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Old 01-12-2007, 01:57 AM
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With silver, even if I wash it under direct sunlight and dont dry, no water marks. No swirl marks, nothing. Easily colour to maintain by far.

My other car is a dark colour sedan with white interior, completely possible. I actually park the silver Porsche outside.
Old 01-12-2007, 02:17 AM
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arctic silver or even white to some degree.....getting repetive, i know
Old 01-12-2007, 06:03 AM
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Since you don't care much for silver, consider white. It's somewhat easy to maintain, looks good and I don't see to many around if you want to be a bit different.
Old 01-12-2007, 08:43 AM
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White is not easy. You end up with dings and they are black. I had a silver then black and now white and the white is just a hard as black. I vote silver.
Old 01-12-2007, 09:02 AM
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I went with Slate Gray for just that reason. Mine is a daily driver and is lucky if gets washed every two or three weeks. It looks good between washes and is just diffrent enough to stand out from all the other silvers and grays.
Old 01-12-2007, 11:09 AM
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Just like everyone said...any of the lighter silvers. If you what to be a little different than everyday silver and still have a color easy to keep looking good go look at in person White and Speed Yellow. I had a Hummer in yellow and a vette a long time ago in yellow and they were super easy to keep clean and do not show swirls. I am liking white a lot now and just boaught a Jeep in white and it looks very fresh and clean and does not show swirls.
My Porsche is black and the wifey had to have black and what a pain it is to clean.
Old 01-12-2007, 11:29 AM
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I have had 5 silver cars and they are probably the easiest to maintain. On the flip side, they do not look that much better after detailing which to me was dissapointing. I now have seal gray and its not bad. When its dusty it looks good and when its clean it looks amazing. I think it might also be better than silver at hiding little stone cjips. They are pretty obvious on silver. I have clear bra on the 997S.

I love black BUT never again. I am too crazy. By the time you are done detailing one area its already dusty on the other end of the car. YIKES.............
Old 01-12-2007, 11:32 AM
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I had a beige Porsche many years ago. Bamboo Beige. It was very easy to keep clean. Of today's colors I suspect the non-metallic "Linen" would be the easiest, without having to choose a silver varient. I saw one in Zuffenhausen this summer that was quite eye-catching. And it came with that reddish interior. Maybe a little over the top for me.
Old 01-12-2007, 01:05 PM
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Guards Red and Speed Yellow are pretty easy to take care of.
Old 01-12-2007, 01:11 PM
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White is just right and you will be a little different than the guy next to you. gl
Old 01-12-2007, 01:30 PM
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Mine is silver and what's nice is when I'm on a long trip it doesn't look like crap after I go through some rain. My red Cayenne isn't as hard as I thought it would be.
Old 01-12-2007, 01:34 PM
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From what I can tell so far, meteor hides dust and post rain dirt well.
Old 01-12-2007, 03:10 PM
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definetly go for the meteor gray, the silver looks terriable compared to the meteor gray. plus when u black out the 19" turbo wheels and tint the windows, the meteor gray will look sick. my guess is that u should probably listen to your son when it comes to picking out colors.
Old 01-12-2007, 03:24 PM
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I have Seal Grey, it hides dust/dirt pretty well. But at the same time when I wash/wax it-I can still get that deep liquid like lustre.

All said and done, I wouldn't let a colour change your mind. Except black, I've despised every black car I've had haha.

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Old 01-12-2007, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Edgy01
Any of ther lighter silverish metallics will be the easiest,--and hence, the reason for their popularity. Today's Porsche drivers don't want to be bothered with washing and waxing. Unfortunately, you will also blend right in with every other car as well as 911 out there. Good luck in a large shopping center parking lot (finding your car after you've parked it).
I take a little bit of offense to the implication that since I am one of "today's Porsche drivers", I must not have any desire to take care of my car. I didn't pick my color because it would be easy to clean. I didn't pick it because it was popular. I picked it because I happen to like it a lot. I had 2 Silverstone (similar to Seal Gray) S2000s. I had a Dolphin Gray S4. You get the picture.

I dare you to ever find my car unclean...


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