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Title: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: MaxV6 on 20 February 2007, 22:06:34
Seriously, just now and again you see a car that makes you seriously wonder what the original purchaser was taking ,

like, ,HOW on earth they persuaded themselves that metallic neon snot green with pink trim was a good idea.....

but thinking about it, i came to also think about the less extreme , but nonetheless aesthetically abhorrent options that many have voluntarily chosen over the years.

the kind of Champagne Gold you see a number of cars in..

Why?/ it looks utterly pants.....  on ANYTHING......   Even Marantz stopped making Hifi in that colour DECADES ago....

so why order it on a car?

other such travesties, such as ANY metallic Pink, or indeed, any Shade of Pink.....   or Orange.... the last decent looking Orange I recall was a Mk2 Rs2000 \ and that was only coz there weren't any white, black or red ones available....

What colours make you wonder if the owner is registered blind?




Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 20 February 2007, 22:14:02
That weird beige/pink colour that you see VW Polos in....the one that looks like its been painted in wood primer....

Also.....crash test yellow.....I want to get some black circles to stick on the side of them in car parks....
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Timbuk on 20 February 2007, 22:22:15
Whats wrong with Orange then

(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/timbuk1969/dolomitesprint.jpg)
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Bo Bo on 20 February 2007, 22:25:24
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Whats wrong with Orange then
Just saw a Triumph on Life On Mars, it's kept in Corley, saw it in the flesh (so to speak) last summer.
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: MaxV6 on 21 February 2007, 00:07:24
yeah, but the Dolly Sprint is same kind of era and class as the Rs2000 was  , probably the same Orange as well ;)

(My Dolly Sprint was Yellow.....  and would probably have benefited from some of Mark's little black circles.... utterly utterly shagged it was....)

Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: AndersH on 21 February 2007, 00:20:15
There's a particularly nasty shade of green that Citroen do, there's also a sort of "salmon" colour I see around and who could forget this?

http://vwpassatgolf.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/polo1_3.jpg   :o
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Markjay on 21 February 2007, 01:24:50
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There's a particularly nasty shade of green that Citroen do, there's also a sort of "salmon" colour I see around and who could forget this?

http://vwpassatgolf.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/polo1_3.jpg   :o

How is this car described on the V5 then...?  :o

Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: sir moanalot on 21 February 2007, 07:51:27
keep seeing a lovely yellow car about- its an exact replica of del boys 3 wheeler !!
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Ronald_McBurger on 21 February 2007, 07:58:23
Is it my tablets or does anyone else think that Dolmite sprint front end looks like a BMW?


....oh, it is the tablets then. :(
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Jimbob on 21 February 2007, 08:31:22
VW managed the best colour ever imo

acheived with the lowly polo.......Harlequin!


(http://vwpassatgolf.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/polo1_3.jpg)


Always puts a grin on my face when I see one out and about
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Kevin Wood on 21 February 2007, 09:44:00
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yeah, but the Dolly Sprint is same kind of era and class as the Rs2000 was  , probably the same Orange as well

Ahh, those were the days. You could have any colour you like. As long as it was dayglo orange, cack brown, baby puke green,...

 ;)

Kevin
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Big Rod on 21 February 2007, 11:29:29
The one that gets me every time is the abhorrent beige you used to get Montegos and Maestros in. I always thought, " Someone actually bought that new!!!"
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: MaxV6 on 21 February 2007, 12:51:13
From my front room i can see a metallic green Micra that is just awful////  it's a kind of loud lime green metallic...

it's on the forecourt of the used car sales place over the road, and seriously, I reckon they'll have trouble even giving it away....

I mean, what are the odds that a second person would voluntarily choose to own a car that colour?


Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: STMO123 on 21 February 2007, 14:39:15
White...now who would actually buy a new, white car?
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Jimbob on 21 February 2007, 14:45:49
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White...now who would actually buy a new, white car?

The police?
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: STMO123 on 21 February 2007, 14:49:53
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White...now who would actually buy a new, white car?

The police?

Yeah. But once they realise their mistake, they cover them up with red stripes and multi-coloured stickers :D
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: STMO123 on 21 February 2007, 15:04:36
Heres a nice omega :D



(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/stmo987/5622_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Elite Pete on 21 February 2007, 15:17:59
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Heres a nice omega :D



(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/stmo987/5622_1.jpg)

Im bidding on that at the moment ;)
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: MaxV6 on 21 February 2007, 16:27:46
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White...now who would actually buy a new, white car?


errr me.....  several times......

;)

not every car looks good in white though..... so it has to be the right car...
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: Big Rod on 21 February 2007, 19:01:40
I love white cars and FWIW, I quite like the 'champagney' colour that was mentioned earlier in the thread. I used to have a Carlton Dippy that colour and I would've kept it had the object of the exercise not been to make some money off the thing.

Black's cool but a total beeyatch to keep looking clean and I also like gunmetal and charcoal grey.

Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: ClarCE on 22 February 2007, 11:44:47
People that do this should be taken down to the woodshed and shot, although it doesn't look very Omega like:

(http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/preparacao2/evento-itu-omega-5.jpg)

Special attention should be paid to the 'Best Cars Website' stamp..
Title: Re: Colour, a moving taste violation
Post by: MaxV6 on 22 February 2007, 12:50:31
now that IS horrid