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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThree cars ago I chose a soft medium blue one and named it
Crystal Blue Persuasion. 😤Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)grey, wasn't green. I did not name it. A friend has a Prius, I believe Toyota? Color is Sea Glass Pearl. Pretty.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...which looks amazingly like the "candy apple red" that was a favorite spray-paint color for model car kits back in my pre-teen days of the late '60s. Unfortunately, Mazda may have the best color, but Honda and Toyota have better cars, so...
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)Only it was a brand I wouldn't buy. So checked out Hyundai and nothing. I can't picture me in a red vehicle. This black I got is 'Twilight Black', not true black, and a little sparkly. You'd think at this stage of my game I'd not be turned on by a set of wheels, but I yam! Superficial me...
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...(yes, I know, not particularly imaginative). The next one was officially "crystal sand," which was a color that looked pale gold in the sunlight and silver under artificial lights. I was thinking of calling it "Sandstorm," but never really did.
Now, I've got a black 2014 (by the way, all of these cars were one generation or another of Accord), larger and more aggressive-looking than its predecessors. I'm thinking the appropriate name is obvious: "Darth Honda."
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)A few homes ago I picked out a color for the master bedroom and the painters said it always looked different every day they were in the house working. It's lavender one minute then it's turns more blue. Not straight lavender and not straight blue. They were intrigued. I do that to unsuspecting people. 😤
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)I'm not an auto sales associate. I just play one on teevee. 😊
localroger
(3,626 posts)...on the meth production montage set to it from Breaking Bad.
sl8
(13,761 posts)Close?
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)Yah, slippers are not street worthy. 🤣
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)She named it "Peanut Butter".