Re: [What is the best color for a paint job?]

[Jerry Carter <jerry.carter@shaw.ca>]

The reason that I fell in love with cars is I saw a  black 1987 Scirocco 16v
in a  showroom. since then I've been trying to find one, this is why I'd go
with black. another reason would be that less people notice black or grey
cars, so you wouldn't attract as much attention from the cops. The problem
with that though is that you wouldn't attract as much attention from other
drivers and therefore you'd have a much higher probability of getting into
an accident. Red is a color that sticks out and makes the car look bigger
than it really is therefore red cars have statistically fewer accidents. I
can't remember where I've heard this but I know that I've herd it from more
than one source, and I notice it myself.

Just a thought
Jerry Carter
'81 Mk1 Scirocco

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>
To: "J.L." <tofunit@yahoo.com>; "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [What is the best color for a paint job?]


"J.L." <tofunit@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi all,

I'm planning to get a paint job during the winter while my car is
in storage... I have a 87 16v Torbado red scirocco, and I wonder
what is the best color to repaint it?

Should I go to a totally different color like black or should I keep
the original paint color code to keep the car as possible in the
original color for a better job and keeping the value of the car!

Else if keeping in the original color isn't a big deal, should I try to
find a color near tornado red, but with a nicer look instead of
moving to a totally different color.

thanks for your comments ;)

Joel

I went with silver and blue pearl which is close to, but nicer than, the
original pale metallic blue (Cdn 16V colour), I like it, my kids hate it,
(not
radical enough, very subtle). My son just redid his black Jetta with really
big royal blue metal flakes in it, and I have to admit I like it and it
looks
like it was "custom" painted, if that's the look you want (not subtle). But
the basic colour is the same. Then there is my nephew, his red Golf has
smaller metal flake in it that was not original, and I really like the way
it
turned out. And there is a show car up here that is red with pink pearl,
still
red but different. Four "near original" colours, four different approaches.
Just depends on what you want. It IS your car after all. Drive around with a
bunch of chips to look at in different lights, you'll figure it out. Have
fun.

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