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RojerLockless 12-11-2013 09:28 AM

Why did you buy the color you did?
 
If you could buy your car all over in a different color that is offered. What color would you get and why? If you would keep the same color, why?

Another question for those of you that have the Red car. Do you regret it? I mean I like red.. but I've never owned a red car. I've had a Yellow one and got all sorts of attention and everyone LOVED the car. Since then I've had 3 black sports cars and hardly get any heads turned (Ironically this car in black turns more heads than my Porsche my friends always called my Porsche a Miata... lol )

Reason I'm asking is first off this car is bad luck and I don't even believe in luck lol... So I'm seriously considering trading my car in on a 2014 once the 2015's come out and getting the new premium version with leather ect and I have decided if I do that I will not be getting Raven again :popcorn:

DarkSunrise 12-11-2013 09:30 AM

White. Highest looks-to-maintenance ratio. :)

whaap 12-11-2013 09:33 AM

Because they didn't make the color I wanted and of the colors they offered it was the one I liked best.

jblmr2 12-11-2013 09:37 AM

Hot Lava, because I wanted a color that shouts rather than whispers.

RojerLockless 12-11-2013 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise (Post 1382988)
White. Highest looks-to-maintenance ratio. :)

Ha, my DD is White and I absolutely HATE it rofl. That thing always looks filthy even compared to my black cars. :mad0259::mad0259::mad0259::mad0259:

DarkSunrise 12-11-2013 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by RojerLockless (Post 1383006)
Ha, my DD is White and I absolutely HATE it rofl. That thing always looks filthy even compared to my black cars. :mad0259::mad0259::mad0259::mad0259:

LOL yeah my car looks dirty too. Back to silver I guess.

Killerbee 12-11-2013 09:44 AM

I would stay with white. I had 2x Red, 3xBlack, 3xWhite, 1x Light Blue on my cars before. When I ordered my GT86 I was not sure if to take the dark blue, red or white, since the car looked very well in all colors.

-Black was out of the question for me, since the 3 cars before the GT86 where black, and it just shows every little scrap, dirt or really anything on the car. It also "hides" the lines of the car, and since I love every line of the GT86 I did not want a color that hides it.

-Dark Blue was out because of the same issues as with black

-Red...well, still like red very much, and it is still my 2nd favorit. Nothing to say against it to be honest.

-White just shows the line of a car so well, and goes also very well with another color as contrast. Specially the black "plastic" parts of the car work well with a white car, as they give a good contrast and show of the shape of the car even better.

One point however, I'm happy Toyota does not offer the WRB from the BRZ, that would maybe gotten me to change my mind about white.

In the end its whatever you personally like the most. There is no "bad" color for the twins, they look awesome in every color offered

Soulman03 12-11-2013 09:48 AM

I bought red, and would do so again. This is my third car and all of them have been red so far. Red is beautiful when it's clean, more so than any other color in my opinion.

RojerLockless 12-11-2013 10:08 AM

Anyone like the Graphite? I'm leaning towards graphite or red if I rebuy.

Demandred7 12-11-2013 10:15 AM

I bought Firestorm (aka red) although it was not my first choice in colours. My original top colours were Asphalt, Hot Lava, and Ultramarine. A few things swayed my decision.
Firestorm looks better in person than most pictures.
The seat accents actually match the car.
Firestorm attracts more attention than Asphalt and Ultramarine.
And last but not least, after going for the test drive in my Firestorm, I honestly didn't want to wait for any other colour (at the time, it was estimated to be at least 3 months to get any other colour).

All in all, I am happy with my decision.

Luis_GT 12-11-2013 10:18 AM

Because special edition and baby blue hue

fatherfork 12-11-2013 10:26 AM

After having a dark blue car for the last 6 years, I got a white 86 because it's very much cooler inside during the summer. Also it looks great.

mx5 2nr 12-11-2013 10:39 AM

I got Raven, and when I was looking, I decided that I'd get either Raven, Whiteout, or Graphite - whichever arrived soonest at the dealer. I've had 5 previous black cars, 2 red, 5 white, 1 green, and 2 silver. I'm kinda glad I ended up with a black car, as I'm trying to keep a garage with all colors in unison...

86-tundra 12-11-2013 11:08 AM

Asphalt looks the best in person, IMO. I have a black FJ that's relatively blacked out - no need to get a second black car. Was going to go with white, but the asphalt just totally caught me off guard. paint looks amazing.



.. I may be slightly influenced by the dark gray rx8 I had years ago ..


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