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Posted By: eaglem, 03-12-2023, 03:27 PM

did Ford decide to use this colour for their Mach 1 mustangs?


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03-12-2023, 04:31 PM   #2
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Because all the manufacturers are painting their new cars in some shade of non-metallic gray. Some lighter, some darker, some almost beige-ish, but all of them are doing it.
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Why oh why did this buyer select the color. Asking might reveal the answer (of course it may have been the only Mustang on the lot).😊
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QuoteOriginally posted by OrchidJulie Quote
Because all the manufacturers are painting their new cars in some shade of non-metallic gray. Some lighter, some darker, some almost beige-ish, but all of them are doing it.
I think they've lost the Plot

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QuoteOriginally posted by MikeNArk Quote
Why oh why did this buyer select the color. Asking might reveal the answer (of course it may have been the only Mustang on the lot).😊
It's the only colour the Mach 1 comes in so the buyer had no choice

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QuoteOriginally posted by eaglem Quote
I think they've lost the Plot

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It's the only colour the Mach 1 comes in so the buyer had no choice
I'll have to agree that is worse than I envisioned.🤔
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I think it's for Farmers. Don't you love a bit of Massey Ferguson Engine Grey.
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QuoteOriginally posted by eaglem Quote
hy oh Why
Because they could. (And I would be prepared to put up with it, if I could ever drive again.)

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It's the only colour the Mach 1 comes in so the buyer had no choice
So the rego should bot be "MY MACH1". It should be "ANYBODY'S MACH1" - too many letters for the plate but you can't have everything.

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Why

Mmmmm

Ah so the miners don't hurt their eyes when they get home after their shifts underground.
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I think it's for Farmers. Don't you love a bit of Massey Ferguson Engine Grey.
And yet it doesn't sound like a Tractor

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QuoteOriginally posted by PJ1 Quote
Because they could. (And I would be prepared to put up with it, if I could ever drive again.)

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So the rego should bot be "MY MACH1". It should be "ANYBODY'S MACH1" - too many letters for the plate but you can't have everything.
You shoud see some of the plates at the Club

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Why

Mmmmm

Ah so the miners don't hurt their eyes when they get home after their shifts underground.
Well that seems feasable
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I think I'll do my motorcycle like that so that it can look like the big guys!
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I think I'll do my motorcycle like that so that it can look like the big guys!
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Then it will blend in with the group
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QuoteOriginally posted by OrchidJulie Quote
Because all the manufacturers are painting their new cars in some shade of non-metallic gray. Some lighter, some darker, some almost beige-ish, but all of them are doing it.
'Twas ever thus.

In 2015, Porsche introduced the optional color Chalk (a non-metallic, light gray) for the 2016 911 and a couple of other models. A few years later, I noticed other manufacturers venturing into the world of non-metallic gray and offering various shades. No surprise, and I find these new colors refreshing. In fact, I put my money where my mouth is by buying my 2021 911 Carrera in Chalk a couple of years ago.

Auto colors (and other features) come in waves. I remember (and often owned) cars with "earth tones" like burnt orange, bronze, and various shades of green and brown back in the late '60s, the '70s and early '80s.

Over the last several years, the dominant colors have been white, silver metallic, medium-to-dark gray metallic and black, with white and black occasionally produced as metallics (like my wife's BMW X3). I think we're now breaking away from the "big four" and venturing into new territory. I notice Porsche is offering a bigger variety of colors with more nonmetallic than metallic. Another anecdotal example is my green (definitely metallic) 2022 Bimmer - the first green car I've owned since I drove a Mach 1 back in 1969.

The times they are achangin'.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Sailor Quote
'Twas ever thus.

The times they are achangin'.

Jer
Indeed... I remember your describing "chalk" as the paint color of your car a few years ago. What I don't remember is a lot of non-metallic grays until very recently, maybe a year? Anyhow, suddenly they're everywhere. Cars, SUVs, even pickups. Every manufacturer. Must be the new fad, no more pearl...

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Latest fad here too. Lots of new grey cars. Kia, Mercedes, Ford, etc.
This while everyone is painting their houses black. Complete with black toilets, black baths, black appliances and black towel rails, door handles, etc.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Sailor Quote
'Twas ever thus.

In 2015, Porsche introduced the optional color Chalk (a non-metallic, light gray) for the 2016 911 and a couple of other models. A few years later, I noticed other manufacturers venturing into the world of non-metallic gray and offering various shades. No surprise, and I find these new colors refreshing. In fact, I put my money where my mouth is by buying my 2021 911 Carrera in Chalk a couple of years ago.

Auto colors (and other features) come in waves. I remember (and often owned) cars with "earth tones" like burnt orange, bronze, and various shades of green and brown back in the late '60s, the '70s and early '80s.

Over the last several years, the dominant colors have been white, silver metallic, medium-to-dark gray metallic and black, with white and black occasionally produced as metallics (like my wife's BMW X3). I think we're now breaking away from the "big four" and venturing into new territory. I notice Porsche is offering a bigger variety of colors with more nonmetallic than metallic. Another anecdotal example is my green (definitely metallic) 2022 Bimmer - the first green car I've owned since I drove a Mach 1 back in 1969.

The times they are achangin'.

Jer
Thanks for the info Jer

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QuoteOriginally posted by OrchidJulie Quote
Indeed... I remember your describing "chalk" as the paint color of your car a few years ago. What I don't remember is a lot of non-metallic grays until very recently, maybe a year? Anyhow, suddenly they're everywhere. Cars, SUVs, even pickups. Every manufacturer. Must be the new fad, no more pearl...

Sounds like designers have lost their imagination

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QuoteOriginally posted by MarkJerling Quote
Latest fad here too. Lots of new grey cars. Kia, Mercedes, Ford, etc.
This while everyone is painting their houses black. Complete with black toilets, black baths, black appliances and black towel rails, door handles, etc.
Are they all in mourning in NZ Mark? Or are they showing their support for the All Blacks
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