Mycroft
Life happens
I'm not worried about the over-popularity of a single color considering the very limited number of cars being sold world-wide. After all, I'll probably have the only Tesla in my whole town.
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Yuck. This is NOT OK with me. I will not buy red under any circumstances (it's an invitation to get pulled over by the cops, and raises insurance rates); I will not buy black (it boils the interior in the summer); and I will not buy silver/grey (it's the color of the road, and people tend to run into you).
That leaves white. I would like another option.
Ideally, I'd like a dark purple, but I'd be fine with any purple, a dark blue, a light blue, a medium blue, a bluish green, yellow, gold, orange, etc. Surely we can at least get a blue option.
The red that is on the prototype has been referrred to as candy apple. That is the color that was floated in Toronto.
The powder coating was mentioned in an engineering report. Three coats. Two of these were reprted as "powder." I don't remember the exact wording but it was official documentation so maybe someone can find it on the tesla website.
You realize that the bold part is not true. This link deals with the first statement: http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/redcars.asp and this link deals with the second statement: Car Insurance Myths: Get Answers to 10 Auto Insurance Questions Myths | Insurance.com
As to the topic, I love the prototype red color and would love to get that if I get this car.
-Shark2k
I am convinced that red cars are ticket bait. I had a car with a candy red stripe about 6" wide. After 5 tickets in a year, I changed it to Candy Blue. No more tickets for three years, and I did not change my driving habits!
I'm friends with a bunch of cops and I've asked them before and they've all said the same thing, color is not a factor.
You realize that the bold part is not true. This link deals with the first statement: http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/redcars.asp
and this link deals with the second statement: Car Insurance Myths: Get Answers to 10 Auto Insurance Questions Myths | Insurance.com
Bear in mind that deep candy apple type paint of any shade is a multi-coat process. A very deep very beautiful paint job like the prototype (I have seen it in person) is very expensive to produce, likely in the 20K zone. Don't get your heart set on it unless you are thinking along these price lines.
All I know, is that if the Model-S does not come in a 'Metalic' color,.... then I'm not interested!!