My neighbors still complement me on how clean my car always looks (even though it's a dirty beast). Looks shiny new with 86,000 miles on it

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Originally Posted by paul34

I'm going to be doing suspension work. I find a lower-powered car with an excellent suspension is where its at without going to hundreds of horsepower and 8 cylinders

Amen to that

Posted by: rip

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All my vehicles have been some shade of silver, even when i tell myself choose another colour, i leave with silver. I find it easy to care for.

Posted by: wrathofpyro

1. Silky silver - suzuki xl7
2. its really crappy, it looks crappy, it is crappy
3. never thought it'd get so crappy
4. hell yes.

Posted by: TheRupp

1. GS300 AWD - "Glacier Frost" - Whiteish blue with a hint of bronze and silver
GS430 - "Mercury Metallic" - Basic silver, a little darker
ES300 - "Milennium Silver Metallic" - Brighter silver

2. None at all. They all hide dirt very well, and they're very easy to take care of.

3. The GS's because we didn't want black, we already had the Flint Mica (yes, same as Paul's tC) on an RX330, and the Glacier Frost is probably one of the best colors I've ever seen. The ES, it had the best paint when we picked it up on the lot (bought it used)

4. Not on the GS's, but I would've preferred the Graphite Gray on the ES, but I couldn't find any with it at the time.

Posted by: eimajuno

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Originally Posted by babooza69

1. what color is/are your car/cars?
2. do you have any problems with that specific color? like does it get dirty specifically easily?
3. why'd you pick that color?
4. would you have rather had another color?

1.TSX is Carbon Gray Pearl (dark gray)
Bronco is White

2. The white on my truck does not show dirt hardly at all. Surprisingly the dark gray on my TSX doesn't show dirt that much unless it is really dirty.

3. Yes I did

4. Nope

Posted by: babooza69

...white not show dirt? i would think white is the dirtiest of them all

Posted by: Sfkn2

silver, silver, and silver

Easy to maintain, while hard to see scratches.. yet, still shiny.

Posted by: NineToez

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Originally Posted by babooza69

...white not show dirt? i would think white is the dirtiest of them all

Yes, white IMO is the best color for most vehicles because it can hide most of the dust and dirt that vehicles can collect. Lighter colors in fact are the best as darker colors reflect more light therefore you see more imperfections i.e. scratches, swirl marks, etc.

Silver is catchy however. Silver and red and the two hardest to match colors if you ever needed to touch up or repaint.

Posted by: MapleLeafs

very dark blue (BMW name is Orient blue), dirt shows pretty easily. I got it cuz it was the colour on the car I chose to buy. I had no choice, but I love it cuz in the bright daylight it looks blue, but once the sun starts going down even a bit, it looks exactly like its black. Numerous people have told me that they thought my car was black at first, before they saw it during the day. I would not mind having this colour again.

Posted by: TheRupp

The Glacier Frost on the GS actually hides dirt better than the silver cars do now that I think about it

MapleLeafs - I <3 Orient Blue

Posted by: 01oo001

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Originally Posted by Sfkn2

silver, silver, and silver

Easy to maintain, while hard to see scratches.. yet, still shiny.

this dude speaks the truth, I have a silver Q45 and dirt won't show unless it's too dirty(it shows on the tints earlier then the body itself haha) and yes, scratches are not visible so easily, I have 2 nasty scratches around my antenna, but they are not visible unless you walk up to the car and look at them.

I would love to have a black car tho, sexy!

Posted by: TheRupp

I want black so bad, but I seriously don't feel like dealing with going to certain car washes, swirl marks, scratches showing up easily, etc

Posted by: AndyLHoang

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Originally Posted by babooza69

1.
Mazda MPV - Metallic sage green
Volvo S40 - Metallic silver

2. The sage green is quite easy to maintain. It doesn't show dirt that easily. Same can be said for the Volvo

3. We didn't really have a preference. We based it more on how the car was, and didn't really care about the colour all that much.

4. For the Volvo, yes. I seriously am not a fan of silver. It's just too plain! Everyother car out there is silver! I think I like the dark brownish colour, dark blue, or even black or white on the S40.

Posted by: SJSMR2

'02 Honda Accord - Silver - Hides dirt and dust really really well!
'91 Toyota MR2 - Crimson Red - A real ***** to clean shows EVERYTHING. That is why the car spends it's time under car cover.

Posted by: reedacus25

2006 Nissan Sentra
1. Radium (goldish silver)
2. well i dont clean it too often so it gets gritty up close but from afar it tends to keep its clean appearence
3. it was better than the dull whites on the lot
4. volcanic orange is my DREAM color

Posted by: Bonka

1. Black/Black.
2. Everything shows up - dust, waterspots, marring, scratches, spiderwebbing, dents, fingerprints, on and on and on..
3. The difference between a neglected black car and a regularly detailed one is night and day.
4. On a daily driver, yes a different colour.

Posted by: doggymon

2007 G35x
1. Blue Onyx
2. Dirt and dust are very visible...
3. because it's a new color for 2007!
4. it's either this color or Lakeshore Slate