Why are there so many black mk2's?

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What Colour Is Your 2? (Approx)

Poll ended at Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:36 pm

Red/Pink
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Black
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White
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Blue / Purple
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Silver
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Other
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

Post by aaronjb »

Mark Edwards wrote:
it is better to be "in the black" than "in the red."

Says it all really. :P


I'm so tempted to make a rude comment there..

But what about the brown?

Damnit.. I did.
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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aaronjb wrote:
Mark Edwards wrote:
it is better to be "in the black" than "in the red."

Says it all really. :P


I'm so tempted to make a rude comment there..

But what about the brown?

Damnit.. I did.

Too predictable that one mate. :wink:
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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Mark Edwards wrote:Too predictable that one mate. :wink:


Damn :(

Suppose I should take 'GSOH' off my personals ads hey? :lol:
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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kaitaz wrote:I don't like being an 'other'. Couldn't you have added a yellow choice?


Too rare.

Which is good and makes it the best colour.
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

Post by Human »

Mines black. Looks fantastic when its clean....which is damn near impossible in this $%£&**!! weather! Which is the big problem with black really :(
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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Blues best.. Just to fight the corner for C-Blue 2's :twisted:
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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Baker wrote:
kaitaz wrote:I don't like being an 'other'. Couldn't you have added a yellow choice?


Too rare.

Which is good and makes it the best colour.


well you would say that hey !!! :wink: :wink:

sold your old n/a now and got a BLACK rev 1 turbo !!! ooohhhhh yeah !! \:D/ \:D/

>>>>>>>>>> so black one for me now !!!!

wayne
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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Baker wrote:
kaitaz wrote:I don't like being an 'other'. Couldn't you have added a yellow choice?


Too rare.

Which is good and makes it the best colour.


=D> =D> =D>
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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foxy-stoat wrote:
Baker wrote:
kaitaz wrote:I don't like being an 'other'. Couldn't you have added a yellow choice?


Too rare.

Which is good and makes it the best colour.


well you would say that hey !!! :wink: :wink:

sold your old n/a now and got a BLACK rev 1 turbo !!! ooohhhhh yeah !! \:D/ \:D/

>>>>>>>>>> so black one for me now !!!!

wayne


Hi bud!
How was the NA? have fun with it?
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

Post by foxy-stoat »

yo !!

yeah, was cool, never got the second gear crunch sorted. only let me down once when the dizzy cap needed replacing.

now in turbo land !!!
We ALL make mistakes !!! :)
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foxy-stoat wrote:now in turbo land !!!

Or will be when the engine's back in hey? :wink:
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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foxy-stoat wrote:yo !!

yeah, was cool, never got the second gear crunch sorted. only let me down once when the dizzy cap needed replacing.

now in turbo land !!!


It had mt90 in the box which made it better than it was, but was a bulletproof car, couldn't break it as hard as i tried!
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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well i couldnt break it !!!!

engine in, lets hope the thing works when i connect all the wires up. couldnt finish it tonight...beer and pool called !! oops
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

Post by Bonmaklad »

black, baby :) tbh black seemed alot more expense when i was looking reds seemes to be the cheapest.
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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Carribean Blue all the way and one of the rarer colors cos its only a jap one :P
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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RED all the way its the best color...black is too common and dull..
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

Post by matt_mr2t »

IMO there's a few reasons for black cars.

Some people buy what's there and in good nick.
Some people are very conservative and only like black.

I used to only like dark coloured cars but instantly fell in love with my gheymobile and now I think thats the best colour!

It gets stick for being the gheyest colour in the village but it suits the car!
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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My '2' and my previous Pug 106 have been black. Didn't necessarily want to stick with this colour but it was the nicest one I'd seen and black doesn't seem to fade, mine is 13 years old but still shines as good as most other modern cars. Red cars always fade even when waxed/polished which is a shame as I like that colour. If I ever changed cars I'd fancy a change of colour next time, maybe blue or silver.
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

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Black is an 'unpopular' colour in Japan, and so a lot of grey import performance cars here turn out to be black...

The Japs go nuts for white cars, being the national racing colour.
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Re: Why are there so many black mk2's?

Post by matt_mr2t »

dawolf wrote:My '2' and my previous Pug 106 have been black. Didn't necessarily want to stick with this colour but it was the nicest one I'd seen and black doesn't seem to fade, mine is 13 years old but still shines as good as most other modern cars. Red cars always fade even when waxed/polished which is a shame as I like that colour. If I ever changed cars I'd fancy a change of colour next time, maybe blue or silver.


Red fades because as a rule, red cars arent laquered.
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