The top car colors have traditionally been black, white and silver, although they alternate in order year to year. While certain cars just look better in a lighter or darker hue, what’s your personal preference? Do you like your car to be tighty-whitie clean, or satan-soul black? Or, somewhere in the middle?
We all know that black, as well as some of the other dark colors can lend a sense of luxury or class to even the cheapest set of wheels. White, on the other hand, becomes less of an oven in hot climates and doesn’t show body imperfections the way a string bikini-like black does.
Overall, color preferences differ slightly globally. But while the numbers may vary, taste is is pretty similar no matter where you roam.
So what’s your preference? Do you roll like Tony Soprano, or do you want a car that’s a bright and cheerful as a basket full of puppies?
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Hooniverse Asks- Dark Meat or White Meat?
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22 responses to “Hooniverse Asks- Dark Meat or White Meat?”
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Well, right now I'm rolling in something even paler than I am (it's an accomplishment). Depends on the car though. I'd take most Japanese cars in the proper racing white, along with a few American cars that can rock the white with blue stripes. But most stuff, I'd lean towards black.
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In general, I prefer black, but there are exceptions based on model. The biggest problem with black is keeping it clean. Particularly in Michigan winters where it tends to get a more grayish hue to it.
The strange thing is, I've alternated between black and blue for every new car I've had. My Ranger was black, my Explorer was Medium Wedgewood Blue, my F-150 was black, and my Mustang is Vista Blue. I would have actually preferred the Alloy gray (almost black) for my Mustang, or Grabber Orange if it were a GT. Grabber Orange on a V6 is all growl and no bite. I don't need to entice anyone to a street race I can't win.-
You be Ford Gayz. I have a turquoise F-150. A Competition Orange GT in my past life. And soon (not too soon, I hope) a '04 Sonic Blue Lightning and a Red '93 Lightning.
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Black and Blue. Those seem to be our colors. For some reason the last 3 cars the wife has owned have been a very similar KU blue.
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I have had brown, red, black, green, silver, silver, silver. Personal preference is largely affected by what color the used car is. If the color is offensive, no sale. If my wife likes it, sale. On new cars, the dealership may only have one or two of the models on the lot so color is a limited choice.
My personal preference is for a gray or charcoal car. Silver is fine. Black looks great but requires me to wash the car too often. -
Cars: Black.
Trucks: White.-
My Q45 is black, and my Dakota is white. I have no choice but to agree with this.
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Since I usually buy used color choice isn't high on the selection priority list, as long as it isn't something too offensive. The current fleet is:
Z3: Black, with black wheels, black interior with charcoal accents, and a charcoal top
F-150: Black and red two tone, need to just paint it solid black.
Trailblazer (wife's nice car): Dark red, the only mutually agreeable color that we could find in stock with the required options
Previous cars have been: Blue, Dark Green, Grey, Blue, Brown and tan, Red, White, White, Blue and white, White and tan, Red, and Brown. All were used so I really didn't pick the color. When I got my 94 Corvette (used) the purple and teal ones were eliminated right off. -
I will never own another black car again if I can avoid it. My Focus is black and it pretty much never looks clean. Of course the clear coat on the hood looks like an archipelago, so that doesn't help.
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Both of my trucks are white, were like that when I got them. The Ford is accented tastefully with surface rust, and you can see where an ancient respray is wearing thin. My '71 Cadillac Limo was black as a landlord's heart, as God intends all old Cadillacs to be. They just look sinister in that color.
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Blue, but only a full-on blue. None of that barely-there silvery-blue shit. Navy is nice, Smurf is okay, deep indigo/purple is lovely.
Black is an obvious answer, but specifically gloss black. Most cars can't pull off flat black.
I like white, too, but only on the right car. Same with brown. -
Mostly, black or white. Depends on the car though (I will state the obvious a few more times in this post.)
If a car has metal/chrome trim, I like cars in black. Only problem with black is keeping it clean, and if you don't keep your tires cleaned up, they look like grey gummy erasers compared to your paint. And that sucks.
If a car has black trim, I prefer it in white, as it makes the trim pop. And I like the stormtrooper look, like every other dude born after 1938.
Love me a dark blue, as well; like that Kona Blue teh '10 Mustangs come in. And a dark green, especially on Vettes. -
I special ordered my Dakota in Chrysler's "Patriot Blue" after wrestling between that and the charcoal grey. http://i48.tinypic.com/jg3x1u.jpg Needless to say I like the color.
Usually I'mbuyingshopping used so the color is what it is. If the '04 GTO at the local Chevy dealer hadn't been P.M. yellow I might have replaced the T-bird by now. The T-bird's red but I did look longingly at a fuchsia '95 Cougar XR7 (which is a weird car color, but works on that car somehow) and a green '96 Cougar (that dark green that everything had available in the mid-late 90's.) -
Ha! OK.
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Mustang = yellow
F150 = black
Cutlass = dark green (everyone thinks it's blue, but it's not)
I don't like silver on cars, looks too plain.. but a dark gray is good.
Black is awesome when clean, because it reflects all the colors and looks so shiny. (salt and dings ruin that quickly)
White reminds me of rental cars, like the last Pontiac Grand Prix, thumbs down usually.
Of course, it all depends on the car.
BUT, what surprises me the most, is that I actually like the colors Ford has shown on the new Fiesta. "Bright Magenta" and "Lime Squeeze" are the two we all have seen, and are confirmed, but I'm not sure if I like them in the same way I enjoy seeing a VW Beetle (new) on the street….. looks cool to see on the road, but it wouldn't find a place in my driveway.
One color that I'd like to see on more cars, but haven't in a long time, is a dark purple. -
On another note… $3.25 for regular? When was this taken?
Just today, (In Madison Heights, MI) I saw regular for $2.39. Now that was that cash price, and credit was $0.40 more at $2.79, but still….. -
In general, I prefer black, but there are exceptions based on model. The biggest problem with black is keeping it clean. Particularly in Michigan winters where it tends to get a more grayish hue to it.
The strange thing is, I've alternated between black and blue for every new car I've had. My Ranger was black, my Explorer was Medium Wedgewood Blue, my F-150 was black, and my Mustang is Vista Blue. I would have actually preferred the Alloy gray (almost black) for my Mustang, or Grabber Orange if it were a GT. Grabber Orange on a V6 is all growl and no bite. I don't need to entice anyone to a street race I can't win. -
It really depends on the car, colour tone and lighting around it. My favorite colour is blue, but almost all cars look good in black. To tell the truth though bright different colours on the right cars rock my world for example the pink S2000 in 2 Fast 2 Furious, due to the cars sedate lines there were no glaring issues with shadows created by the body lines.
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Hrm. 4 blue, 1 yellow, 2 brown (1 w/woodgrain), 2 white, 2 silver, 1 gray, and one ORANGE (not orange) bike.
I guess I'm going to have to tackle this issue on a case-by-case basis. -
Prinicpally grey primer, although the red is also nice.
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"…..like every other dude born after 1938…."
LOL!!
