CodeRedR51
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Considering it's made by Wald, I bet the kit costs as much as the car itself. No thanks.
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Why is very body kit for this car have a ricer look to them?
Not BBS, but gold Konig Daylite-> And oh by the way, the gold BBS would look teh sickness on a WR Blue BRZ.
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That's like saying that people who buy red Ferrari's are played out too... Its one thing if its a fad like everyone and their mother getting a white M3 but WRB Subaru's with gold BBS's is a signature thing for Subaru and many owners like that colors due to WRC heritage.
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Oh yeah, that series they steadily got worse in, eventually abandoned, and haven't been in for several years.
It may well be a signature thing for Subaru but it's still played out. The BRZ doesn't even have any heritage to call upon other than the Subaru badge. You may as well sell the Tribeca in blue and gold for all the relevance it has.
That, and looking at the shots above the blue/gold doesn't really suit the BRZ IMO. Again, probably not helped by the BRZ looking nothing like any of the rally cars Subaru has ever made.
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Id say thats beig a bit harsh. They dropped out in '08 and had afew bad seasons after the '03 title. Not to be too much of a fan boy but reading that just makes want to here your thoughts on the ralliart lancer!
Even better would be to here thoughts on Mazda who still uses the 787b in commercials.
Sometimes history/heritage is a good thing.
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Agreed. We have a surprisingly high ammount of white/gold and black/gold WRX and STi variants running about here in the Mitten. I tend to lean more toward the black/gold, as it is a classically well-matched scheme. But, realistically, I'd opt for white every time.
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The blue/gold thing is hugely played out now. We've been getting Imprezas in the UK with blue paint and gold wheels since 1995, but when 90 percent of Imprezas sold after then have been in the exact same colour scheme, it gets a bit tedious.
True, but the same can be said about red Ferraris.
And it's pretty hard to be original in 2012.
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^ Sorry to break your jolly mood, but its a repost (see previous page). 
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Id say thats beig a bit harsh. They dropped out in '08 and had afew bad seasons after the '03 title. Not to be too much of a fan boy but reading that just makes want to here your thoughts on the ralliart lancer!
By Ralliart Lancer do you mean the specific model? I'm not out to defend that either, but then Mitsubishi doesn't paint its cars in a rally colour scheme...
Even better would be to here thoughts on Mazda who still uses the 787b in commercials.
Well again, I don't see Mazda still painting cars like the 91 Le Mans car. The average MX-5 doesn't scream "Look at meeeeee, I won Le Mans!"
Undoubtedly so, but then Subaru has nothing on the world stage keeping up that heritage at the moment.
True, but the same can be said about red Ferraris.
You mean the colour Ferrari still races in on an international stage?
Both of you appear to be missing my point. I'm not saying that Subaru shouldn't be proud of it's heritage, I'm saying that blue/gold is like the default choice for people who seem to think they have a rally car for the road, when Subaru's current absence from the WRC that made their name makes STis and BRZs anything but.
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I really like the new sedan STI in light silver and that pearly white. As for the BRZ, red or white but the red with the blue Subaru logo has always looked really strange to me.
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Silver definitely suits the STi sedan. Best colour I've seen on the BRZ/FRS/86 trio is the burnt orange metallic on the 86. Looks amazing with a bit of sunlight on it.
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-> When I was shopping for an '07 STi; pearl white w/ gold wheels were the s:censored:!!! The silver/gold was my 2nd choice.
-> But the GD/'07 body suits the pearl/gold better than the GE body.
-> Although, after I've seen a white FR-S...I can see a white/gold on a BRZ...
-> But the GD/'07 body suits the pearl/gold better than the GE body.
-> Although, after I've seen a white FR-S...I can see a white/gold on a BRZ...
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I was just referring to the fact they use the term ralli.
And I must have missed the racing livery paint option when I bought my subby. Sure, I saw the blue color option but I didn't think simply having a blue subby meant you were in racing paint.
Regarding history/ heritage, I'd say you're right about the works team but I'm quite sure there are still plenty of privateer subbies doing all kinds of racing, then again, you're the Auto industry expert here (judging from your signature) and I could be wrong, maybe there are no subbies out there after all.
Of course, I see what you are trying to say but... then again...
Seems like an ignorant assumption to me.
Maybe people who buy a car like the WRX Sti want the color they want and don't care if you see it and think ...wow, way to go boy racer wannabe rally driver...
I can say with 100% confidence that when I see a blue subby with gold wheels I don't think the owner is trying to pretend its a rally car, I just get the impression they like blue cars with gold wheels.
Its almost the same as someone in my shoes assuming everyone who buys an old beetle and gives it a name thinks they are driving herby in rally races.
All that said, I'm pretty sure the reason we don't see green/orange mazdas on the road is because they would be ugly.
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I was just referring to the fact they use the term ralli.
I'm not sure how clued-up you are on the provenance of the word "Ralliart", but Ralliart was the company that handled Mitsubishi's rallying operations throughout the 1990s. Really though, Ralliart is just a name, like STi. Engineering, more than heritage.
Well, it was, but the company has recently closed down, so it's a moot point.
They're still quite popular with privateers in various rally series, but then so are Nissan Micras and nobody says that those have rally heritage
Of course, I see what you are trying to say but... then again...
Seems like an ignorant assumption to me.
Maybe people who buy a car like the WRX Sti want the color they want and don't care if you see it and think ...wow, way to go boy racer wannabe rally driver...
Not ignorant. Presumptuous, perhaps, but then I've already had "rally heritage" thrown at me a couple of times during this brief discussion, so it's fair to say that it's the first people think when buying a blue Subaru with gold wheels...
And I'm sure you're absolutely right that some people simply like that colour combo. I used to myself, but now I just find it hugely played out. This might also be influenced by the fact that you've had turbocharged Imprezas for around a decade less than we've had them in Europe. I've had more time to get bored of those colours...
Its almost the same as someone in my shoes assuming everyone who buys an old beetle and gives it a name thinks they are driving herby in rally races.
Not really. There are enough Beetles out there painted identically to Herbie to be fairly sure that they're the ones who think they're driving Herbie... everyone else is just driving a Beetle...
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^ Sorry to break your jolly mood, but its a repost (see previous page).
Damn
. It was 2 pages back for me... .
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I don't know much about ralliart at all so I'm happy to hear the info.
That said, I don't think you personally being tired of the paint scheme qualifies as logical reasoning to say everyone driving a blue subby with gold wheels thinks they are in a rally machine.
Likewise, the same applies for herbie.
And I hate to say it, but subby isn't the only brand we see here in America with blue and gold. Believe it or not, some people really like the scheme (that said, subby is one of the only brands I can think of who offers the scheme as a factory option of a few of their cars).
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Need I keep going?
I mean, do the search yourself and realize blue and gold is a color combo a lot of people like, it's just that simple. 👍 Btw, I totally didn't buy blue and gold on my Sti.
Maybe if I put it in other terms it would be better.
I think green on Jags is played out because it's like every person driving a jag thinks they're in this...
That said, I don't think you personally being tired of the paint scheme qualifies as logical reasoning to say everyone driving a blue subby with gold wheels thinks they are in a rally machine.
Likewise, the same applies for herbie.
And I hate to say it, but subby isn't the only brand we see here in America with blue and gold. Believe it or not, some people really like the scheme (that said, subby is one of the only brands I can think of who offers the scheme as a factory option of a few of their cars).
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Need I keep going?
I mean, do the search yourself and realize blue and gold is a color combo a lot of people like, it's just that simple. 👍 Btw, I totally didn't buy blue and gold on my Sti.
Maybe if I put it in other terms it would be better.
I think green on Jags is played out because it's like every person driving a jag thinks they're in this...
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You really needn't, because I still don't think you're quite making the right connection. I'm certainly not trying to logically compare me thinking it's played out with the rally thing - those are two separate issues.
Have another read of my first post on the matter:
Rally heritage or people liking the colour scheme matter not a jot to my original point, which is that it's an entirely unoriginal scheme to pick.
If tens of thousands of Jags were painted in old-style British Racing Green and if millions of Beetles had stripes and #53 on the side, then your analogy would stand up to scrutiny. But they don't, so it doesn't.
Whether you like the association or not, the blue/gold Subaru thing wouldn't exist were it not for a decade of rallying in exactly that colour scheme. I'm sure people pick it simply for the looks as much as they do for any illusions of being a rallyist now, but I suspect many Subaru owners are fully aware of the rallying link. The blue is called World Rally Blue Mica or something, so they'd have to be a bit thick not to put two and two together.
Even if every single owner picked blue and gold without any knowledge of rallying, that wouldn't change anything about my assertion that the combo is played out.
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Still a quick sale I hear.
http://www.insideline.com/cadillac/xts/cadillac-xts-tops-fast-selling-list-with-subaru-brz.html
