Rental Car: it’s a color

Kinja'd!!! "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
10/10/2018 at 18:49 • Filed to: None

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At least it is a color other than silver, white or grey. 10/10 would rent again.

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DISCUSSION (13)


Kinja'd!!! CB > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/10/2018 at 18:56

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Why people don’t get more colourful cars is beyond me.


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > CB
10/10/2018 at 19:00

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I think it’s for the same reason that people stage houses in neutral colors when they sell, and why mass-produced beers are boring and flavorless. Because they figure their way to the biggest possible customer base is to be as inoffensive as possible.


Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/10/2018 at 19:00

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A real color! Wow! I think this was the last rental I got that was a color:

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Yeah, it’s been a while. Ten years, to be exact.


Kinja'd!!! Just Jeepin' > Chariotoflove
10/10/2018 at 19:04

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Someone pointed out that, for a married couple, it’s tough to buy a brightly-colored car because while most people like bright colors in general , they often will have different responses to any specific  color.


Kinja'd!!! wafflesnfalafel > CB
10/10/2018 at 19:18

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lowest common denominator  choice... “I want red!  I want Green!  How about we compromise with Champagne?”


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CB
10/10/2018 at 20:04

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My outback is blue but it’s a restrained blue.


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Just Jeepin'
10/10/2018 at 20:07

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Perhaps that is why so many marriage end badly.  People should be required to shop cars together as part of marriage prep.


Kinja'd!!! CB > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/10/2018 at 20:08

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My car’s colour, as has been noted, is anything but restrained.


Kinja'd!!! Tapas > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/10/2018 at 20:47

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I love this color.

Hyuandai knocked it out the park with the new So nata and Elantra. Also gave the cars more than one color I'd actually want (Blue and Orange).


Kinja'd!!! Spasoje > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/10/2018 at 21:30

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C a n c o n f i r m , b l u e r e n t a l c a r s a r e c o o l :

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Kinja'd!!! average user > CB
10/10/2018 at 21:44

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It is a cycle of self-selection. People are concerned that uncommon colors would limit the price on the used car market, so they stick with boring colors. Car makers see that buyers buy boring colors, so they stop offering bold colors.

Wraps or plasti-dips become an option for people who want personalized colors but don’t want to lose $$$ when they sell them.

That said some car models come with bright colors. Usually they are niche models that are expensive.


Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CB
10/16/2018 at 11:42

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its been know to create envy. 


Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/16/2018 at 11:43

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both of the rentals I’ve had were blaaaack. When we went to Colorado I tried to upgrade to an Orange Fiat 500x, but my wife didn’t want to.