Your Prius - What color and are you happy?

I have the 05 Millennium Silver Metallic. The 06 silver is a bit darker than the 05. I like my silver better.

 

My favorite Prius color is Salsa Red, and I usually don't even like red cars.

My car is the Driftwood color and I took it because it was available and had the package I wanted, the alternative was a 4 month wait. Driftwood isn't to bad a color but I think of it as gold, it's not the color of driftwood at all. It has one big advantage I didn't even think about when I bought it. I live in Eastern Oregon where there is a lot of wind, dust, and dirt roads. The Driftwood Pearl color is about the same color as most of the Eastern Oregon dirt and that is a big advantage.

 

Hmmmmm....are all those Tideland Pearl owners going to click "other green" or "other gray"???

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

For my '05 i'd taken a Tideland Pearl or Black with grey interior.

If i had waited and purchased an '06, i would have taken a Magnetic Grey. It looks amazing.

But oh well, stuck with '05 silver. Best color if you're not going to keep your car very clean, but i wash it once a week anyway.

 

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My 2006 Barcellona red is to cool. I like most of the colors, but this was the one that sood out for me.

http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage...7/signature.png

 

Black with bisque leather interior. And I couldn't possibly LOVE it more than I do! :wub: I waited 5.5 months for this color combo/package and it was SO worth the wait! I never would have settled for any other package or color combo even if it meant getting the car sooner.

 

i love my barcellona red metallic w/ grey leather interior. i didn't had a specific color in mind, i just knew the colors i refused to get. never thought i would own a red vehicle, but i must say, it's sporty!!!

 

i LOOVVEEEE my black/beige prius.

originally wanted seaside, but changed my mind when i needed the car asap and when i saw the prius in black.

fortunately i have the kind of personality type that's good for taking care of a black car. if not, i'd probably be tired of it looking dirty all the time.

 

It's red, but not Barcelona red. I think it's Mica Red.

http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/home/29.JPG

It's a poor picture, but judge for yourself.


- (I just looked it up - It's Merlot - must be an Australian colour)

 

I got the Silver, as I was in a rush to beat the DC area HOV deadline...Would have rather found a Driftwood...oh well...The silver still looks good and doesn't show too much dirt...

on my second tank of gas, got 500 miles off the first, but at fill up could only put in 9.1 gal...so my tank mileage must be better then I think...

Still beats the 11 MPG hwy that I was getting on my truck...

 

Just found this link:

http://www.vfaq.net/docs/PaintCodes.html

Judging from the paint codes, Merlot Red is 3Q3, which is the same as Salsa Red in the US.

 

I have a black '05 Prius, took delivery on 3 Sep 2005. This is my first black car. When I got it, people were saying, it'll get dirty, hot, etc.

The car is now 10 months old, 13500km on the counter (no maintenance of any kind done) and I went to the car wash only twice (I completely refuse to even consider washing a car myself).

The first car wash visit was late December to flush off the winter salt spray that stuck on the little rear window below the rear spoiler and was impeding rear view visibility, and the second car wash visit was a couple of weeks ago, done 'on impulse' because the queue was short.

All in all, the black Prius remained quite respectably clean in my opinion (rain contributed a lot I suppose).

Solar Hydro

 

I've already mentioned that I think all the colors are very sharp in their own way and choosing one was quite difficult. I flip flopped for a long time and really poured over all the photos on here which didn't make the choice any easier. I changed my mind daily on this subject.

I finally narrowed it down to white, driftwood, silver pine mica and silver since I knew I didn't want another dark color to keep clean (even though I really like the dark colors I almost lost my mind trying to keep my last dark car free of dirt and water spots after washing...until I found the Mr. Clean autowash system).

I knew I wanted a beige interior so that took the silver out of the mix. My last car was green and I wanted something different so that cancelled out the silver pine. I finally decided on the driftwood since I knew it would really hide the dirt well. If I lived in an area that was warm all the time and there wasn't alot of road dust white would have won out.

I'm totally happy with the color.