I spent a few minutes looking at one of those secondhand car dealerships this afternoon. Just for fun - didn't get as far as kicking tyres. What really jumped out is that all cars are now grey, or white or black. In fact, if you lined them up in the right order, you'd have an automotive version a 1960s test card. Why is this? I just don't think I could get that excited about a grey car - which is surely one of the reasons I hang on to my pearlescent lagoon blue-green Alfa. It's just sad. Does everyone really want to look as if they are in a hearse, or some Minister's limousine? Seems to indicate a massive lack of imagination. The other thing you notice, is that if you're prepared to buy a three year old car, in apparently perfect nick, with about 30k miles, you pay only half of what it cost new. Got to be a bargain, these days.
Hnmm, I've a Stornaway Grey Range Rover Vogue and an Arctic White Golf GTD, don't see the problem ;0)
I've got a grigio sterling Alfa & Mrs Rob has a graphite Mazda5. I must admit, we're a bit bored of grey. I fancy a red 911 next, I may even buy some braces to match. Mrs Rob says her favourite car colour was Rover Nightfire Red, which I have to admit was a lovely colour, albeit applied to some truly dreadful cars.
Our Saab is a slate grey colour but its perfect for round here as it doesn't show just how grubby it is! Couldn't have white or black as I'd spend half my spare time washing the mud off, same goes with most other colours really, it's the price we pay for living in the country.
Grey/silver cars are said to not show scratches, blemishes, etc up as much as others, and therefore hold price a tad more. 2nd hand cars are soo much more value. Bought a two year old car with loads of toys on, decent engine, etc for £12k with a new list price of over £33k. Pity the fool who paid top dollar.
