Maverick colors ranked

[Meintc]

My view. The color you pick is because you like it. You shouldn't have to have approval for your like. Also, I originally picked Velocity Blue because it was "Free", but later decided I was tired of blue and I wanted a bright color and the price wasn't a factor, well not much of one anyway. I did hesitate a moment then said to myself "Sh*t you only live once"!

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[LessFrequent]

Sometimes making things seem expensive and exclusive results in sales. I once was trying to sell a litter of puppies with little success. I raised the price $175, and the puppies quickly sold. The asking price indicated that these puppies were "worth" buying.

Reminds me of the story about a guy who bought himself a new recliner, so he set his used recliner out by the curb with a "Free" sign on it. It sat out there all weekend but no one picked it up, so on Monday he put a "For Sale $150" sign on it, and by Tuesday morning it was stolen.

 

[AndrewinMD]

I want to like Cyber Orange. Too bad it's yellow in real life

Someone commented on here that it looks like a school bus color, and that has just stuck with me.

As for the article, the author should have just entitled it, "I like Cyber Orange and hate all the other colors." That said, the zing on Oxford White is pretty funny (how much do I charge for my services)!

 

[DG17]

My rankings:

1) Cyber Orange with black decals
2) black when it's clean
3) hot pepper red
4) carbonized gray
5) cactus gray
6) white
7) alto blue
8) area 51
9) velocity blue
10) rapid red
11) silver

 

[Maui]

there is a yellow one
that won't accept the black one
that won't accept the red one
that won't accept the white one

Sly & The Family Stone

(Great song.)

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

Alto Blue was educated at Oxford!

Fixed that for you. HRG

 

[Clarkdonbran]

Fixed that for you. HRG

Stanford at best.

 

[skadizzle]

there is a yellow one
that won't accept the black one
that won't accept the red one
that won't accept the white one

Sly & The Family Stone

(Great song.)

Different strokes for different folks

 

[KenC]

 

[Rojo]

My first vehicle when I turned 16 was a 73 Chevy pickup that was school bus yellow. It had a 350 with a four barrel carb and loud exhaust. My dad told me recently because he wanted to make sure everyone on the road saw/heard me coming so that I wouldn't get hit. For years after I had the truck random people I had never met before would come up to me and say "Oh, your the guy that drives that big yellow truck?" All that to say, that is a great color for getting noticed.

 

[huunvubu]

Ranked as selected by orders here on the Maverick Truck Club

1. Area 51
2. Velocity Blue
3. Cactus Gray
4. Carbonized Gray
5. Alto Blue
6. Hot Pepper Red
7. Oxford White
8. Tie between Shadow Black and Iconic Silver
10.Cyber Orange
11.Rapid Red

 

[KenC]

My first vehicle when I turned 16 was a 73 Chevy pickup that was school bus yellow. It had a 350 with a four barrel carb and loud exhaust. My dad told me recently because he wanted to make sure everyone on the road saw/heard me coming so that I wouldn't get hit. For years after I had the truck random people I had never met before would come up to me and say "Oh, your the guy that drives that big yellow truck?" All that to say, that is a great color for getting noticed.

I had a 71. Did you start off in 2nd gear!? I miss that truck...

 

[Rojo]

I had a 71. Did you start off in 2nd gear!? I miss that truck...

No, mine was an automatic, I did have two lows along with drive though. It was a beast

 

[Maui]

...so on, and so on, and

 

[AngloSoup]

Well, a lot of people don't get bold colors like Cyber Orange because they're worried about resale. Funny thing is, orange actually has a higher resale value than any other color. White, grey, and "safe colors" that people think will resell better actually have lower resale values that more bold colors.

That said, that's not why I'm going to go with Cyber Orange (if I go XLT instead of XL)... There are several reasons I would pick CO. I'm on the fence between XL and XLT but being able to get CO only on XLT is tilting the balance to me getting an XLT.

1) Safest color. Day, night, overcast, that color is visible, people aren't going to miss you on the road in their side view mirror. Yes, it's school bus color and school buses are that exact shade for a reason. All those grey variants are invisible on the road on a dull drizzly autumn morning.

2) It's unique. I like having a car that doesn't look like everyone else's. It stands out without being tacky or over the top. I can always quickly find my car in a parking lot.

3) I like it and think it's an attractive color on the Maverick. I mean, for most people this is reason #1 why they pick a color and it is important to me too. It's why I'm going CO instead of white. White is a pretty safe color too.


I like red too, but studies show cops pull over red cars more often... Anecdotally, when I had a red car I did get pulled over many times. Never have once in any of my other cars/trucks.

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