What color do you hate?, Color change car... Options

[McMark]

As ya'll know, I crashed my 914 and now I have to get another. I'm going to do a color change and I was wondering what color people hated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I figure if I'm going to change it, it should at least be a color that no one wants. So lets have the votes. BTW, insurance company is giving me $4300 and I get to keep my car. Yipee!

[Hi_Fi_Guy]

When I bought my first teener I simply took what I could get. I used to have an orange 914 and I loved it dearly... I think orange is fun, in your face, and kind of racy.

I searched out a Delphi Green Metallic car after seeing a PERFECT example in a euro Porsche book as a boy. When I took the car in to the independent Porsche shop for the resto the owner really pushed for a color change... he HATED the color. I explained that I wanted it and I knew it would look great when completed because of my memories of the stunning 914 from the book.

Once the car was painted he called and told me ow wrong he was. The new paint looked great and everyone that came into his shop to pick up their 911s, 356s, etc. has asked about the great looking "custom paint" on the 914. It wasn't Delphi Green that people hated... it was the color that Delphi Green turns into when it fades and loses it's shine that I think people hate. With the fresh paint job on I like to call it mountain dew metallic. I am sure some people will never like the color but I know where there are some new converts to Delphi Green in Arizona.

Is it the absolute best color for a 914? Probably not. But is it the worst? No way.