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I only considered white or black. Passed on many other colors. Might be on my heads but those black and white ones seemed to sell quicker and for more money.
Colour had 0 to do with my purchase, the price and low km (miles) on mine had everything to do with the price. I got mine for less than most asking prices for ones with over 150000-200000km and mine only had 20000km with perfect/clean record.
Since the Evo X is the last gen and you're thinking of keeping it for the long haul, maybe see if you can find which color models are more rare? For example, how many Wicked Whites or Graphite Grays for a particular year. I think Octane Blue is new for the MR for 2011.
Or, you can think of how you might modify the exterior of the car. If you get W.White and like Black, Bronze, or Dark Gray wheels... white gives you that contrast.
I have Graphite Gray because it shows less dust in the Arizona desert. I also couldn't make my decision between White or Black so I went kinda in the middle. Haha
It's never played any part in any of my evo purchases. This time around I really wanted a Rally Red FE because I have never owned a red evo. But I waited too long and by the time I was ready to buy they only had white and gray left so ended up with another white one. Grrrrrr
Last edited by justin81; Jan 16, 2017 at 06:07 PM.
When I was searching for my evo, the only color I didn't want was Red. I really liked the Blue and GG, but couldn't find any that were reasonably priced. So I finally found a great deal on my Evo, only issue was it was Red. I bought it with the intentions of painting or wrapping it, but never got around to it
I had a cosmic blue MR shipped from Virginia to Nebraska as there were almost none left at the time of my purchase. I really love the understated car. I also had the car color corrected and coated and covered in xpel. The cosmic blue looks amazing clean and buffed correctly. I get a ton of complements on it when I take it out from older car guys not just fanboys like you usually get from the bright colors and big wings. I have never gone for yellow or red cars and have always liked a more subtle and low key look. Also draws less attention from cops.
Totally agree on this front. I spent a very long time trying to find a clean car in Cosmic Blue. The area I live in has some "overzealous" traffic law enforcement and color felt the most conservative to me.
But yeah, even a nearly untouched car needed quite a bit of paint correction. The blue looks stellar in the sun after getting it cleaned up.
It played a huge deal, I made a fuss at the dealership cause I couldn't find a white or blue one (they said there was no more brand new gsr's of that color in california) I thought it was dealer bs but when I called around it was true. I ended up with Rally Red (which is funny cause I made a comment on here saying it wasn't that great of a color and that I wished it was more bright like pure red sti). I just wanted something flashy, red is the evo color and isn't that common so im happy with that choice. (not my car below, but that pic sold me on the color)
I'll tell you what played a bigger part for me was finding one with SSS package - leather and sunroof. I absolutely was not gonna buy a EVO without those 2 things.
Jan 13, 2017, 12:22 PM
