Yes and that is why emergency exit signs are green, guess if I want to
be seen I need a green sports car.
Hendrik
who had a thistle green 123 which was not that noticeable
On 20/02/14 14:33, Fmiser wrote:
Randy wrote:
Don't know what you folks have, but we don't have as many red
firetrucks an
It stands out because no living person who is not barking mad would own a
car that color.. hahaha...
Different... isn't always "pretty".
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Fmiser wrote:
> > Randy wrote:
> >
> > Don't know what you folks have, but we don't have as many red
> > firetrucks anymore.
> Randy wrote:
>
> Don't know what you folks have, but we don't have as many red
> firetrucks anymore.
> Many are a yellowy green color.
That yellow-green is the color the human eye is most sensitive to.
Also the color it can resolve the highest resolution. It does
stand out - doesn't it?
-- P
My smart French neighbor picked up one of these at an estate auction in VA
for the same price, only it was US and LHD. One owner car, no rust, clean
unmoleted interior, dealer serviced, etc. It was perfect enough to make a
grown man cry...
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
>
I absolutely don't want a black interior.
Wilton
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To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] colors
Mitch Haley wrote:
WILTON wrote:
> Probably lotsa white and silver fo
> Mitch Haley wrote:
> WILTON wrote:
> > Probably lotsa white and silver for the last few years.
>
> I was thinking W140/W210 era. Way too many black examples of
> both of those, at least in my region.
> I don't know if I've ever seen a black W115 or W123 in person,
> and the number of black W108
> ...Wilton posteth: Probably lotsa white and silver for the last few
> years...
>
Closer to it. The predominant color for all models is silver of which there
are several variations. Maybe 15% black and a few white. New cars for stock
are ordered by the new car sales manager who doesn't have mu
andrew strasfogel wrote:
What I find fascinating is that in the heyday of the classic108,109, and 111
Mercedes glory the most popular color for US exports was BROWN.
The first mbz to really catch my attention was a '70 or '71 280SL California
that my employer at the time had for sale. I don't
What I find fascinating is that in the heyday of the classic108,109, and 111
Mercedes glory the most popular color for US exports was BROWN.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:22 -0400, "Mitch Haley" wrote:
>
> > I don't know if I've ever seen a black
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:22 -0400, "Mitch Haley" wrote:
> I don't know if I've ever seen a black W115 or W123 in person, and the
> number of black W108/W116 isn't excessive.
There is a black W123 that I see from time to time locally. It's a pure
gloss black, no metallic to it at all. And it's no
WILTON wrote:
Probably lotsa white and silver for the last few years.
I was thinking W140/W210 era. Way too many black examples of both of those, at
least in my region.
I don't know if I've ever seen a black W115 or W123 in person, and the number of
black W108/W116 isn't excessive.
Oh, yes, I
Probably lotsa white and silver for the last few years.
Wilton
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...Do the dealers still order 50% of their stock in black?
Or am I wrong and it's MBUSA that did that and the dealers d
relng...@aol.com wrote:
...Do the dealers still order 50% of their stock in black?
Or am I wrong and it's MBUSA that did that and the dealers didn't have a
choice?..
Wrong on all counts. Drive by any dealer's new car lot and see.
I was talking past tense, and asking what the present situati
> ...Do the dealers still order 50% of their stock in black?
> Or am I wrong and it's MBUSA that did that and the dealers didn't have a
> choice?..
>
Wrong on all counts. Drive by any dealer's new car lot and see.
RLE
>
>
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For new
> ...WILTON wrote:
> > BTW, I grew up during a time when silver and grey cars faded very fast,
> > so, call it a bias or whatever, I just don't like silver on a car, but
> car
> > mfgrs seem to have gone crazy as Hell over 'em.
>
> I have been sensitive to that overwhelming number of color on car
nt
to sell what is on their lot at the moment.
Tom Potter
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mitch Haley
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 4:30 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Colors
> When I ordered my '01, the MB
> When I ordered my '01, the MB Taste Police would not allow a
> tannish (now called Java) interior with any of the colors I wanted.
> Metallic red, for example.
Let me get this straight. You ordered the car, built to your needs and desires.
You wanted an interior that was available for that mod
<>
Faeth cuts me to the quick.
When I ordered my '01, the MB Taste Police would not allow a tannish (now
called Java) interior with any of the colors I wanted. Metallic red, for
example.
So my least worst choice was Obsidian Black metallic. I've lived with it for
five years and won't be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Every Honda and it's ilk are silver. I go to the MB dealer and the lot is
full of silver, gray and the occasional black.
Boooring!
Indeed. The w123 was available in 62 colors over its production run.
The w203 is available in nine - white, two blacks, three grays, t
A few years ago at the factory, we saw an E wagon with a blue-green it was
a nice color and very unusual. Almost all the cars on the assembly were
silver, more like Astral and black. Yuk, black cars are high maintenance,
and come with uppity, see me owners. Of course there were a few with
Smoke silver still looks classy, though. Hides dirt well, and just looks
regal.
I still really want a 123 or 115 in a vibrant orange, yellow or green.
On 4/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > < silver
> > or
> > white -- or some similar color. Not only are any body dings le
> < or
> white -- or some similar color. Not only are any body dings less
> noticeable
> but they stay "looking" clean even when they're filthy.>>
>
Every Honda and it's ilk are silver. I go to the MB dealer and the lot is
full of silver, gray and the occasional black.
Boooring!
I have no id
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