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landy19840



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Has Land Rover got a shortage of coloured paint???

Whats with all the white freelander 2`s??? they look like commercials/vans!! They look terrible!!


Is it because white is not a colur and you dont have to pay for it???

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Post #99043 18th Apr 2011 9:59 am
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There is a reason for that, no other colour changes so much when you put on different coloured lens glasses.

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Re: Has Land Rover got a shortage of coloured paint???

landy19840 wrote:
Whats with all the white freelander 2`s??? they look like commercials/vans!! They look terrible!!


Is it because white is not a colur and you dont have to pay for it???


I would have preferred white, but as a contract hire vehicle metallic paint is free, white paint is a cost option!

Metallic doesn't actually cost Land Rover any more to paint, it's simply that (by convention) they are able to charge extra for it. However, because it holds a higher residual value that a solid colour (and residual values are vital to contract hire companies), most manufacturers don't charge contract hire companies for metallic paint in order to keep contract hire rates low - hence this weird situation where I couldn't justify the extra cost of white! Rolling Eyes

White is great; it looks great when it's clean and keeps the car cool in the summer - much cooler than silver does.

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White is great; it looks great when it's clean and keeps the car cool in the summer - much cooler than silver does.

Lago Grey is great; conversely it would make sense that dark colours keep the car warm in the winter Thumbs Up

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its more likely down to the surface area of the glass, acting like a green house!

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EYorkshire wrote:
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White is great; it looks great when it's clean and keeps the car cool in the summer - much cooler than silver does.

Lago Grey is great; conversely it would make sense that dark colours keep the car warm in the winter Thumbs Up


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its more likely down to the surface area of the glass, acting like a green house!


This is something that's very important to me - I more often that not have a border collie with me and it's vital he never gets too hot in the car. A combination of light paint (important), a light coloured interior (very important) and privacy glass (very important) helps a lot. Then there's the perpetual hunt for shade....

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I know what you mean, our dog goes everywhere with us when on holiday with the van and I believe privacy glass is the most important in helping to keep the interior cool, my first FL2 had it but unfortunately not this one Crying or Very sad
I won't leave her in the car on hot sunny days at all but also search out the shade for the short stops where she cannot come with us, and then all windows are part down.


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White is just trendy at the moment. Give it 12 months and then black will take over again when all the 3 and 4 year old white cars start to look scruffy.
My next car is probably going to be silver or grey, though. Black looks great when clean, but drive through a puddle and it looks filthy again. Sad Poke it, Poke it, make it do it again!!

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oh oh I sense a colour war coming on...................



Bali Blue is best by the way, case closed! Whistle

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Noooohhhh, do you think so Question perhaps I should add that "Auto" is better than manual Idea Laughing

No, I won't mention that.

Post #99055 18th Apr 2011 10:50 am
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Have a look around at all the newish cars on the road, the vast majority are White, Gray or Black. It's just that these colours are popular at the moment Thumbs Up Mine: 2012 Golf GTI Edition 35
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EYorkshire wrote:
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White is great; it looks great when it's clean and keeps the car cool in the summer - much cooler than silver does.

Lago Grey is great; conversely it would make sense that dark colours keep the car warm in the winter Thumbs Up

+1 about keeping it cool in the summer Thumbs Up

To be honest, I would rather have had a Grey FL2 but the white one was all that was for sale at the time in my price bracket Confused
I've got use to it now though.

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Like you, I didn't exactly choose my colour, I sort of said I'll take any dark colour as long as its available and grey was. I wasn't prepared to wait months.

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mine was stornaway and had a fair few problems, and when i saw the demo car at LPR i thought it looked nice

so white has 2 things to have blame put on, me sticking with a LR again, and me staying on this forum, (although i don't post as much nowadays) Very Happy Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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