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  1. mywhitenoise

    mywhitenoise New Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aaf709 @ Apr 2 2007, 05:25 PM) [snapback]416676[/snapback]</div>

    Tideland Pearl was/is green.
     
    #21 mywhitenoise, Apr 2, 2007
  2. Stev0

    Stev0 Honorary Hong Kong Cavalier

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    Personal experience: the driftwood pearl looks great in the photos, but up close it's just a boring brown with shiny bits in it. It basically looks like a shiny turd.
     
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    I think the lighter colors are the way to go... eek out a little more mpg's with the a/c on just a little bit less during sunny / hot days. :)

    I like the pine the best. Tan is ok, but getting too common, and the red just looks too much like ketchup to me.
     
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  4. hill

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    Didn't care! Went for the lowest price with Bue Que options! '04 w/ everything ~ $18,500 in December of '04. Ended up being white. Even so, white is the easiest to keep / appear clean.
     
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  5. pirateprius

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    If you can't get black I would go with the Silver Pine Mica - very nice looking. Red would be my second choice of the 3 options.
     
    #25 pirateprius, Apr 2, 2007
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    Silver pine mica. Very elegant and sophisticated.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mywhitenoise @ Apr 2 2007, 02:37 PM) [snapback]416682[/snapback]</div>
    Yes, I did consider that for a while. I made it a point to see what the colors looked like in flesh. I liked Tideland Pearl, but the ones I saw were green only in certain lighting. Sometimes it was gray. I understand that was one of the rarer colors of 2005.
     
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  8. vinnysca

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    Silver Pine Mica is the BEST! :D
     

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    Get a gray interior.

    That leaves out the Driftwood Pearl unfortunately.

    Either Red with gray or Pine with gray are nice.

    I'd go either way but I think the pine with gray is very nice.

    Of course....Black is a classic.
     
    #29 Godiva, Apr 2, 2007
  10. moxiequz

    moxiequz Weirdo Social Outcast

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    It is? :blink:

    I confess I'm surprised. I thought white would show everything - indeed, actively attract dust and dirt and grime and grunge and so on and so forth....
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(elmofongo @ Apr 2 2007, 05:33 PM) [snapback]416679[/snapback]</div>
    Silver Pine Mica I love that one.
     
    #31 kayemarschke2, Apr 3, 2007
  12. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Silver Pine Mica if you wanna be unique.
    Barcelona Red Pearl if you want to be seen.
    Driftwood Pearl if you want to blend in.
     
    #32 Tideland Prius, Apr 3, 2007
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    I'd also go for the magnetic grey (what I have) but my second choice would be barcelona red.
    David
     
    #33 hacd3, Apr 3, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hill @ Apr 2 2007, 05:48 PM) [snapback]416732[/snapback]</div>
    I must agree about the Super White! All the others are just pigment. :rolleyes:[​IMG]
     
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    mcbrunnhilde Opera singin' Prius nut!

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    I really love my Salsa Red, and I'm sorry they didn't keep that color since I don't like the Barcelona red quite as much. Silver Pine Mica is the only other color I would consider--it depends on whether you want to stand out or blend in. I definitely don't blend in, so I didn't want my car to either!! :)
     
    #35 mcbrunnhilde, Apr 3, 2007
  16. kiwiruss

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    Well, local availability has limited me to the barcelona red.
    Since we have the price we want from the dealer and he only has a red one comming nin next week we will be taking that .

    Barcelona red it is !
     
    #36 kiwiruss, Apr 4, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Russ Dyer @ Apr 4 2007, 11:34 AM) [snapback]417728[/snapback]</div>
    Congrats!
     
    #37 Tideland Prius, Apr 4, 2007
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    Great Choice! We would have gone for the red as well, if we didn't already have a Salsa Red Sienna. Can't have two similar colors in the driveway! In the end the Seaside Pearl was the next best choice, although I would have much preferred the Japanese Blue!
     
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  19. daveleeprius

    daveleeprius Heh heh heh you think so?

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Darken @ Apr 6 2007, 12:14 PM) [snapback]418859[/snapback]</div>
    I love that blue too. It's pretty common in Japan, I was there last November and saw a bunch of cars that color.

    Dave
     

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Apr 3 2007, 12:51 AM) [snapback]416882[/snapback]</div>

    I agree. If and when I get a Prius, it will be RED, RED, RED! I wanna be seen! :lol: :lol: :lol:

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveLeePrius @ Apr 6 2007, 12:20 PM) [snapback]418865[/snapback]</div>
    Is that a Prius? Or is it a hatchback? :unsure:
     
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