Yellow: yay or nay?

UNKNOWN_370

My Z on GT5 is yellow n ridiculously hott! fully modded with carbon black accents. I like yellow. But yellow needs a lot of care. It needs plenty of polishing, and an excellent quality wax to protect the car from the sun. I hate when people don't keep up with yellow cars. The sides look new and the topside looks old and shabby due to overexposure from the sun.

jaedub

I dont want to offend any people who owns CY 370z but here is my honest opinion. That color will be the last color I'd get for my Z. Our Z in yellow seems......a bit cheap and non-sporty looking car. CY just doesnt seem right to me.

bvl

Yellow is a very difficult color in large volumes. Its often only done on one or two model years to pique interest in the model for specific buyers. Once they are satiated, the color is dropped.

There are also different shades of yellows and some are good...some not so good.

I owned a 1992 Sunburst Miata for many years...a yellow that works well IMHO. Despite that, only 1500 were sold in a model year when more then 50K were sold. Just not for the masses.

Mazda then came out with a different yellow 9 years later which doesn't really work. Went back to the 92' color code (with clear coat) for the their last yellow.

Corvette tends to get the yellow right. I don't think Nissan did on the Z. Recently saw a new Eclipse in yellow: no good. The shade matters.

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birdmanx1

Blondes or brunettes ... Babba, if you like yellow then get it, if you don't like it then don't. Your money, your personal car, your personal taste, your choice. AFAIK all colors look great on the Z, pick the one that you are most happy with. Welcome BTW.

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tonybui

I own a chicane yellow and love it. I respect ur opinion and all but aren't bright color suppose to be "sporty"?

USMCASA

yellow is by far one of the best colors you can get. it jumps out at you and gets noticed. i have a buddy that has a black z and he said no one really notices it... but on the other hand this one gets a lot of attention. when you think exotic (ferrari, lambo, etc) i wouldn't buy those cars in any other color other than yellow or red but to each his own

red6spd

Yay: If this color was out in 10 I probably would have got it. I dont care about resale value, I buy a car I want not one someone else might want when I sell it.

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Lemers

Just say no to the crayola 8

Red
Yellow
Orange
Green
Blue
Violet (purple)
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2011 Nismo#91

There are some cars that I feel look good with yellow, for me the 370 isn't one of them.

PapoZalsa

However, that is a color that only came on the 2009 models.

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Vaughanabe13

I think the chicane yellow looks rather sickly and "light colored"... in some pictures. I would be curious to see who in this thread has actually seen it in real life, because in real life it absolutely pops and commands your attention. It's amazing, really, I have gotten SO many compliments on the color alone. It's a flat paint color so there is no metallic sparkle if that's something you are looking for. It shows swirls really easily in the sunlight so keep that in mind. It's definitely somewhat of a high maintenance color but IMO it's in the top 3 of all the 370 colors. It's my personal favorite because my school colors are black and gold, but even without that bias I think it's damn sexy.

I'm not sure how this color would somehow hurt resell value as long as you're keeping up with the maintenance. In fact, it would probably be worth more because it's more rare and cost more when it was made.

Also, I've had my CY 370 next to an ultra yellow 350 and I MUCH preferred the chicane.

The only other downside, IMO, is that everyone can tell you drive an 09, but honestly that's not a huge deal for me, I don't care about the "status" or whatever, I just like the car.

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ScGRaceR

i wouldnt

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CAN8IAN

I would say nay as well....

Doug&Michelle

Nay

dennis26

Get what you like. Forget resale and what others think.