Black or white?
5th Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,115
From: Pineapple under the Sea
Personally, I had a white car for about 13 years straight. No way I'm going to get another white car because I got tired of looking at white. HOWEVER, white has been somewhat easy to keep clean. Black is a nightmare when it comes to keeping it clean, water spots.. dust.. you have to hand dry it every time when you wash it. I do like the white leather seats (but those can get dirty fast).
BUT the car shouldn't be if you like it because of price. You should like it for what it is. If there is any doubt, I would keep looking.
BUT the car shouldn't be if you like it because of price. You should like it for what it is. If there is any doubt, I would keep looking.
Last edited by alkemist; Jun 22, 2012 at 01:20 PM.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 578
From: GA
White vote here! It's not too bad to maintain. Just got over the whole pollen season here (only con I have). But let's face it, if the car was black and in pollen season, it wouldn't be a black car. Rather a yellowish-green car. Ew. The white is easy to appreciate with the black vinyls, but, I'm a little biased too ;p
4th Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,150
From: Arkansas
you're concerned about white in Seattle? you should be more concerned about black.
neither are easy colors to maintain, but white hides paint flaws extremely well, and stays cleaner looking a lot longer then black.
my car is white and in Seattle.. zero regrets. it was my color of choice.
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neither are easy colors to maintain, but white hides paint flaws extremely well, and stays cleaner looking a lot longer then black.
my car is white and in Seattle.. zero regrets. it was my color of choice.
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1st Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 81
From: de
What turn signals are those? I've been on the seesaw between black/white ones. I have tint on the amber ones now but I don't want to have to keep redoing them after inspection. BTW very nice look, I can't wait to get a cowlhood.
+1 on the white car, my buddy used to complain about water spots on his black car compared to my white.
5th Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 3,062
From: Florida
Entaille found one of the 4 sunny days per year in Seattle to take those pics, lol. 
We enjoyed that area, but 2 years was it, we bailed out. Couldn't handle the constant crappy weather. Nice place overall though, I miss some aspects of it. Traffic was hell however....
We enjoyed that area, but 2 years was it, we bailed out. Couldn't handle the constant crappy weather. Nice place overall though, I miss some aspects of it. Traffic was hell however....
5th Gear Member
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 2,793
From: Colorado
I searched for a black car for 2 weeks, then realized that I would love it for about a day, and then would hate it after that. So I went with white just like all my other vehicles. We live on a dirt road and I know I couldn't keep a black one clean.
4th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,674
From: Orlando, FL
I agree though, his wheels really set his ride off. White gets my vote.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 505
From: CA
Performance White... because it's the fastest...
Plain white? Yeah, boring as hell.. but slap some accents on that blank canvas (doesn't even have to be black) and it's wow
oh and this is my white "dirty"... no wash for almost two weeks and just pulled off the freeway after driving an hour and half
Plain white? Yeah, boring as hell.. but slap some accents on that blank canvas (doesn't even have to be black) and it's wow
oh and this is my white "dirty"... no wash for almost two weeks and just pulled off the freeway after driving an hour and half