<VV> Original color or not?
Tony Underwood
tonyu@roava.net
Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:50:29 -0800
At 08:11 hours 11/12/2004 +0000, Alan and Clare Wesson wrote:
>Yes, white is great if your car is a piece of junk, because it's easy to
>conceal the fact (except for rust!).
But what if you like white?
>However, if your car is not a piece of junk, you will find that in white it
>will never look that great either. You can polish a white car until you are
>blue in the face and it will still be... white. Dull. Non-reflective. Very
>slightly grubby-looking even when it is clean.
Clear coat.
>But not that dirty-looking
>when it is dirty (because most road dirt is close to white in colour,
>contrary to popular opinion!).
People expect a white car to look grimy... so it won't need washing as
much.
>So... if your car is in nice, straight condition with no dents or ripples,
>and you are a competent painter )or know one) avoid white like the plague...
But I LIKE white...
>...but if your car is a piece of junk, white is the colour for you!
...uh, I already have a gallon of Ermine White to spray my '60 4-door...
and it's NOT complete junk. Yet.
>However, if your car isn't a piece of junk but is white, you better paint it
>quick because everyone will assume that, as it is white, you have lots to
>hide and it is a piece of junk.
...people who know me have already seen my '60 4-door and they've long
since already made their judgements.
>Cheers
>
>Alan, owner of three white cars, two of which will no longer be white when
>he paints them (because only one of them is a piece of junk!).
Humm...
My Subaru XT-6 is white (original paint). My Yugo GVX is also white
(original paint). The '60 4-door is gonna (someday) be white (originally
silver).
Are the fates trying to tell me something?
I hate silver. ...except in the cove of a Corsa. And even then I think
that copper or gold would still look better than silver. Red, with
copper or gold trim... humm...
tony..