How long have I been banging on about white being the best colour (shade) for a RRS?

Well here an article to back up my case.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-21...stest.html 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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and ive been saying maroon and green arent

Id also add buck blue to that

And this article is in the Daily Mail, nuff said  RRS 2010
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x5pea wrote:

Id also add buck blue to that

if i could have bought again, i would have gone for buck blue with cream interior, the local dealer had a pre registered one on the forcourt recently - looked stunning, but funnily enough i think it took months to shift!!..... MY10 TDV6 SE (debadged ), Santorini Black, Flappy paddles, Privacy Glass, 20" Stormers, Mudflaps!

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Very Annoyed wrote:

How long have I been banging on about white being the best colour (shade) for a RRS?

I have a fridge in the same shade  '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil

1. It's the best colour, currently, for resale value. Not the best colour full stop.

2. That article is in the Daily Moan and so is probably rubbish just like so much of the tripe they print.

Why spec a car to appeal to a future buyer? Unless you also like the things that future buyers are reckoned to like, you end up with a car that you don't like. Which seems rather bizarre to me. Buy what you like and if you lose out on a few hundred quid in 2-3 years time then just class it the same as other depreciation.

The difference in sale price 2-3 years down the line will be less than the difference in money spent on fuel by two different people so it's all a bit moot anyway. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

flydive wrote:

Very Annoyed wrote:

How long have I been banging on about white being the best colour (shade) for a RRS?

I have a fridge in the same shade

white is very cool...on my second  Mike

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I would never ever buy a white car again,the wifes beemer is a nightmare to clean.It takes me 3 times longer than my RRS.

Solution - get someone else to clean it or better get mrsfixit to clean it as she makes it dirty. 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Mrs Fixit is an accountant and cleaning cars is not very high on her agenda I showed her your response and luckily enough we have an emoticon to cover her reply

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mrfixit wrote:

I would never ever buy a white car again,the wifes beemer is a nightmare to clean.It takes me 3 times longer than my RRS.

Thats rubbish - all the darker cars are much more involved when it comes to cleaning.

Maybe you werent doing it right?  Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

Firstly it's not rubbish,it's what I have found from my expiriance with a white car.Secondly whilst I wouldn't profess to know everything about cleaning cars,I can tell you my cars and vans all get the same treatment.When we collected the BMW it was stripped of any product,clayed,polished using a rotary and da and various well respected products.Then when finally happy with the paint finish Hd wax applied.I will happily admit I am maybe a tad anal re.vehicle cleaning But I enjoy it and it relaxes me after work,hence you would find me cleaning something 5 days out of 7 if not more.So yes I believe I can do it properly and still stand by my statement that white is a nightmare.

Steve

My FL2 is Alaska white Cream, so maybe it's easier

My wife's proper white car, is a bit of a mare to clean, it has black streak coming from te window rubber and greasy black marks tat appear below her door drain holes that need Tardis to remove

Been light, they both are ok for a few days, road grime tends not to show as much as it does on dark colours, Stonaway grey was a lot more forgiving as a colour