Re: [MBZ] Colors - was: green R107 goofiness
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 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? -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Colors - was: R107 goofiness
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? -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Colors - was: R107 goofiness
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 fmi...@gmail.com wrote: 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? -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 m...@voyager.net wrote: 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 know the official name of the color, but it was a medium brown. this color, but it was a LHD coupe with US headlamps, so I know it wasn't this car: http://bringatrailer.com/2010/**11/11/brit-spec-bankruptcy-** find-1968-mercedes-benz-280sl/http://bringatrailer.com/2010/11/11/brit-spec-bankruptcy-find-1968-mercedes-benz-280sl/ __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 didn't have a choice?.. Wrong on all counts. Drive by any dealer's new car lot and see. RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 situation was. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] colors
Probably lotsa white and silver for the last few years. Wilton - Original Message - From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] colors ...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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 don't see very many 126 coupes, but those I do see for sale around here are much too black, worse than ten year old white F250 diesels. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:22 -0400, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net 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 not really all that glossy at this point either. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:22 -0400, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net 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 not really all that glossy at this point either. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 know the official name of the color, but it was a medium brown. this color, but it was a LHD coupe with US headlamps, so I know it wasn't this car: http://bringatrailer.com/2010/11/11/brit-spec-bankruptcy-find-1968-mercedes-benz-280sl/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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...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 much imagination. The previous manager told me about four years ago that if he ordered a color meaning red/blue/green it would likely be hard to sell. BTW, black inside is almost universal and the cars that have Tex as standard will have it. So, when an impulse buyer wants a new car this week, he is going to have to take something that's been sitting out back for a while. And it's the black Tex cars that the magazine road testers complain about as cheap looking, which they are. Depressing, even. My dealer has a LOT of 2011 W204s on the lot and with the facelifted 2012s now appearing, there are going to be a lot of big discounts plus some going to the auction. I'm not going to drive something for six or seven years that's going to bring on buyer's remorse the week after delivery. RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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/W116 isn't excessive. I have a black W123. I'm _not_ Dan Penoff! I don't really care if my car is spotless - so long as it runs right. And from my experience, the dark interior is more of a heat problem than a black exterior. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I absolutely don't want a black interior. Wilton - Original Message - From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] colors 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/W116 isn't excessive. I have a black W123. I'm _not_ Dan Penoff! I don't really care if my car is spotless - so long as it runs right. And from my experience, the dark interior is more of a heat problem than a black exterior. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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...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 cars also - and, I don't like it in the least. Why do they do this?.. New car sales managers don't like to order a color for stock because they are afraid they will get stuck with it. That's why so many silvers are sold. If somebody wants one today, likely it's going to be silver, white or black. All very ordinary and boring. Same reason so many cars have black Tex interiors. And yet when I stop by my dealer (weekly for a cuppa) I see a sea of, guess what, silver, white and black cars that have been on hand for months in some cases. Of the hundreds of Hondas one sees daily, how many are NOT silver? That's why I waited months for my car because I wanted it the way I wanted it, and not what was out back. BTW, the Germany's racing color is not silver. RLE ** Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood0005) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090703/afa90319/attachment.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I remember that in the '50s you could easily order special packages from the dealer. It would take a couple of months to get your car, but I knew several guys that ordered special paint/interior/engine combinations. I think the dealers just don't want to make the effort now. They just want to sell what is on their lot at the moment. Tom Potter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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 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 model, combined with an exterior that was available for that model, and the computer wouldn't allow the dealer to process the order that way? If I were the would-be customer, that would be a NO SALE until the dealer got on the phone with HQ and found a way to place the order the way I wanted it. I remember a story from the early 1990's. The police chief from a small place in California (La Jolla, perhaps?) went into a Saturn dealer (no police package on the order form there) and wanted a couple of black cars with white doors, hoods, and trunk lids. Salesman said let me check on it, we've never done that before. The order was submitted that same day, and the chief had his economy cop cars a month or two later. Saturn used it as an example of why they were a different sort of car company, but why can't it be that way at every car maker? ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
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Now, when my wife or I are looking for a car, we always look for silver 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 idea what color my hoped for W204 will be but it won't be a sales-manager's choice hue, that's for certain. I hear some new colors are coming and I sure hope so. RLE
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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: Now, when my wife or I are looking for a car, we always look for silver 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 idea what color my hoped for W204 will be but it won't be a sales-manager's choice hue, that's for certain. I hear some new colors are coming and I sure hope so. RLE ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Sunil Hari 1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474
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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 the german taxi color too! I really like my smoke silver SDL though. That is my preference for a 126, although burgundy is nice. My favorite for 123 and 107 is Midnight blue, also with Burgundy for a second. For a few months I had matching burgundy 123 107 and 126. Now the 123 is gone. At 10:15 PM 4/24/2006, you wrote: Now, when my wife or I are looking for a car, we always look for silver 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 idea what color my hoped for W204 will be but it won't be a sales-manager's choice hue, that's for certain. I hear some new colors are coming and I sure hope so. RLE ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
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[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, two dark reds, and blue. Ugh. I'm sure the C350 six-speed is a real treat to drive, but only if I can get it in Colorado Beige or Nickel Grun. Tom
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Yuk, black cars are high maintenance, and come with uppity, see me owners. 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 choosing it again. It's been polished (to remove the swirls) about twenty times and I now have it down to a few hours but still And the W204 articles in the German mags show a beige interior with metallic red so for once they have been listening to their customers. RLE
Re: [MBZ] Colors
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 model, combined with an exterior that was available for that model, and the computer wouldn't allow the dealer to process the order that way? If I were the would-be customer, that would be a NO SALE until the dealer got on the phone with HQ and found a way to place the order the way I wanted it. I remember a story from the early 1990's. The police chief from a small place in California (La Jolla, perhaps?) went into a Saturn dealer (no police package on the order form there) and wanted a couple of black cars with white doors, hoods, and trunk lids. Salesman said let me check on it, we've never done that before. The order was submitted that same day, and the chief had his economy cop cars a month or two later. Saturn used it as an example of why they were a different sort of car company, but why can't it be that way at every car maker?
