Coming home from North Georiga tonight, I passed a Green Coupe with a Douglas County, GA tag!

Looked to be a "Lime Green" in the other car's headlights. Who ever painted it did a good job - looked factory, but it couldn't be factory.





Pizzaguy
(There WASN'T a green available, right?)

 

you been smokin' again......haven't we warned you about that....last time you got married or something...... and the answer is NO< there weren't any in that color, but one did show up on here at a car show.....

 

Was it all green or just part green?

GREEN

 

this one has been posted a few times on this forum....


Greencrossfire.jpg

 

It was all green, but they left the rims alone! So it probably wasn't that one.

 

I dreamt of a green xf last night.
Are there any orange ones outthere?

 

There was one for sale a few months ago. It was in Atlanta and I think it was listed on Autytraders.com.

 

It ain't easy being green .. Kermit

 

Here is one in Europe

 

Wow those Green Coupes are really nice! This is my favourite one,

 

I am really fond of “Green Coupes” because of the outside look. But unfortunately I don’t have a Green Coupe car. And I planned to buy a brand new one on next month.

 

Each to his own. No such thing as resale green.

 

I like the color green, as long as it's the right shade. I like that VW coupe from a couple posts ago.

 

OMG look how kinked that rear wheel is!

 

Actually that's not entirely true Gary.

The Big Bad Green AMX

Big Bad Green AMX's have a history of routinely bringing higher resale prices at classic car auctions compared to the more "standard" colored cars.
I think the highest price ever paid for an AMX at Barrett Jackson was over $50k for a BBG car.

 

Now that AMX is a real nice shade of green. I like that blue one, too. It seems the only car that has those bright colors these days is the Lotus Elise.

 

It depends on the green.




This is my previous car, a supercharged 1995 Buick Riviera. For it's 10th anniversary of being built I gave the car a new paintjob. I've spent many months of planning and research to find a color that accentuated the sporty character of the car but would be toned down and believeable as a factory color.

I knew I didn't want an acidic buggy green since I'm aware of resale values as a real estate agent. I tried for Ford's new Legend Lime that was offered on the newly introduced retro 2005 Mustangs. Since it was soo new, many paint shops did not have the paint code books for that model. I tried to find a color that was similar. I found this Kiwi Pearl Metallic from the Dodge Ram line. And as a bonus, this color was only offered for a 1-year run on the Rams making it unique and rare. I was extremely pleased with the results. The green has more of a creamy green look than the acidic, olive tone of the Legend Lime.

I decided to sell my love when it reached about 157k miles and I determined paying for repairs for a car with such high miles was just no longer worth it to me. So when I got the car mechanically sound and inspected I listed it.

The car sold for $2500. Much more than I expected since Ford quoted me $100 for a trade in value. I bought it for $4k, put about $2k into it, got 6 years of excellent reliabilty and service...and performance. $2500 was a fair price for all. The buyer was a big fan of Riviera in all of it's generations and bought the car for his daughter.

I have gotten soo many compliments on that car from people thinking it was a new model to people thinking it was an Jaguar XK8, and one girl thinking it was a Rolls Royce coupe(yeah, a stretch). Another girl in a brand new Mustang stopped me and asked me about it.

So from the pics above I can agree it is not for resale value. But there are many vibrant colors that actually promote the car in a positive light.


Currently, I have another 1995 Riviera as a winter beater. I am preserving my Crossfire until I can find one with high miles that I could use as a daily driver. The second Riviera only had 72k miles on it, and I bought it for $1300; so $2500 for my 157k mile Riv was a big deal for me. And I owe it all to the green paint.

 

How did you notice the rear wheel? All I can see is that AMG badge.

 

Can anyone explain why we are getting trolls...Two in this thread!!!!
Make them go away

and the misplaced AMG stickers MAKE THEM GO AWAY...