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is blizzard pearl a chic color

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by oncdoc, May 31, 2009.

  1. joe1347

    joe1347 Active Member

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    Ok, you made laugh hard enough to snort cereal milk out my nose. I hope you're happy now. Go choke on a vegemite sandwich :D

    yep, any Prius buyer just needs to man up and get whatever color you prefer.
     
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    Personally, I think ALL of the 2010 colors are man colors. Speaking as a chick, I'd much prefer a color like a pale silvery blue. I don't mean to step on any toes here, but it looks to me like Toyota chose their colors from a box of 8 crayons.
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Mission acomplished. Very happy, yummy Vegemite!! (tip, spread it thin on buttered bread. Thin enough to see through.)

    Last week I made a guy squirt red wine from his nose, this week cerial and milk.
    Maybe next week I can get someone to snort out nuts or chocolate?
     
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    PriusCrazy Blizzard Pearl for Me

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    What a great thread! Good for some belly-rolling laughs. Thanks for posting oncdoc.
     
  5. Blauer Glimmer

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    Perfect Sunday-morning-over-coffee reading! :ranger: Thanks!
     
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    Here ya go watch this
    If you still want a Prius it's not gonna matter what color to you. :p
    BTW, I got my Blizzard Pearl yesterday. :D
     
  7. PriusRos

    PriusRos A Fairly Senior Member - 2016 Prius Owner

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    Exactly. The Prius is just not a manly car. Be man enough to face it. At least it doesn't come in silver pine mica anymore. Now that's a chick color if ever there was one.
     
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    Blizzard Pearl was my pic. See it clean in the morning sun and it WILL make your mind up. It's my wife's car but she has only driven it around a parking lot so far.

     
  9. Blauer Glimmer

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    Yes, it's a perfect chick color. So when you buy it and your friends laugh at you, just give it to me. :D

    P.S. Please get the solar roof package. Thanks.
     
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    Well I don't have exactly the SAME concern, but I hear ya a bit. I am 34 and chose BLACK for my 2008 Touring mostly b/c it made the VERY non-sporty Prius look as sporty as it could look (which isn't very sporty). I had a lot of the same concerns this time around, but after seeing the Blizzard Pearl first hand and seeing pics of it in Package V I have chosen to go with Blizzard Pearl.

    I have my name on a Black Pkg V that's coming in at the end of June though, so I'm not a Blizzard Pearl believer for sure! :) I still would rather have Blizzard Pearl, but if the waiting game gets too unbearable I have a fear I may give in and buy the Black with my name on it. WE SHALL SEE!
     
  12. Husker4theSpurs

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    I think it looks especially SWEET in these pics ... not girly at all.

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    I gotta take a closer look at an actual car with this color to get the feel. Is this a metallic color? Some of the close-up pics shows this as a metallic.
     
  14. Husker4theSpurs

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    It does seem to be a bit metallic, but not overly so. It's definitely pearl-like ... almost takes on a slight tan hue in bright light, but not really. When it comes to pearl white colors, it manages to still be definitely white compared to other autos I see with Pearl White paint. It's kind of perplexing when I try to pin the color down in my mind. It definitely white, but not overly bright.

    I know all that I posted was just confusing as heck.

    Check out a Highlander or Venza in person ... or even any Lexus is Starfire Pearl (to me the Toyota Blizzard Pearl w/a different name) to get an idea.
     
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    I saw a Subaru with this paint on it and the best description I can think of is that it had an oil on water look to it but not exactly a rainbow effect.
    I think the Prius is similar but not certain.
     
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    I must admit that I drove that Light Aqua Metallic Opalescent(LOL) Gen. 1 for six years before selling it last week and it wasn't exactly a "chick mobile", but hey, when I bought it, there were NO used Prii in LA (2003).

    I did see a lot of women driving that same color, but then one day I glanced over to my left to see the same colored car with a beaming, biker-bearded dude and everything was a-ok after that.

    RK

    (feeling like LA, #1 Hybrid City in the USA, has been ignored by Toyota this time around)
     
  17. Tideland Prius

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    Starfire Pearl has a different code and it's a LOT more pearly than Blizzard Pearl. Just imagine Rick's upclose shot that's visible from the 2nd story of a building (assuming the car's in direct sunlight). It's that obvious.
     
  18. Boo

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    Yep, you can see the pearlized effect from 100 feet away.

    I never associated pearlized white with any gender.

    Instead, prior to the Prius I associated it with luxury because, notwithstanding its commoner roots (Mitsubishi), I had seen pearl white almost exclusively on luxury cars like Lexus, Acura, Infiniti, Cadillac.
     
  19. Husker4theSpurs

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    I didn't think they looked that different honestly, but what do I know obviously?
     
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    hahahaha... they don't. They're both pearly. It's just that I think Starfire goes overboard =P.