what if you found a car with a desirable configuration (motor and options) with less than 100 made and low miles...except lets say its a color you don't like.. very rare car would you buy it?

I am so torn. cant stand the color and the price is kinda high but will increase over time.

 

I'd buy it. A car can always be painted a different color...

 

That would be enough to dissuade me.

 

As an example, I would not buy a light brown 98 Z28. It just isn't a favorite car and the color doesn't match the car well.

If I loved the car itself and wasn't in a flip mindset, I might not mind a less glamorous color. Sometimes a nice contrasting interior / roof / trim package makes a color okay.

 

What? Is it brown or something?

 

No i wouldnt.
Id buy a junker and built it to my specs, my color, my engine etc..
I dont buy things to resell them.
I buy things i might die having the time of my life in..

 

Color isn't a small detail when it comes to our cars.
I would not buy a color I disliked.
A proper color change including jambs and such is not cheap locally.

 

That's me...

 

 

ok. I will share it. I have decided to buy a different car so have at it. formula 350 with low miles and ttops (factory). I don't like the color but maybe one of you do?
I watched the video and it seems like it has a misfire. maybe fouled plugs. worth looking into. very very clean.

https://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/n...bmodel=Formula

 

I wouldn't. Think of the rare jamaica yellow 3rd gen or the yellow 4th gen CETA. Very rare, but I couldn't stand the yellow paint. No way, no matter how rare it is.

 

If the price was right, I might buy it and flip it. I'll never be happy with a color that I don't like though, regardless of rarity and condition.

 

just noticed your cars. which nose do you prefer? I am getting a 91 vert but I had never liked the nose yet here I am. the 91 vert just works with the nose. never liked it on the coupe.

 

I posted the link. what's your thought?

 

It has the right options and miles are great but dark red is a tough one. I think it looks great on a GTA or Iroc with gold wheels and accents but I can't stand it with silver wheels/accents. It definitely sounds like it's not running right. I don't really love 3rd gen Formulas so personally, I'd pass at that price.

 

That's a recipe for regret if you spend that much money and don't love it.

 

Have to have the color I want. Every car I buy, I have one or two favorite colors, and a few "if the price is right" colors. After that, no deal.

 

I was thinking the same thing. would be a fun car to drive but it wouldn't be one I would look back at as I walk away from it.

 

Yeah I only like
1)Black
2)GTA Gray
3)Bright "Arrest me" Red
what are your colors?

 

No. There is no way in heck that I would buy a car that was a color that I didn't like or want. Additionally, I wouldn't likely ever buy a car that is "less than 100 mile"/Very rare", etc. ....that's just going to be a car that you don't drive. What good is that?

Cars 3rd gen f-bods especially, are not good investments. Buy the car that YOU LIKE....and then make memories, driving the wheels off of it.

 

I buy cars that are very rare and enjoy them. I put on a few thousand miles on them and due to the rarity they go up in value if I want to sell. my new purchase I could put up to 50 K on it and it still will be the same value or go up. they are not every day cars for me but warm evening drives or weekend cruise

 

I remember seeing the yellow IROC-Zs on the Chevy dealers show room floors for many months they didn't move. No one wanted them. now they are prized by some. not me either.

 

I agree. Color is the most important factor when I'm looking. Then it's condition, options and cost.

Yellow
Black w/Gold accents
Blue
Gray
Silver

 

Well good luck w/the investment part. I have similar results, but still drive the wee out of 'em. To MAKE money, I would invest elsewhere.

O.K. Then what are you asking in this thread. Would you enjoy a car with a color that you don't like? I wouldn't. But no one on this forum's opinion about color-to-like ratio, really matters. That is a personal thing.

 

That's an example of what I said. The trim / interior color accents it great. If it has a red interior nearly the same color, it wouldn't be as striking. A high school friend's Dad had what I believe was an 87 V6 with the same colors, a lower accent color, and stripes.

It is a handsome color and looks great on third gens. But, the Formula in great shape is what you're really buying.

 

I must admit that I like my 88 more than my 92... the 85-90 body kit is more aggressive than the 91-92 imho...

 

There's this thing called a PAINT JOB...

 

when dealing with the car I mentioned its all about originality. and its $$$ to paint all including door jambs etc.

 

It's about priorities. I'll bet you've spent more than the cost of a paint job on other things that you wanted.
And to heck with "originality". These are 1980s Firebirds & Camaros, NOT Ferraris and Jaguars...

 

Maybe it's been a long time since you have had a car painted. How much do you think it costs to do a proper color change paint job today?

 

Come Back Earl Scheib! The nation needs you now more than ever!!!

 

just did it, went from stock red to black. It was so oxidized the when you touched it your hand turned red from red paint dust. Car had minimal rust. It was taken completely apart, stripped to metal. All new seals/hinges/glass less the hatch. It was 21k. The only way you can tell the car was red is if you pull the carpet out. The car looks awesome. The black paint is like a mirror. Before someone says thats too much and they have an uncles cousins brother that knows a body guys sister that will do it for 3k or whatever, it's not gonna be a good job. I think it was 9k in materials alone. The guy spent 8 months on it (obviously had multiple projects going). He was up front, honest and it looks killer. He said if he's gonna put his name on it and it's all black, it's gonna be more cause it needs to be perfect.

if I wanted an all original car, this would
not be worth it. It would have devalued it. If you're looking for and find an all original car w great paint and you just don't like the color, it's not the car for you. I know people picking up mint irocs for 12-15k w lower miles.

either wait and get the car you want in the color you want or hold out and get a decent body and build the car you want in the color you want w the powertrain you want.

I'm in so deep on my car but it's exactly how I want it. Who knows what it's worth to someone else. The truth is that I don't care. If I wanted and paid for an all original car, 21k to make it not original w a different color wouldn't be on the table

 

Bright Red was my favorite, but I've had so many, I now try to avoid it, lol! ....Love metallic Blues. Both of mine, right now, happen to be blue. -and metallic reds! My truck is metallic red. I like white too, and then many, but not all less common colors. Russet brown, early 70's greens, Sunset Orange Metallic like on the 4th gen, F8 greens on the charger/challenger.....

 

The whole premise this thread question is odd; It's a personal thing...doesn't matter what WE think. The OP has very specific wants/goals and usage....so I'd think he would already know if HE would buy an unattractive color or not. What's more important: Color, or rarity? Which is more important? There's you're answer.

To wit, my next car will not have black interior. I want tan. I know me, so I already KNOW that I could find the rarest, most unicorny, sooper specialty-special, Chingadara, and I'm not going to buy it if it has black seats, carpet, door trims and accents b/c? I already KNOW that I don't want another all-black interior car. Don't need to post on the forums to ask what other interiors other people want. I know what I want. So yeah, I don't "get it". Get what you want, or don't.

 

I posted this not because I needed an answer for myself as you alluded to. I came to the rationalization pretty quickly that I would not get a car that I didn't find attractive. it was about curiosity of what you all think. I enjoy threads like this to understand what others do in similar situations.

 

Ah. That makes more sense. I got ya now.

 

It's funny you think I don't know what a panit job costs.
I've had two cars painted, one in 2013, and one in February of this year.
Yes, GOOD paint jobs are not cheap, but as I said; it's all about priorities...

 

I about fell over dead when I found out what paint jobs cost now vs a decade or so ago. I don't know how long ago it's been since you priced one out. I guess that's why the "Patina" look is so popular now. Nobody can hardly afford a paint job these days. That's even if you can get a shop to paint it at all. All they want to do today is insurance work.

 

im guessing its due to environmental regulations. government screws everything.

 

The guy who painted my car pays his better body guys 120k(and up) a year depending on their skill set. All he does is restorations. He'll do crashed race cars and repaint rich peoples lambos also. The truth is, these guys are skilled and require/deserve a good salary/compensation. I almost crapped when I found out what it cost to paint my car but, I totally see why and was OK w it. I found some less expensive options (not Macco) and some that were more. Im appreciate good work and am willing to pay for it. I may not like paying but that's life.

 

this was my $800 macco job in the late 80s. I did all the wet sanding and trim and bumper removal and all masking. just to spray a car is too expensive. this car had 70k documented miles on it then btw. all the receipts.

 

This has been my experience for the last 20 plus years.