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in fortunate position of having a company car and shortly ordering replacement. the way our scheme works we get money back/pay extra depending on 'options'. I discovered that if I go for non metallic I could save £13 a month net..... don't know if i could stomach a white car(BMW) for 4 yrs though - are they as chavish as i suspect ?
the only other non metallic colour is black and I don't want to drive soemthing resembling a hearse !
I've had two white cars. Both were fine and I couldn't really give a toss what someone else thought.
Perfectly happy to have a white car, or silver,especially if it's German; traditional racing colour, see. 😀
Edit] Cooler in hot weather, too.
A bloke around the corner from me drives a white car and he is a tosser.
So, no.
You'll be fine, Chav's don't own cars, let alone new ones!
As I'm from Essex, i approve of white cars. Usually escort cabriolets...
Mother in law has just picked up a little suzuki in white.... looks quite cool.
White 4x4's look like ambulances to me.
Personally I like the look of some of them but not sure I'd want to own one mainly because we live on a country lane 😉
Red's fastest.
I've had 2. Both VWs. Never again! White can look nice but it's a BIATCH to keep clean.
Still, much preferable to grey or silver.
hmmm. current car is metallic blue and is a mess due scratches etc, ok it's not mine, but still like to keep it reasonably tidy. Was thinking white at least won't show scratches etc too bad ?White can look nice but it's a BIATCH to keep clean.
If not white then would probs end up with some form of silver/grey...
Sorry I was wrong
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If you like to clean your car every weekend then go for it - it'll look great. If, like me, you clean it once a year, then don't - there's nowhere for dirt to hide on a white car like there seems to be on other colours.
Mine is white, by the way. I wish I'd bought red - there's more to life than cleaning and polishing cars!
Mine is white, needs a weekly wash
I've got a white car - looks brilliant I think (Citroen DS3). Depending on what you drive through, it will either not look too grubby or look pretty manky. Most dust and stuff in the summer is light in colour so you don't notice it (but would on a black car). But in winter, it can get a bit grubby round the wheel arches. If you can get it with any black accents (wheels etc) then they tend to look better. Mine has a black roof and black wheels and looks ace (well, I think so....)
more positive posts than I expected - think i might seriouslly think about white - will speak to the boss tonight. cheers all
They show up dirt more, but on the other hand they hide scratches and scuffs much better imo.
Also brighter colours are more noticeable and hence people are less likely to not see you and cause a crash. I reckon, anyway, and it's one of those things people say that fewer red cars are involved in accidents (followed by other bright colours). Never heard it properly investigated though.
To answer the OP, yes, I would. I like them, especially with black trim rather than shiny. I think it's my favourite colour of new Prius and if I found £23k I might get one.
I have a white car (alfa 159 SW). Needs washing right now but I did 2000 miles in it last week so that's only to be expected. When I've been driving around town it doesn't "feel" like it gets dirty much quicker than my last car which was deep red.
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This does a couple of hundred miles a month and always needs washing.
I'll clean mine on Sunday then take a comparison pic a week later as now I'm interested to see whether I'm just being willfully ignorant about the dirt on my car.
More pics needed Mr P!
red is usually free as is some kind of boring grey.
red is usually free as is some kind of boring grey.
only free options are boring black, and white. It will be an estate so black will look like a hearse !
ianc - white can look nice!
Are you going for same as before / new version? They certainly look good in white.
Used to have a sporty Pug 309 in white - looked good with a sprinkling of black trims etc.
White isn't as bad as everyone makes out with the dirt either. Summer dust (ok, so that's a distant memory) doesn't dirty a white car anything like as much as a black one...
the 60 year old bloke opposite us has a brand new white zetec s fiesta, it just looks wrong when he's driving it.
girls colour IMO 😉
Don't get a black car - nightmare in the summer as it absorbs heat and is like a sauna when you come back from a ride. Just sold my black car - never again.
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that's only because you're a tart MrP. 😉
That is true Klunk 😳
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looking well loved there, like the matching white shoes 🙂
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red is usually free as is some kind of boring grey.
only free options are boring black, and white. It will be an estate so black will look like a hearse !
ah thats rubbish...
A colleague of mine just had a brand new 1 series and he got a non metallic dark red colour for free, very nice it is too...
Girlfriends Father has an Audi in "Ibis White" Looks very nice, but it does have a slight metallic/pearl effect to it so not just flat white.
Its not this actual car but similar:
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I've had all sorts of colours; black, grey, orange, silver and white...I can honestly say that the black looks amazing immediately after cleaning, but very quickly looks sh1te. White generally looks much better and IMHO doesn't show the dirt as badly as other colours...
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As long as its not a Range Rover Evoc it'll be OK.
Mine has a pearl finish to it same as this
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liking the pearl white, but as per my OP, the base white is the 'free colour' so thinking I may well go for that..
youre going with flat white or black just to save 13 pound per month just over 3 pound a week ? now that is tight .......... 😀
heckler - I know, it's £624 over the 4 yrs i will have the car.... it's not so much about the saving though, just wondering about a white car as never had one before and whilst not particularly image conscious am keen to hear opinions 😆
White is the new (cheaper) silver. Waited ages for white to come back into fashion. Easy to match when you've scratched it and hand it back (silver is dreadful for this). Black always looks dirty, unless like Addison Lee, you have it washed daily at a Hand Wash near Heathrow.
i have a white transporter, would love black , even priced it up to get painted and was told cheaper to gei it wrapped, BUT i would have a white audi..... some of them look great.... ps, i probably wash the van 3 times a year....... some cars do look good white but some not so good, depends on model of car id say..........
White would be my choice. Far easier to keep looking good than black (or any other dark colour)
Dark colours show Swirl Marks and Holograming when clean. And if you don't know what you are doing when washing, or you take it to a car wash, it will have both very soon.
So with Dark colours, even when they are spotlessly clean, they mostly look crap (unless you know how to clean a car properly, and do it properly from new obviously)
You won't see those at all on a white car. So you can be a lot more relaxed about washing it, taking it to the car wash in winter etc.
Get the white one, and get a couple of coats of proper quality wax on it before you start, easy to clean then.
[i]They show up dirt more, but on the other hand they hide scratches and scuffs much better imo.
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I use to work for an aggregate/concrete company and anyone with a company car that required site visits got a white one as they didn't show the dirt, when they left - all trucks went through the wash.
If it's coming from a lease company, it usually works our free to have metallic paint on a BMW as it adds to the residual value. I've leased a few and that has always been the case.
Oddly enough, white adds even more to the resale value if it's an M-Sport model so should be cheaper still!
My mate works for BMW GB and gets a new car every 6 months - every single one has been a white M-Sport as they're the ones the sell on the easiest and for the most money.
I do, get a new car every 9 months with work. Last one was black much prefer my new one. Just put it through a car wash once a month.
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All my cars have been white L reg whenever that was, white cars just go offwhite when dirty, black cars show every spec of dirt and are a pain to clean as the bits you miss don't show until the car dries.
We've currently got a Smart, Yaris and T4 all white BTW.
nowt screams "prat" worse than a white Audi with the "look at me" LED DRLs. It's the new version of the old "BMW Driver" syndrome
my first three cars were white, but they were Renaults & it was over 20 years ago, so that doesn't count.
If I was worried about what everyone else thinks, I'd be happier in a white anything than a BMW of any colour.
Had a white A4 with big wheels and the go faster bits. It looked the business. Showed dirt less than you would imagine, scratches and stone chips didn't show.
Got a metallic black 5 series now and it shows every scratch, mark, stone chip, kiddie finger print, the lot. Hate the colour and am never having anther black car. Flat red next time....
MISTER P THE V'DUBBER! you dont want to sell your bug do you buddy?! - looks wicked!
& love the splitty! ill,have one one day - sticking with the early bays until i can afford a slpit:)
dont suppose your a good welder? or know of a good welder? got a crossover needing 2 jacking points & battery tray back corner needs replacing! 🙂
If you can/do - please could you email me at alexjay11@gmail.com
cheers mate!:D
Black is certainly worse for showing the dirt than white.
Silver is the best for not showing the dirt. Vauxhall did a titanium silver that was sort of a metallic general dirt colour.
Mister P - nice clean car, but doesn't it eat rear tyres as the camber on those rear wheels is something else!
white is fine, i used to have a white volvo, it was the quickest car ever for getting home down the A1 at rush hour, especially if i wore the hi viz vest, i think many people may have thought that a white volvo was the rozzers as thats what they used in those days.
*rozzers* is in no way intended as a derogotary term btw, just in case it has another meaning im unaware of.
Silver is the best for not showing the dirt.
The downside to this being that it makes cleaning your car much less satisfying.