Black Paint
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I haven't had a black car yet but I would buy one. I got the liquid platinum MS6, I think the titanium would have been my first choice though (got a lightly used one, didn't have any others too choose from). Black would be a close 3rd choice though, I like the color on cars it is just hard to keep clean. With silver colors it takes a lot for the car to look dirty 
I love black as a car color. Set up properly a black car will look better than any other color but.... Black is impossable to keep clean. 5 min after you wash it it looks dirty. Scratches will show a mile away. dents/dings show up very eisily as well.. When dirty black looks awful. For those reasons I will never own a black car...
Mr. 4500 RPM
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I am on my second black car so YES I would get another black car, black is just so damn sexy on cars for some reason!
For all it's cons black is a really nice color. Makes you want to keep it clean & waxed, and looks better than any other when it is. I always look for black cars when I am shopping. It's always an option. I had a choice between a titanium GT or black sport, Took the sport cause I saved money & got black!
Wintermute
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I've owned 2 dark colored cars (dark blue and black), and 1 light colored one (silver). Here's what I think on black:
Pros:
-Looks classy. Black cars tend to make the whole car feel more expensive and upscale.
-Projects an image of success. I don't remember where I read it but it was an analysis of the types of people that buy certain color cars and successful and confident people tended to buy black.
-Looks beautiful when waxed, especially high-gloss.
-Photographs well.
-Does not draw attention (could also be a con ;-) )
-Coordinates well with almost any other color/finish so adding new wheels or decals will almost always look good.
Cons
-Bakes in the sumer
-Shows EVERY little swirl mark or bit of dirt
-Gets the "age dullness" faster than other colors because scratches and swirl marks tend to show up much better on black than something like silver
-Common. Lots of people have black.
-does not hide scratches or dings well. In fact, it will accentuate them.
My current MS6 is black and it looks awesome, but I know it takes a lot of work to keep it that way and it's not something I look forward too. I wanted to get a silver MS6, but when it comes to used car buying color is usually very low on my list of priorities. And this car was too good a deal to pass up.
Besides, I could have got a silver speed 6 for the same price as got my black one, but the silver one had more miles and it was a Sport while mine is a Grand Touring.
Anyway, I would not recommend black unless you already wash your car at least every 2 weeks and wax it every few months and are VERY careful about your washing technique.
Pros:
-Looks classy. Black cars tend to make the whole car feel more expensive and upscale.
-Projects an image of success. I don't remember where I read it but it was an analysis of the types of people that buy certain color cars and successful and confident people tended to buy black.
-Looks beautiful when waxed, especially high-gloss.
-Photographs well.
-Does not draw attention (could also be a con ;-) )
-Coordinates well with almost any other color/finish so adding new wheels or decals will almost always look good.
Cons
-Bakes in the sumer
-Shows EVERY little swirl mark or bit of dirt
-Gets the "age dullness" faster than other colors because scratches and swirl marks tend to show up much better on black than something like silver
-Common. Lots of people have black.
-does not hide scratches or dings well. In fact, it will accentuate them.
My current MS6 is black and it looks awesome, but I know it takes a lot of work to keep it that way and it's not something I look forward too. I wanted to get a silver MS6, but when it comes to used car buying color is usually very low on my list of priorities. And this car was too good a deal to pass up.
Besides, I could have got a silver speed 6 for the same price as got my black one, but the silver one had more miles and it was a Sport while mine is a Grand Touring.
Anyway, I would not recommend black unless you already wash your car at least every 2 weeks and wax it every few months and are VERY careful about your washing technique.
My last 3 cars have been black. I just like the color on a car better than anything else. I will agree with all who say its the hardest to keep clean, but its the best looking when it is... IMHO. With this MS6, I am now going for the total blackout look. Yeah.. sometimes I don't get to clean it for a few days and it looks pretty bad, but I still wouldn't get any other color.
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I'd avoid black. Far too much maintenance to keep it looking clean for one thing. If you live in a sunny part of the world, you're looking at a guaranteed oven between May and October. Plus, I always find it odd when a car's paint is darker than its tires' sidewalls - which unless you regularly apply the tire-black stuff to your tires, will happen frequently with a clean black car.
I agree it looks fine - but so do a lot of other colors. And while I respect everyone who thinks black is the best looking color out there, I must disagree. Personally, I prefer the darker grays, greens and blues - the deep evergreen on the 3rd gen Maximas was one of my all-time faves. I just find black to be too common - like white. But that's me.
Bottom line - color choice is driven by your sense of aesthetics - but from a maintenance point of view, the darker the color, the harder it is to keep looking good. The point about swirl marks made by others in this thread apply to just about any dark color (but if you do your waxing right - by hand - you shouldn't have swirl marks, right)
And yes, I do realize that all these cons apply to my choice of colors too
. For the record, I'm currently driving a Titanium grey MS6 - moved here from an Azure Prelude VTEC - which was preceded by the aforementioned Deep Evergreen Maxima.
I agree it looks fine - but so do a lot of other colors. And while I respect everyone who thinks black is the best looking color out there, I must disagree. Personally, I prefer the darker grays, greens and blues - the deep evergreen on the 3rd gen Maximas was one of my all-time faves. I just find black to be too common - like white. But that's me.
Bottom line - color choice is driven by your sense of aesthetics - but from a maintenance point of view, the darker the color, the harder it is to keep looking good. The point about swirl marks made by others in this thread apply to just about any dark color (but if you do your waxing right - by hand - you shouldn't have swirl marks, right)
And yes, I do realize that all these cons apply to my choice of colors too
. For the record, I'm currently driving a Titanium grey MS6 - moved here from an Azure Prelude VTEC - which was preceded by the aforementioned Deep Evergreen Maxima.
