View Poll Results: Does a car's color affect the resale value?
Yes
38
73.08%
No
2
3.85%
Maybe a little but not much
12
23.08%
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Does your car's color affect your resale value? Poll
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#139
I've had four red vehicles prior to my SC...a 59 VW Bug, a 63 convertible Corvair, a two-tone 67 VW Camper, and a 85 MR2, all acquired used. Other than my SC, I wasn't looking for a red copy, it just worked out that way.
#140
Like the LS400, the SC430 is a solid car! It doesn't stand out in any one way (performance, style, comfort), it just does everything well, and has been exceptionally reliable! I, like most SC owners, have fallen in love with it over the years.
#142
I made the mistake of letting my wife pick a dark blue 2011 ES. It looks great, but 12 years of constant car-washing is wearing me out. Before that, she picked out a black Avalon! Because I wash my own vehicles, color choice is more than aesthetics for me. I told my wife for her next car she can have any color she wants, as long as it's white (or, she can start taking it to the car wash)!
#144
White is also a good color for safety in low-visibility conditions and at night, where it stands out and is more visible. Light-Gray and Medium-Gray vehicles, in particular, tend to blend in with the asphalt color, and not be as visible except for the running-lights.
Last edited by mmarshall; 06-27-23 at 04:55 PM.
#145
This doesn't affect today's vehicles, but just FYI, it used to be, back before the days of clearcoat paint, that silver and red were two colors that faded out and oxidized very quickly unless you religiously kept them waxed. That is because the red-pigment contained small microscopic particles of iron, which gave it its red color (same way that iron in your blood-cells colors them red), and when those iron particles come in contact with oxygen in the air, they oxidize and cause the paint to fade and get cloudy. The silver metallic faded, of course, because of the metallic particles that gave it that silvery-texture in the first place. Modern clearcoats, however, prevent that fading by insulating the pigments in the paint from oxygen in the air, and also thereby greatly reducing the need for waxing.
I did a Car Chat thread, some time ago, on what I thought were the ten most important auto-engineering advancements in history, and, IMO, clearcoat paint was one of them. EFI, electronic ignition systems, car-based AWD, disc brakes, rack-and-pinion steering, the three-point safety-belt system, heat/air-conditioning, unleaded gas/catalytic-converters, and keyless entry/fobs are also on the list.
#147
It's nice to know what today's clearcoat saves us from, though. I spent many hours, in my youth, in the hot sun and humidity, sweating, doing work on finishes that clearcoat keeps us from having to doing today. GM's paint, back then, was especially hard to care for because they used acrylic-lacquer instead of the more durable baked-enamel Ford and Chrysler used. It gave a smoother finish than enamel, but faded out much more quickly without plenty of wax to protect it.
Of course, the clearcoat itself can also be harmed or damaged if you don't keep IT properly cleaned. Some forms of acid-containing bird-droppings and road-tar are notorious for that, and for making rough splotches in the finish. Sometimes SCRATCH-OUT can handle that....sometimes not.
Last edited by mmarshall; 06-27-23 at 05:29 PM.
#148
Does it make your heart throb or make your eyes hurt. lol
I think it's a Tesla but didn't see any badges so guessing it's a wrap?
PS- I'll save my ideas on resale until I hear some feedback on this first. haha
Mint color with pink highlights, saw this today.
I think it's a Tesla but didn't see any badges so guessing it's a wrap?
PS- I'll save my ideas on resale until I hear some feedback on this first. haha
Mint color with pink highlights, saw this today.
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#150
FIAT will no longer sell grey cars in the UK:
https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publ...ptimism/285901
mmarshall, have you joined FIAT’s marketing dept? 😀
https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publ...ptimism/285901
mmarshall, have you joined FIAT’s marketing dept? 😀