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Old 24 August 2020, 04:57 AM   #1
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Who here has bought a prestige car but...

Didn’t want to pay extra for a metallic or premium paint color and settled with flat rental white or flat black?
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Old 24 August 2020, 05:42 AM   #2
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Titanium Silver for the Lexus. Straight Black (midnight edition) on the Impala.

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Old 24 August 2020, 05:44 AM   #3
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prestige is relative... but my preference is for NOT having a meta flake or color shifting undercoat.

I prefer pure or flat colors... for the most part
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Old 24 August 2020, 08:38 AM   #4
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Where are you drawing the line on prestige here ?

Can we at least first agree a prestigious ranking of car marques first.

Is this the prestige of the car itself, or that which it bestows upon those carried within it ?
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Old 24 August 2020, 09:07 AM   #5
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Sooo, the 100% honest answer is "not me," but...

I would have bought any CPO Audi S5 Convertible I found with under 10K miles on it as long as it wasn't "Mary Kay pink," plain white included. Mind you, how many such cars are produced without "pearlescent umptyfratz zoom-coat" these days?

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Old 24 August 2020, 09:10 AM   #6
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Didn’t want to pay extra for a metallic or premium paint color and settled with flat rental white or flat black?


Your car goes faster in white. That color of paint weighs less.

Defo only jack white cars if you’re trying to outrun polices.


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Old 24 August 2020, 09:41 AM   #7
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If I have to explain what a prestige car is on a Rolex forum we’re all tools.

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Old 24 August 2020, 09:43 AM   #8
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Who here has bought a prestige car but...

Could never do black but would option plain old white no problem. Did so on my first “premium” car a 2007 x5 4.8i. Great car!

Don’t get me wrong black looks tits but you have to want to do the work and I’m lazy as they come.

Current car is a metallic white but it’s pretty subtle, basically softer white. Not like the Lexus/Cadillac pearl white or anything.

I almost exclusively go a variation of silver or white unless there is a really cool color that calls me.
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Old 24 August 2020, 09:52 AM   #9
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Honda Touring Ok? Lol
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Old 24 August 2020, 10:03 AM   #10
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nothing, repeat nothing looks better than Black when detailed, trouble is 10 miles down the road it's dirty .........

my '55, pure class before most of you were even born ......
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Old 24 August 2020, 10:05 AM   #11
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Prestige cars don't have regular boring colors.

Mine aren't white, they are Polar White and Palladium Silver
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Old 24 August 2020, 10:14 AM   #12
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nothing, repeat nothing looks better than Black when detailed, trouble is 10 miles down the road it's dirty .........

my '55, pure class before most of you were even born ......




That’s gorgeous! Don’t hesitate to share more pics.
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Old 24 August 2020, 10:20 AM   #13
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Prestige cars don't have regular boring colors.

Mine aren't white, they are Polar White and Palladium Silver
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Old 24 August 2020, 10:21 AM   #14
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Mine aren't white, they are Polar White and Palladium Silver
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Old 24 August 2020, 10:22 AM   #15
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A fine trim level for a great manufacturer.
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Old 24 August 2020, 10:40 AM   #16
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That’s gorgeous! Don’t hesitate to share more pics.
Ok......... 383 'stroker' back up with a M21 Muncie, 3.55 gears
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:00 AM   #17
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Ok......... 383 'stroker' back up with a M21 Muncie, 3.55 gears

Lucky man that’s a helluva car
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:04 AM   #18
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Here's my 2020 Honda Sport 2.0T 10AT Crystal Black Pearl

Prestige? In my opinion, yes.
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:09 AM   #19
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nothing, repeat nothing looks better than Black when detailed, trouble is 10 miles down the road it's dirty .........

my '55, pure class before most of you were even born ......
It looks great, but I remember when these ran the highways and byways by the droves, well, not exactly, but you know what I mean.
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:15 AM   #20
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nothing, repeat nothing looks better than Black when detailed, trouble is 10 miles down the road it's dirty .........

my '55, pure class before most of you were even born ......
Completely agree. All of our cars are black. It is in my opinion the best color for cars.

That being said we had to buy a monthly membership at the car wash. Easily pays for itself with black cars.

Nice Belair by the way.
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:32 AM   #21
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Not all black paint is the same.
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:37 AM   #22
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Not a Bel Air I would suspect... either a 150 or 210 Post.
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:40 AM   #23
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I've never bought a prestige car. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Old 24 August 2020, 12:11 PM   #24
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Do like me and buy the car you like and talk about it like it was hand-built in the Swiss Alps by a secret team of automotive engineers and master craftsmen, and was shipped to the US on a private submarine.
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Old 24 August 2020, 01:11 PM   #25
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Do like me and buy the car you like and talk about it like it was hand-built in the Swiss Alps by a secret team of automotive engineers and master craftsmen, and was shipped to the US on a private submarine.
On the Internet we can have any car we want........... or watch too, for that matter.
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Old 24 August 2020, 01:20 PM   #26
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Old 24 August 2020, 02:00 PM   #27
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Not all black paint is the same.
Not all White paint is the same either. Mine is Alpine White...
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:34 PM   #29
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It looks great, but I remember when these ran the highways and byways by the droves, well, not exactly, but you know what I mean.
I hear 'ya but look at it this way, do you think in 65 years your Honda will have even a remote possibility of being in the same league as a 'Tri-Five' ?? Not a chance !!!!
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Old 24 August 2020, 11:37 PM   #30
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that is correct, formely a 'business man special' (150), had a back seat delete. Pennsylvania Power and Light company car back in the day.
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