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Re: car color?

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Subject: Re: car color?
From: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 15:44:33 -0500
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Max Heim wrote:
> As for colors, the best looking or most impressive B's I've ever seen in
> person were:
> 
> 1. black (meticulously restored)
> 2. deep dark blue
> 3. deep dark red (like Enrique's, actually)

I agree wholeheartedly. I've owned black and dark blue cars, and I chose
Blue Royale over Black (Which REALLY was my #1 choice) for no other reason
than the blue is more forgiving when covered with a sheen of road salt :|

> I don't think I've ever seen a Black Tulip car in person. I have seen a
> silver B -- while it was handsome, I couldn't help thinking the color was
> somehow inappropriate. I think I was connecting it with German cars, and 1st
> generation RX7s (when silver was a fad).

I have a friend (A porsche owner) to whom I had mentioned that I was having
difficulty selecting a color for the B.

He said "I don't see what the problem is. All italian cars are red, all
German cars are silver, and all british cars are British Racing Green."

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Chris Thompson

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