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« Last post by Seraphina on August 22, 2025, 03:54:26 PM »
The choice used to be black, black, or black! Ask the Commie Henry Ford! It’s much faster to produce cars in one color, and one color that kind of goes with everything. Gray is nothing exciting or unique, but, not a color to which most people object. Furthermore, if you want to get your gray wheels repainted in some other color(s), gray is easier to cover than black.
New cars directly from the manufacturer in varied colors take longer and cost a bit more.
Car colors, like clothing, shoes, houses, interior and exterior, go through fads like other fashions. Hang onto things long enough, and they’ll come back in style. There’s an orange-ish brown color I’ve seen a number of vehicles of late, that resembles the classic 1970’s rust brown/orange, only a little brighter. It looks cutting edge now, but in five to eight years, will make cars look dated. I drive a slightly muted red vehicle from 2015, all the rage when my father (RIP) bought it. It kind of screams 20-teens. So what? He bought it new on a lease in 2016 thinking correctly, it’d be the last car of his life. Why buy it outright? The only places it went in 3 2/3 years was to Mass, 12 miles, doctors, 1 1/2 to 15 miles, the diner, 4 miles, drugstore, 3 miles, bank, 3 miles, maybe once to their lawyer, 75 miles, and to the beach tidal inlet after Mass to enjoy the scenery, 5 miles. When it became clear their driving days were over, in 2020, the car had about 9,000 miles on it, all of it gentle roads. I took over the lease, paid it off, put it in my name and switched to cheaper insurance. It drives very well and I’m keeping it until it becomes a liability. My old 1998 Pontiac with 2 mos. paid insurance, went to a nephew who needed a car for his new trial period job supplemented by DoorDash. He took it over, used it for 18 mos. before the frame cracked. He sold it for parts and to the salvage yard for the rest. He gave me the salvage money, $230. So I drive an old person red 🚗.
Maybe it’ll come back “in” if I take care of it and I live that long!
My car history, all purchased used!
1. White VW beetle, standard
2. Dark Rust Brown, Ford Pinto, hatchback, explosive, “the beast,” standard
3. White Corvair w/red upholstery- never used as main car, sold it to a collector/restorer, standard
4. Brown Mustard Fake wood panel, Dodge station wagon, “Brady Bunchmibile,” automatic
5. Medium yellow Dodge Dart, sedan, standard
6. Navy Blue Chevy Chevette hatchback, “Old Faithful,” standard
7. Dark Forest Green Plymouth Fury II, sedan, standard, first car with AC!
8. Aqua green with raindrop decals, Plymouth sedan, automatic
9. Medium blue Hyundai Excel hatchback, standard
10. Light blue Chevy Prism hatchback, automatic
11. Medium yellow Nissan hybrid station wagon/hatchback, borrowed from parents, standard
12. Black Pontiac 2 door sedan, “the tank,” automatic
13. Red Hyundai Elantra, hatchback/station wagon, automatic
What color(s) vehicles have/do others on CI driven/drive?