[Closed] PICs - Daily Dose of Diecast...(LAST) Tuesday

No problems and I do. I had considered the conv too, but passed. It looks great. Thanks!

Seeing the colors of cars in the 50s. 60s and 70s both exterior and INTERIOR and it's no wonder that people were happier then! It might sound silly, but color can and does play a role in ones' day from what he/she wears, how their home is decorated to the car they drive. It all has an effect (negative and or positive) on how we feel, our mood etc. Today I've noticed the MAJORITY of new cars are BLACK or GRAY/Silver. Occasionally white or a shade of red BUT Blues, greens, Turquoise, yellow, orange, purple, etc are just about NEVER seen (Aside from some new Mopars ) As for interior colors ....... Its seems BLACK or black or off black or charcoal are predominant interior colors of choice and for the "daring" you might see a light gray or tan/beige but thats about it. A few makers offer RED here or there but you never see BLUE interiors, GREEN interiors or anything cheerful or "fun" Perhaps if they did this again, people would smile more!!! Is it ME or does anyone else find the majority of people now days are self-absorbed, dull and unhappy? Perhaps it's living in a big city (New York) who knows ......

I agree with you about the colors. Mustang offers some vibrant colors, but the interior color offerings are boring.

I recently purchased a pre-owned BMW 328i convertible and I bought it because I was looking for a particular color. (It's called Arctic Metallic, but it looks like a silver blue metallic - sometimes has a little green to it, depending on lighting.) And I did NOT want a black or charcoal interior, which is what most BMWs come with, at least here in the Pacific Northwest. The interior color on mine is cream. Most people don't want light colored interiors, but I prefer them. They make the interior feel more open and spacious, in my opinion.

Most people are too self-absorbed in their smart phones to notice ANYTHING today, let alone the color of a car.

Happier then??? LOL! Phil, you're a funny guy. I also know you weren't alive in the '60s...

... or at best, a young child and therefore couldn't possibly have a keen sense if people were happier then. I'll submit that considering what was happening in the world, with a constant threat of nuclear war, Vietnam, numerous assassinations of major public figures, riots, air/water/land pollution, and Cancer being a death sentence, I don't think people were "happier then." I know most of us draft age males were in a perpetual state of anxiety worried if we were going to be called to fight in what most of us considered a silly, unjust war.

Are people happier today? I don't know that we are because we're beset with all kinds of problems today too. Perhaps the level of happiness is just based on our individual situations. However, I do think it is human nature to look fondly on the past. That's because it's human nature to remember the good times and forget the bad/hard times.

I'd question if "colors" in cars was influential to the general public's state of happiness.

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PS: With respect to today's colors, the manufacturers are providing what buying public wants. My understanding that cars with vibrant colors usually sit on lots longer. They sit unsold because few people want them. The auto makers are not trying to force anything on anyone. They're in business solely to make a buck. If the public was clamoring for pink cars with yellow interiors, then the manufacturers would produce them in hoards! Today's colors is what TODAY'S market wants. Aesthetic tastes, like pretty much everything else, is not static is subject to change and evolution. Nothing stays the same and usually is on a rotational cycle. I predict that in the future, bright vibrant colors will return. When is anyone's guess.