May 15, 2008 1:38:57 AM
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May 15, 2008 2:03:18 PM
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Re: Porsche Racing Green
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HEY! I wipe my _black_ leather seats with a damp terry towel (followed by a dry one) fairly frequently. Especially after sitting there for a few hours.
Good man...
When you think about it, with a black interior, all of the accumulated "stuff" that potentially goes un-noticed and un-cleaned... It's somewhat akin to those TV news-magazine shows going into a cheap motel in the dark and turning on a black-light...
May 16, 2008 4:12:29 AM
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May 16, 2008 2:00:05 PM
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It's somewhat akin to those TV news-magazine shows going into a cheap motel in the dark and turning on a black-light...
LOL. yeah! Though you'd have a much more vivid display at a cheap motel a germophobe friend of mine travels alot and carries a "DNA Finder" UV portable light.
He says EVERYTHING (drapes, walls, lampshades) is covered with..., ahem..., "DNA" spray patterns at even the really nice upscale hotels.
Re: Porsche Racing Green
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One more thing - I'm really frustrated that 80% of the used 997s on the market have a black interior. Hey, tan is cooler in the summer and the extra cabin light in the winter really helps (emotionally).
Lighter interior is bad for prying eyes. I had a Bimmer with a grey interior and always had to empty it for public parking so opportunistic crooks wouldn't see something inside and think it would be worthwhile to break in.
Funny also since I have heard many guys (it seems) complain that they found the perfect older P car (or other) but that it has a [non-black] interior.
May 16, 2008 2:08:04 PM
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One more thing - I'm really frustrated that 80% of the used 997s on the market have a black interior. Hey, tan is cooler in the summer and the extra cabin light in the winter really helps (emotionally).
Yeah, but when it starts to get dirty you've got to actually clean it as opposed to just pretending that it's clean
I can't help myself... 
I'm right there with you... A lighter interior does increase the "cheer" factor.... Funny how people would never go so dark in their homes.. But in their cars, living in a dungeon somehow then becomes attractive...
I used to be the guiltiest... from 1985-1988, and then from 1993 to 2000, my daily-drivers were all triple-black Darth-Vader-mobiles. Then I saw "the light"....
But, as with everything, it's a personal choice, there's no wrong or right, just annoying opinions like mine...
May 16, 2008 2:56:30 PM
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May 16, 2008 4:25:45 PM
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It's also about not being destracted. Last thing I want at night is a glowing PCM screen reflecting against a brown interior resplendant of an odour free turd.
????????? You know, you may wish to see a professional about this apparent obsession/compulsion with dog poop, and your insistance upon relating everything that is brown in color to dog poop.... (I could go further on this tangent, but it would risk being incendiary...)
May 17, 2008 6:35:49 AM
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May 17, 2008 12:42:48 PM
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Interesting article/study on what a car's color says about it's owner's self confidence. From TopGear Click
Total BS!
I've run a coupla dozen cars whose colors have pretty much covered the whole spectrum, so that survey could only make sense if I had a split personality.
Oooops!
May 20, 2008 1:55:20 PM
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Re: Meteor
Jeez.... There's red, and then there's lipstick red...
Just as with any color, there's a rainbow of different shades... I'm not against a red interior (I've got many classics with gorgeous red interiors), but there's "good red" and "bad red", and that photo above, be it due to camera, lighting, or photo-adjustment on the computer, is gawdawful...
Just as with any color, there's a rainbow of different shades... I'm not against a red interior (I've got many classics with gorgeous red interiors), but there's "good red" and "bad red", and that photo above, be it due to camera, lighting, or photo-adjustment on the computer, is gawdawful...
May 20, 2008 2:38:10 PM
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So if I have a silver 997TT and didn't protest the survey .... that's good, right?
It means I'm self-confident? I'm secure? I don't need to make a fool out of myself calling the survey bull or from a bad sample or spurious data. Or question if it included any Porsche drivers?
So I'm confident right? And drive a great car ....right?
Are you sure?
Maybe I should protest the survey anyway. I don't know, do you think so?
It means I'm self-confident? I'm secure? I don't need to make a fool out of myself calling the survey bull or from a bad sample or spurious data. Or question if it included any Porsche drivers?
So I'm confident right? And drive a great car ....right?
Are you sure?
Maybe I should protest the survey anyway. I don't know, do you think so?
May 21, 2008 12:42:29 AM
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Re: Porsche Racing Green
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Interesting article/study on what a car's color says about it's owner's self confidence. From TopGear Click
Now it all makes sense, my low self confidence was color related
.That has to be some psyc class project for students to waste their time
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Re: Porsche Racing Green
I'd go for Mauve with Pink every time.
Seriously Atlas with Cocoa is better than you might think at first, and the dark metallics (AG is a kind of dark blue, there is also green and I think there is a still dark red) are v nice IMHO.
Or you cld go blk/blk (very deep slightly menacing look), or White and a neutral colour inside. I like white.
This post almost certainly won't help you but I had fun writing it...
Best of luck with yr decision,
SoS.
Seriously Atlas with Cocoa is better than you might think at first, and the dark metallics (AG is a kind of dark blue, there is also green and I think there is a still dark red) are v nice IMHO.
Or you cld go blk/blk (very deep slightly menacing look), or White and a neutral colour inside. I like white.
This post almost certainly won't help you but I had fun writing it...
Best of luck with yr decision,
SoS.
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