How to value your FD
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gmonsen (04-01-19)
04-01-19, 05:06 PM
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Different strokes for different folks and that's what keep this world interesting 
. As my list of preferred FD colors is CW, BB, MB, CYM, SSM and last VR.
I'm not a fan of CYM's (I don't the flake it has) *but* I love yellow sports cars in general. Hence, the reason I painted my FD velocity yellow (C6 color). Funny thing about yellow cars is that it really brings out some violent reactions out of people. Either they just LOVE it and I mean love it as in literally people go ape **** ove it. Or they HATE it, and really hate it, so much that I dare say actually loathe it.
Take you for example, you hate it so much that in your mind no one else could possibly even remotely like one let alone be seen in one. That's pretty extreme in itself if you think about it.
. As my list of preferred FD colors is CW, BB, MB, CYM, SSM and last VR.Take you for example, you hate it so much that in your mind no one else could possibly even remotely like one let alone be seen in one. That's pretty extreme in itself if you think about it.
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04-01-19, 05:33 PM
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The bat 93 bb/red auto sold for 14252 or approx 15k final price: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mazda-rx-7-59/
The market for the FD is very strong
Our color favorites are polar opposite
CYM is one of my favorite yellows because of the gold flake and I love the vintage red (deep blood red color).
The market for the FD is very strong
Different strokes for different folks and that's what keep this world interesting . As my list of preferred FD colors is CW, BB, MB, CYM, SSM and last VR.
I'm not a fan of CYM's (I don't the flake it has) *but* I love yellow sports cars in general. Hence, the reason I painted my FD velocity yellow (C6 color). Funny thing about yellow cars is that it really brings out some violent reactions out of people. Either they just LOVE it and I mean love it as in literally people go ape **** ove it. Or they HATE it, and really hate it, so much that I dare say actually loathe it.
Take you for example, you hate it so much that in your mind no one else could possibly even remotely like one let alone be seen in one. That's pretty extreme in itself if you think about it.
. As my list of preferred FD colors is CW, BB, MB, CYM, SSM and last VR.I'm not a fan of CYM's (I don't the flake it has) *but* I love yellow sports cars in general. Hence, the reason I painted my FD velocity yellow (C6 color). Funny thing about yellow cars is that it really brings out some violent reactions out of people. Either they just LOVE it and I mean love it as in literally people go ape **** ove it. Or they HATE it, and really hate it, so much that I dare say actually loathe it.
Take you for example, you hate it so much that in your mind no one else could possibly even remotely like one let alone be seen in one. That's pretty extreme in itself if you think about it.
CYM is one of my favorite yellows because of the gold flake and I love the vintage red (deep blood red color).
04-01-19, 06:58 PM
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Fritz,
Agree on both of your comments. $15k for a beat up FD with unknown miles and an automatic trans is amazing. As for VR, color is such a personal thing but I think it is easily the best color on the FD. As you said, it is a true, blood red that to me really highlights the beautiful lines of the FD. By contrast, Porsche's Guards Red is a color I'd never own, way too orange. Porsche has a newer color called Carmine Red that is very close to VR, much more to my liking. But again, different strokes....
Agree on both of your comments. $15k for a beat up FD with unknown miles and an automatic trans is amazing. As for VR, color is such a personal thing but I think it is easily the best color on the FD. As you said, it is a true, blood red that to me really highlights the beautiful lines of the FD. By contrast, Porsche's Guards Red is a color I'd never own, way too orange. Porsche has a newer color called Carmine Red that is very close to VR, much more to my liking. But again, different strokes....
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Fritz Flynn (04-01-19)
04-01-19, 08:09 PM
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The only color scheme that I do not like is the 93 tan interiors. Only the 93's as I like the 94-95's (seats and carpet only). Too much tan for me on the 93's...
Yep sometimes a simple variation of the color can make or break it for a person. One of my favorite reds is on Audi's TT MK1 . Just a deep dark red.
04-01-19, 09:34 PM
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Haha. It’s what yellow represents to me. It’s a dire need for attention that it calls out. “Please someone notice me, I need your attention for validation” is what it screams on a Mazda or corvette to me. Nothing personal it’s just how I have always felt. I’m not a car show or “scene” guy though. I do not want the attention when I’m in any car. Then again I think H2’s are extremely douchey yet I love them and I would definitely want a yellow one if I ever pulled the trigger. If you are going to be “that guy” you might as well go all in.
04-02-19, 05:27 AM
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Haha. It’s what yellow represents to me. It’s a dire need for attention that it calls out. “Please someone notice me, I need your attention for validation” is what it screams on a Mazda or corvette to me. Nothing personal it’s just how I have always felt. I’m not a car show or “scene” guy though. I do not want the attention when I’m in any car. Then again I think H2’s are extremely douchey yet I love them and I would definitely want a yellow one if I ever pulled the trigger. If you are going to be “that guy” you might as well go all in.
An interesting thing about your perception of the color yellow is that someone else could make that exact inference about any visual enhancement that you make to your car. For instance take wheels: Someone else could make the argument that the only reason you added aftermarket wheels to your street car is because you want people to notice you. Which is extremely silly and that is why I said it tells about personal insecurities that person has.
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04-02-19, 08:38 AM
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ha ha yep it appears that we are on polar opposites. Don't get me wrong, though the VR is at the bottom of my list it doesn't mean that I dislike it. It is just not my favorite. Though white is at the top I'm not a white car kind of guy, and hence why I never painted mine that color.
The only color scheme that I do not like is the 93 tan interiors. Only the 93's as I like the 94-95's (seats and carpet only). Too much tan for me on the 93's...
Yep sometimes a simple variation of the color can make or break it for a person. One of my favorite reds is on Audi's TT MK1 . Just a deep dark red.
The only color scheme that I do not like is the 93 tan interiors. Only the 93's as I like the 94-95's (seats and carpet only). Too much tan for me on the 93's...
Yep sometimes a simple variation of the color can make or break it for a person. One of my favorite reds is on Audi's TT MK1 . Just a deep dark red.
The silver and red or black and red is striking at 1st glance but I don't want to live with it.
I love black added to any color so I prefer black interiors and lots of black trim. Black on black is too much though. I've had several CYMs and when you toss some black wheels etc... on it it's bad *** looking ride.
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04-02-19, 08:41 AM
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Haha. It’s what yellow represents to me. It’s a dire need for attention that it calls out. “Please someone notice me, I need your attention for validation” is what it screams on a Mazda or corvette to me. Nothing personal it’s just how I have always felt. I’m not a car show or “scene” guy though. I do not want the attention when I’m in any car. Then again I think H2’s are extremely douchey yet I love them and I would definitely want a yellow one if I ever pulled the trigger. If you are going to be “that guy” you might as well go all in.
PS I also think H2s are cool and it's not because I want attention I just dig anything with wheels.
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04-02-19, 10:14 AM
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No offense taken. But truth be told, such detailed inference can be quite telling about the viewer's own insecurities. I mean it's just a color but you take it as a barometer of a whole personality type. Which couldn't be farther from the truth because when I decided to paint my car I didn't even think about the attention and was actually quite surprised with people's reactions after the fact. I simply like yellow sports cars very much like someone else who likes silver/black/red cars.
An interesting thing about your perception of the color yellow is that someone else could make that exact inference about any visual enhancement that you make to your car. For instance take wheels: Someone else could make the argument that the only reason you added aftermarket wheels to your street car is because you want people to notice you. Which is extremely silly and that is why I said it tells about personal insecurities that person has.
An interesting thing about your perception of the color yellow is that someone else could make that exact inference about any visual enhancement that you make to your car. For instance take wheels: Someone else could make the argument that the only reason you added aftermarket wheels to your street car is because you want people to notice you. Which is extremely silly and that is why I said it tells about personal insecurities that person has.
04-02-19, 01:24 PM
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Edit- This is getting repetitive. Can we just agree that you see yellow cars as a need for attention while completely ignoring the possibility that a person might actually like that color? And that at the same time, I will entertain that there are people out there that choose that particular color for the sole reason of getting attention.
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04-02-19, 02:24 PM
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This FD color debate is funny... Another angle to this is how we associate colors based on the other cars we've seen painted in the same color. For example, I grew up in NYC, so I associate yellow with taxi cabs - and all the gross & smelly crap that one typically associates with a taxi ride! Hence I will NEVER own a yellow car.
04-02-19, 02:31 PM
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Neither can you as the analogy is identical whether you admit it or not. Because as I said earlier, to someone else who has a bigger hang up about who knows what the wheels send that same exact message "oh look at me with my shiny new wheels, check it out how I stand out from the crowd with my nice lowered stance". Same thing brother... and that inference comes from some deep rooted crap that is going on in that person's head that has nothing to do with you.
Could it be that most don't like it? Most likely, I will say though that I'm secure enough that I do not have an issue with liking a color that doesn't appeal to most. I chose this color for me and me only.
I'm not too convinced that's where it ends. Because without ever speaking to a person you see driving by, you openly admit that you formulate that the only reason they like that color is because they crave attention. The fact that you can't fathom that they simply like the color for the color itself says a lot.
Edit- This is getting repetitive. Can we just agree that you see yellow cars as a need for
while completely ignoring the possibility that a person might actually like that color? And that at the same time, I will entertain that there are people out there that choose that particular color for the sole reason of getting attention.
Could it be that most don't like it? Most likely, I will say though that I'm secure enough that I do not have an issue with liking a color that doesn't appeal to most. I chose this color for me and me only.
I'm not too convinced that's where it ends. Because without ever speaking to a person you see driving by, you openly admit that you formulate that the only reason they like that color is because they crave attention. The fact that you can't fathom that they simply like the color for the color itself says a lot.
Edit- This is getting repetitive. Can we just agree that you see yellow cars as a need for
while completely ignoring the possibility that a person might actually like that color? And that at the same time, I will entertain that there are people out there that choose that particular color for the sole reason of getting attention.
On a serious note, I'm only trolling but must admit this is the exact response I expected from someone willing to paint their car yellow. It's probably my deep rooted insecurities clouding my vision though right?
04-02-19, 02:34 PM
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Switch MB in front of CW and we are on the same page. I don't even like CW FD's yet I own one, it hides the lines of the FD too much. However, if someone disagrees with my color preference they clearly have some insecurities they aren't willing to recognize.
04-02-19, 02:35 PM
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This FD color debate is funny... Another angle to this is how we associate colors based on the other cars we've seen painted in the same color. For example, I grew up in NYC, so I associate yellow with taxi cabs - and all the gross & smelly crap that one typically associates with a taxi ride! Hence I will NEVER own a yellow car.
04-02-19, 02:36 PM
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This FD color debate is funny... Another angle to this is how we associate colors based on the other cars we've seen painted in the same color. For example, I grew up in NYC, so I associate yellow with taxi cabs - and all the gross & smelly crap that one typically associates with a taxi ride! Hence I will NEVER own a yellow car.
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