Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Always loved 993 in blue with tan interior.

I'm not a Porsche nut (aka I'm poor) so I don't know the exact colors, but I've always loved that

I like the flat grey that Audi do now (and also Focus RS)

Resale grey

Crayon Grey.

Porsche also.

Also not massively fussed on their most recent cars, but if I had to be stuck with that I'd want it lime green or Essex orange!

Yasssss. TdF blue with a tan/biscuit interior. So much the best option. Rosso is so clichéd.

For a daily driver though I like dark grey. It's not really noticeable if you don't wash it for a year or two. Or three. Or ever. Up to a point.

Lotus Chrome Orange is damned funkeh. Its a proper orange candy. White base, orange pearl candy, then clear. I tried to buy some but the chap at the paint shop didn't reckon I was up to doing a pearl candy, so formulated a single basecoat to replicate the colour. Sadface.

They're are too few purple cars IMO.

I was expecting a picture similar to this:

That's cheating. That's a flip paint. And they're always most excellent.

And they're always most excellent.

"Always" might be a bit strong ;)

They'd look a fuck of a lot worse without the funkyflip.

What, no rover?

I felt the post was tacky enough that I didn't exactly need to bring out the big guns ;)

Looking at cars again, and have found a Lancia Appia series 3, they are cheap IMO, there is a fully restored mint LHD one for sale in the UK for less that 5k. The advert I have seen show the car has a patina of a 60year old car but will keep up with modern traffic.. No ULEZ and no tax nor MOT just insurance.

If you look at the WIKI The series 1 IMO is the prettier front while the series 3 is the more austin a40 front...

Is it tacky if that paint was a factory finish?

Flip paint is always bangin' - no exceptions!

Damn right, I'd say the same goes for factory Lamborghinis (and the candy orange Lotus up-thread) with blindingly orange/green paint.

Granted I'd say Lamborghinis should be tacky, it's an all-or-nothing sort of thing IMO.

For me it falls into the same category as skirts and spoilers. On a swift car, go right ahead! On a hot-hatch parked up at your local McDonalds, doesn't do it for me.

I'm a big big fan of the fat tyre life. Unimaginably more pleasant to drive than the 17's.

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Hired a bog standard Focus in Munich. Got given a maxed out Fiesta RS instead.

Great fun on the autobahn but have emptied very nearly half a tank in 120 miles! Surely this can't be normal?!

Edited to say RS not ST

Surely this can't be normal?!

Of course not!
Most Fiesta STs never see an autobahn.

Is it an RS or an ST? When I turn it on, the screen says RS but I can't find any reviews of a Fiesta RS online

Odd. Hire car papers say its an ST but center console says RS. Maybe something to do with crippled software they put in hire cars to make you rent a GPS?

Meh, it is no XR2.