Do you regret your color choice?

[john85775]

With Tesla's now limited color range, I find myself not particularly fully satisfied with any of the choices.

Please share your experiences with your M3:
- Are you happy with what you picked or do you see a different color and pine for it?
- Is there anything about your color you don't like? Gets too hot, shows too much dirt, gets chipped easily, etc.

Please share experiences along with how long you have owned (and of course, the color you chose and why).

Thanks!

 

[KenC]

I like my silver. All my cars have been silver since 2001. Honestly, I kind of like that it blends in. My neighbors didn't even realize I had a new car for 6 months, since my old car was the same color and size, and also plugged in, a Volt.

 

[john85775]

I can relate; we replaced our MX with a Raven MX and kept the same color, partially because it was a bit obnoxious to have two new MX's inside of a year.

 

[NickFie]

Model S - Blue exterior, white interior. Early November, 2017. Absolutely love it. Still get compliments on the car. Originally my wife’s. Now mine, shared with daughter and son-in-law.

Model 3 - Midnight Silver Metallic exterior with gray aero wheels & covers, white interior. Late September, 2018. My wife didn’t want both cars to be same color. Looks good. LR P3D- no bling, no badge, so the stealth theme is appropriate. Wife’s car.

Wouldn’t change a thing if I were offered a do-over. One or more of our 3 grandchildren (6,9 & 9) are in one Tesla or the other nearly every day. White cleans up from mud, candy, ice cream, juice and even an episode of severe motion sickness. We do have a seat protector under the car seat.

 

[silentcorp]

I got Obsidian Black when it was available, kinda feel stupid for paying a grand for what is essentially slightly more sparkly black.

 

[Watts_Up]

I miss the light silver which not available since last summer 2018. I think it's the best color for any car.

 

[Rockster]

I love the blue. I would have gotten a red 3 but we already have a red S and two red Teslas seemed a bit too much.

I wish Tesla offered the 3 the a huge array of colors, like they did with the original Roadster. I think that would increase sales, much as the wide range of colors in the early iMacs so effectively caught the consumer’s attention.

 

[Fred42]

I got Obsidian Black when it was available, kinda feel stupid for paying a grand for what is essentially slightly more sparkly black.

You have an additional layer of paint vs. basic black. Paint was sprayed one more time.

 

[pdx_m3s]

Ask me in a couple years, but so far the awesome look of black still outweighs the extra work to keep it looking nice. Plus, it was “free” and now a $750 option, so might have gained a slight bump in trade-in value.

 

[TMThree]

I miss the light silver which not available since last summer 2018. I think it's the best color for any car.

You mean silver. The other one is gray.

 

[Watts_Up]

You mean silver. The other one is gray.

Yes, Silver with White interior.

 

[JulienW]

You mean silver. The other one is gray.

There is no gray.

 

[TMThree]

There is no gray.
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What's between white and black? Midnight Silver Metallic! They teach this stuff in grade school. I remember it well.

On a more serious note, I guess "Gray" sounds bland. "midnight silver" has the connotation of it being a dark silver = gray, so marketing guys went that route.

Problem is, when people are calling it silver (I've seen it referenced as such multiple times) then we run into the issue that no one knows what anyone is talking about.

 

[TMThree]

Yes, Silver with White interior.

I think silver is the best color. It's what I would have got if I could. Tesla said it was selling 3x less than the other colors, so its easy to see why it was discontinued. All my cars since 2004 were some shade of silver:

2004 Liquid Silver Metallic, which was silver.

2010 Champagne Gold, which was silver with yellow in it.

2013 Silver Blue Pearl, which was silver with blue in it.

 

[Burrito]

i wish i went with blue or red but wife was a hard no on both so i went with msm. great color.... i really wish the model 3 came in the no longer available green offered on the S a while back

 

[p-f-g]

There is no gray.
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I see blue, red, and three shades of grey

 

[Gordon87]

I got Obsidian Black when it was available, kinda feel stupid for paying a grand for what is essentially slightly more sparkly black.

I had an Obsidian Black Mercedes for 19 years. It looked great when newly washed. A real sharp looking color.

I traded it for a red Model 3, with black interior. We test drove two blue (AWD & Performance) and were going to go with blue (I would have considered black but Obsidian was no longer available and I had already had that color anyway), but when I went to order online, I switched to red. I chose the black interior because (1) the white seemed to require more maintenance, (2) people seemed to have problems with some staining, such as with dark blue jeans and (3) I like the light wood dash trim better than the white (which seemed to cause some glare issues in certain light). But the white interior certainly looked sharp, especially in the blue model we test drove. The sales rep called the Performance model we test drove patriotic - blue, with white interior and red calipers.

 

[cbaaz]

Red. Love it. Seems not to show dirt any more than expected. Love how light colored performance wheels don’t get much brake dust.

I just hope the white interior holds up long term, or at least for the 3 years of my lease term

Picked it up just short of 60 days ago

 

[john85775]

Red on white & blue on white make me swoon.

Of course, I opted for white on black for our M3. I was concerned i'd be over it but now the lust lives on in my heart.

 

[follow.johnny]

I have no regrets with choosing Pearl White paint option. I did wished I waited a little bit longer until the white interior was available.

The other color I would had choose would be the silver paint, it looks very slick with chrome delete is hella clean!