Really Dislike Those Solid Color Vehicles

[Brons2]

The gray ones crack me up, they look like shiny primer!

Yeah, I could never buy a car that looked like a shiny PPG primer coat. Takes me back to my HS auto shop class in the 80s. Loved engines, hated body work.

 

[PF52]

and then, at least around here, they're also painting their houses gray tones.
house across from me, beautiful red brick/ white trim, a classic design, ever since it was built in the 60's. ( used to know the original owner who had it built...)
the folks there now, painted the brick battleship gray, trim black, with a black metal roof. ( To me there's a special spot in the bad place for people that paint brick)
shortly thereafter, another house just up the street, same story, original owner moves , new owners in their remodel paint the house grey with black trim....
i see it all over around here... like some one WAY over ordered grey paint, and made a bunch of folks a deal.

That's probably happening all over.... I know it's very common where I live. I see it on businesses, too. As our downtown becomes increasingly gentrified, the old businesses like the shoe store or the bookstore close up and get replaced with trendy restaurants and brewpubs that attract the young people moving to the city, and invariably the new business remodels the storefront with gray brick, slate facades, and black trim. I think they must be ordering everything from the same catalog.

 

[HICKORY11595]

I'm always looking for my next vehicle. Want a red or blue. Those two primary colors are so hard to find. When you do on Ebay, they're 5-10 states away! Like someone said, if you're gonna charge $$$ for $ of paint, do so and put them on the lot! People will buy them. Sure, white vehicles flow off the lot if tha't all you have. But, I will travel for a color. i won't settle. The paint cost is gonna be minimal against the offer the customer is going to propose. MSRP is $50,000, it has a $500 blue paint color. Well, I'm gonna go in at $45000, so the $500 is a moot point to me. FWIW, some of those outrageous 1 in 100 colors are actually acceptable on certain vehicles. Toyota has an orange and even a green that stand out. In a good way.

 

[LDB]

I went in planning to buy red. It sold the night before. I'm glad because the white is so much less uncomfortable in Texas heat. If you mean the Toyota orange from the Corolla a few years ago that is a GREAT color. So of course they got rid of it.

 

[Allaneddie]

I'm always looking for my next vehicle. Want a red or blue. Those two primary colors are so hard to find. When you do on Ebay, they're 5-10 states away! Like someone said, if you're gonna charge $$$ for $ of paint, do so and put them on the lot! People will buy them. Sure, white vehicles flow off the lot if tha't all you have. But, I will travel for a color. i won't settle. The paint cost is gonna be minimal against the offer the customer is going to propose. MSRP is $50,000, it has a $500 blue paint color. Well, I'm gonna go in at $45000, so the $500 is a moot point to me. FWIW, some of those outrageous 1 in 100 colors are actually acceptable on certain vehicles. Toyota has an orange and even a green that stand out. In a good way.

I heartily agree with color. Currently have an older Grand Cherokee that is black, but bought it used and it has been a reliable vehicle. But I would want red or blue or even green if I were to replace it. My VW GTI is a metallic dark blue and looks great in the sunshine but looks almost black otherwise. I like it but a lighter blue would be my favorite. I can lament the old days when there was a real pallette of colors that cars came in.

 

[Leo99]

I went in planning to buy red. It sold the night before. I'm glad because the white is so much less uncomfortable in Texas heat. If you mean the Toyota orange from the Corolla a few years ago that is a GREAT color. So of course they got rid of it.

This is an example of what people say they like and what people buy. Just like manual transmissions. They don't sell well.

 

[alarmguy]

I remember gray vehicles from the 1970s one of them was my friends parents Ford Granada
It will be interesting to see if Gray stays in style this time. I’m not a big fan.

I have no problem with all shades of green at all

 

[CKN]

I remember gray vehicles from the 1970s one of them was my friends parents Ford Granada
It will be interesting to see if Gray stays in style this time. I’m not a big fan.

I have no problem with all shades of green at all

That was a memorable piece of garbage.
They one Ford told everybody (in commercials) had the lines of a Mercedes.
Yea....OK.

 

[Pablo]

The new VW super light gray looks odd to me

 

[Gasbuggy]

From the perspective of someone who paints I like the idea of easier repairs/paint match colors.

They're not for everyone, especially the greys. I remember when Audi came out with the solid grey for the RS7 and I was digging it, my electrician friend said it reminded him of giant Square D panel.

 

[Frankrank]

When shopping for a used BMW I almost bought this color. Luckily the deal fell thru because the dealer couldn't get the title. Bernina Grey Amber. It wasn't flat and had different shades depending on the angle or light. BMW dropped it from the 5 series after 2 years.