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thenewgreen  ·  4541 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Are Our Cars Painted Such Boring Colors?
I've often thought about this. I feel the same way about houses. In the city from which I hail, there are many brightly colored houses and they really make the city more interesting.

I've gotta say that the matt finish on this S-Class that they reference looks pretty sharp though: http://www.autoevolution.com/news-image/mercedes-benz-offeri...





kleinbl00  ·  4540 days ago  ·  link  ·  
We used to put that color on cars all the time. We called it primer.

'cuz that's what it said on the damn can.

You put that color down before you put a real color down, because while you could rattle-can a decent shade of primer onto something (and even sand it!) making a decent-looking paint job required a weekend with a spray booth. I owned a few cars in "primer."

The fact that you can now buy an S-class in "primer" and think you're badass-looking says a lot about the world we live in.

Here's the exact same car in a not-shitty paint job: http://wikicars.org/en/Mercedes-Benz_S-Class

thenewgreen  ·  4540 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Meh, not that different IMO. Especially compared to the bright colored cars in the post.