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Old 02-22-2019, 11:26 AM
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In my defense all indications point to Berlina being a sedan. I’ve grown to appreciate the color black in cars since I owned the BRZ

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlina
There are colors that a car may not look good in but it's hard to find a car that doesn't look good in black.

Would you recommend a BRZ or GT86 as a daily driver?

Saw this last Sunday. Second one I have seen, the other was last November. What can you tell me about it? it looks to be electric


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wow! I wonder how a local shop like Grand Premier was able to arrange the display of an F1 car. I’m assuming it was the Williams F1?
The tire( Goodyear I think) companies do this with good customers. Pretty sure it was a Williams. Not a big deal, the old cars aren't worth much, especially without the motor.
Just a couple of guys driving it around to different places

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Old 02-22-2019, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Riche
There are colors that a car may not look good in but it's hard to find a car that doesn't look good in black.

Would you recommend a BRZ or GT86 as a daily driver?

Saw this last Sunday. Second one I have seen, the other was last November. What can you tell me about it? it looks to be electric

I 8 it is hybrid. Not many in the wild.
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Old 02-22-2019, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Riche
There are colors that a car may not look good in but it's hard to find a car that doesn't look good in black.

Would you recommend a BRZ or GT86 as a daily driver?

Saw this last Sunday. Second one I have seen, the other was last November. What can you tell me about it? it looks to be electric

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BMW i8 - it’s a plug in hybrid and quite a looker. It doesn’t really fit the definition of an exotic but likely demonstrates what exotics will be like 10-20 years down the line.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_i8

I think black largely depends on the shade. Some look very nice especially the Cadillac triple black and yes most cars look good in black. It’s just not my preferred color owing to how much work it takes to keep it clean.
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Old 02-22-2019, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by gerry100
The tire( Goodyear I think) companies do this with good customers. Pretty sure it was a Williams. Not a big deal, the old cars aren't worth much, especially without the motor.
Just a couple of guys driving it around to different places
Thats still cool to have an F1 car on display at a local store.
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Old 02-22-2019, 12:03 PM
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Blue, we didn't get to any car museums on our last outing but my wife did take me to a Ferrari store.


best without going out into the street


This was parked about 200 meters up the road from the shop



This car was so nice. Don't know what year or model maybe someone here knows

These were just a few of the nice cars we saw last week.
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BMW i8 - it’s a plug in hybrid and quite a looker. It doesn’t really fit the definition of an exotic but likely demonstrates what exotics will be like 10-20 years down the line.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_i8

I think black largely depends on the shade. Some look very nice especially the Cadillac triple black and yes most cars look good in black. It’s just not my preferred color owing to how much work it takes to keep it clean.

not just the amount of work to keep it clean but the panels have to be SO perfect

the BMW info link was interesting
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Blue, we didn't get to any car museums on our last outing but my wife did take me to a Ferrari store.


best without going out into the street


This was parked about 200 meters up the road from the shop



This car was so nice. Don't know what year or model maybe someone here knows

These were just a few of the nice cars we saw last week.
looks like a fun trip to the dealership. That is a Ferrari 250 California. Beautiful cars for sure.

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There was a very low mileage S2000 sold at Barrett Jackson a few weeks ago for $49,000, but this looks like a better car. This one has already been bid up to $50,000. I'm sure this is due to the fact that the car comes in the highly desirable Berlina Black - a very rare S2000 color since it is named after an Italian 4 door sedan instead of a race track.

Disgrutled Publicus reminds me that several years ago that nincompoop that we had as a "News Editor" wrote an article about all the different S2000 colors. If you recall, the "News Editor" was highly disparaging to the Blacks. The article is probably still on the Home Page, but probably buried so far back that it is actually lost to History given the absence of a good search engine.

Of course, when that article came out, none of us except Disgruntled recognized that the "News Editor" was part of a left wing, media conspiracy intent on corrupting America with "Fake News". Disgruntled was in front of the curve when he courageously and single handedly called out the "News Editor" for biased, unfair and fraudulent reporting.

And remember all those special stars next to the "News Editor's" byline? He thought he held some special, elite, intellectual class of S2000 membership beyond the reach of mere mortals like Disgruntled. Disgruntled was also the first to object to those phony stars that the News Editor cast like a halo around his head.

Disgruntled says that society has changed for the better in the last few years. We still have enough "Fake News", but at least the phony "News Editor" has been knocked off his perch. The Blacks have been able to emerge from the shadows. Social movements such as #BlackCarsMatter have been started for the advancement of Black car issues. In New Zealand they even have a whole sports team named the "All Blacks". Given all of this positive change in the community resulting in large part from Disgruntled's efforts, buyers no longer shun the Berlina Black S2000. They will be lining up to buy this car. The bidding should just keep getting higher.
Your post made me think of this:
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I just read that the Berlina S2000 belongs to Graham Rahal and he’s listed it for sale.
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