Balling
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I've sworn I would never have another black car. I hate the fact that it looks dirty after just a few drops of rain. Slight scratches light up like neons and in the winter it's constantly a muddy greyish brown.
Now, at the verge of buying an anthracite car, we've been offered the exact same model, slightly less milage and 3.000£ cheaper. But it's fucking black.
Now, there's two ways of turning this:
1) Buying the grey car is essentially paying 3k for the colour. Idiocy.
2) We're already getting a 3k saving on the grey one and we're by no means stretching our budget so saving an additional 3k will only result in spending 17k on a car I don't like looking at. If the black hadn't come along, we would have more than gladly payed the price.
People who have (had) black cars, please tell me you hate the maintenance and that it's frustrating having a car, that only looks good the first two hours after a wash!
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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just get it in black
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Gary
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
just get it in black
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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black cars are no different to any other colour.
everyone always says about one colour always shows up dirt worse, but it doesn't.
i've had 2 white cars and not had an issue.
just wash them routinely and use quick detailers inbetween washes.
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Jambo
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Bollocks Ben 
Black is the worst colour ever. I have had 3 of the fucking things now. NEVER AGAIN
Yours,
Jambo
(Soon to have a white E3)
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Ben G
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i've had 2 black, 2 white, 1 grey and 1 orange and each of them showed up dirt/marks.
i do wash my cars often though, usually once a week.
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nathy_87
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Think I'm with Ben G on this one.
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Ricky352
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
just get it in black
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Colin
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2 black cars, both golfs.
Why you spending 17k on a car you dont like looking at??
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Brett
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just go with black
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Edd
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on my third black car now, swore after the first never again but when a car presents itself aslong as its not green i wouldnt let it put me off
looks the business clean but my god the swirls and scratches are hard going even worse so now with fucking honda paint so thin i swear i could polish through to the metal by hand
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timmsy21
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Owned 3 black cars now and regretted it every time.
That said they were all fairly cheap to buy so if i were to spend that kinda money on a new car i'd want it exactly perfect otherwise the level of regret would be huge!
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mattant
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Don't get black, why buy a car if you don't like the colour
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Balling
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Originally posted by timmsy21
if i were to spend that kinda money on a new car i'd want it exactly perfect otherwise the level of regret would be huge!
That is my biggest concern. That I'll be spending a lot of money on car I'm never 100% happy with.
I already feel the car we are getting is a bit of a compromise, but it fits the bill.
Getting it in a colour I detest will feel pretty lame.
Wife suggested we get the black, spend 2k to repaint it and pocket the 1k.
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
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Ive only had 2 cars.
1 black and 1 white. Both fucking useless colours.
Black only looked decent when it was clean...and that lasted about 3 miles.
No point spending loads on a car to only think you bought it because it was cheaper due to the colour.
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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Edd
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stop being a lunatic, buy the black car get it detailed and look after it
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Wait!
€3,000 is out of context here. Are we talking F458 or Fiesta here?
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Alex16v
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I thought after owning a black civic type r i would never own another black car as they are a pain for looking dirty.
Ive now just bought a black scirocco. ha.
Black is awesome when clean though so get just it 
Ive found a good few coats of dodo juice purple haze wax has helped alot dirt just doesnt stick to it easily.
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noshua
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Get the black car and spend the extra £3,000 in fuel driving it = less time spent staring at it thinking "fucking hell it's dirty again"
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Balling
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Wait!
€3,000 is out of context here. Are we talking F458 or Fiesta here?
Yeah, sorry. We're talking Honda CR-Z.
Numbers below are roughly converted to GBP.
Over here it's 31.5k new, currently on offer for 25k and we can get one through the dealer my wife's at for 20k (6 months old).
Honda have one they've used to showcase for motor journalist etc. As an employee at a dealership, she can get that for 17k.
We're already saving loads on the grey one and our budget to begin with was 25k, so we're not stretching it.
I'm really just trying to justify that I've more or less made my choice I think...
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Robin
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I can see your point, I've ended up with another grey car after saying 'never again' but it's a lot of money to save!
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simonATR
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I've had black and grey cars before and they get dirty just as quick as my satin red car does now.
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big eck
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Originally posted by Jambo
Bollocks Ben
Black is the worst colour ever. I have had 3 of the fucking things now. NEVER AGAIN
Yours,
Jambo
(Soon to have a white E3)
100% agree with this. I'm on my 2nd black car now and every single mark shows up like a sore thumb. It's even worse when you polish it. I've had a lot of different colour cars and black it's deffo the worse.
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cunningham
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Had a few black cars and it's not dirt it's the problem it's the scratches and swirls IMO it shows up a lot more clearly on black
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hoppydan
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buy the black one and spend the 3k on a respray in purple...
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