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Old 04-05-2008, 11:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Blue Smart or White Smart

I cannot decide which Smart I like better....so I need your help. It's between the white with silver safety cell or the blue with the silver safety cell! Which would you like better. I am an 18 year old guy in college, so choose accordingly to what you think.

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Old 04-05-2008, 11:31 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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I'm biased - I have white with silver with black leather - and wouldn't change a thing... either color are great... welcome aboard.
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I cannot decide which Smart I like better....so I need your help. It's between the white with silver safety cell or the blue with the silver safety cell! Which would you like better. I am an 18 year old guy in college, so choose accordingly to what you think.
I'm biased. I ordered a silver/silver and swapped panels after three months to white/silver. (Black leather, too.) I am crazy about the new color combination. White is molded-in, so the color goes all the way through the panel. Blue is painted on. White and silver looks GREAT!
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I like the Blue with black personally
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Well for me, my cabrio is crystal while WITH the black cell cause the fabric top being black as well, I didn't want to have a 4 color pallette going on ( including my red interior )...

I find the white so attractive, I donno, I have always had a thing for lighter colored car. I remember my 1993 turbo Toyota MR2 was pure white with a blue interior, THAT was sharp!

( I saw a smart this weekend in Hamburg with a blue interior, too bad I didnt have my camera with me, otherwise I'd have snapped a shot for you guys... )
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For a college guy? Blue is dark and sexy as a good chick magnet. I think white is too pure for your age. Actually I like them all. There isn't a color combo I don't like.
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Old 04-06-2008, 04:57 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Biased here too: wanted mine as light as possible (because I have the probably wrong perception that lighter cars don't become as hot in the sun as dark ones would). Got white/silver. Furthermore, white, being a "full", or "basic" color (throughout the material) is a tad cheaper...

And it's also more visible at night (as per post below from Old Smart), an added advantage for a tiny car...

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White/Black/Red

I chose white (actually white/black/red & black interior) for a number of reasons:

I like three colors only; two is bland; four or more is confusing. White/black/red has “snap.”

As a sometime large format photographer, I very much appreciate black and white (ala Ansel Adams).

For safety reasons, white is one of the most visible colors in daylight, and THE most visible at night (I don’t anticipate driving the smart in snow here). See:
http://hera.ugr.es/doi/15019548.pdf
http://www.colormatters.com/BBArchive/bubdarc2-car.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ck-white_x.htm
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Well for me, my cabrio is crystal while WITH the black cell cause the fabric top being black as well, I didn't want to have a 4 color pallette going on ( including my red interior )...

I find the white so attractive, I donno, I have always had a thing for lighter colored car. I remember my 1993 turbo Toyota MR2 was pure white with a blue interior, THAT was sharp!

( I saw a smart this weekend in Hamburg with a blue interior, too bad I didnt have my camera with me, otherwise I'd have snapped a shot for you guys... )
My Passion Coupe that I take delivery of by EOM will be crystal white w/ black tridion cell & black leather seats! My current and two prior vehicles have been black on black. Also I thought the black tridion would blend in very nice with the panorama roof, then tinting the windows the same tint as the roof, making my passion a hot smart choice!
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i've seen alot of BLUE ones on the forum and not so many white ones. i've been leaning more towards a silver/silver OR a white/silver with red interior.

i think white, silver or yellow would just SHOW UP BETTER so you don't get run over!!

either way you go, ya can't LOSE!!!
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