It is a damn nice color indeed, “electric” blue, just glows, and one of two pastels that let’s people know that something awesome and exotic is approaching, from 12 blocks away. Says I own the road and move aside !!!
I do not think so? Not any orange in torch red from what I can discern. To each his own.
I am surprised to read something like this. Most of the SO owners seem happy with their choice, and seem to appreciate the flake in the paint. I had read on other forums some disappointment for the removal of flake, making the new AO seem a bit too flat (even though I find it a little brighter and more electric like RB). It's rare to find someone like yourself who would trade in a SO for an AO, so curious as to your reasoning. In your case, you already made up your mind you like orange and are sticking to it, so steps ahead of me. At least there are a couple of guys in ON ordering AO, gives me a chance (hopefully) to drive up (from QC) to see them in person, to help me when my build comes around early next year.
With regards to the color SO is a nice orange however, I wanted a brighter or lighter orange from the get go. Often I find SO reminds me of a traffic cone color.
I believe it's a fact. I could still be wrong, but that is what I've heard multiple times. It's the Sebring orange I'm not sure of.
My 69 is Monza Red but it looks orange when it is in direct sunlight.
Traffic cone, too funny, we have LOTS of those on our terrible roads here in Mtl, so I hear you !! Without taking away from the pastel color chat, I do agree on the 2LT point. My initial plan was to purchase an affordable C8, so 1LT coupe, but then the HTC came out and I fell in love, so another $10K to spend. Then I compared 1LT to 2LT, so many creature comforts in the 2LT, the biggest ones for me is sound system, cooling seats and HUD in that order. I am an audiophile, and love my music, and while I will enjoy the engine and exhaust sound, I also want to enjoy some louder music. Having come from a car audio background decades ago, it's not fun to have to rip off factory door and dash panels to swap out speakers, pass new power cables to allow the install of higher performance amplifiers, and securing those components in an available space. My wife has lived thru those years with me, so once she found out that the better system was in the 2LT, she insisted for me to spend the extra $10K to avoid tearing a brand new car apart to get better sound. And of course the technology has come a LONG way since the initial days of crappy Bose systems from the 90's and early 2000's. I just hope the 2LT system has enough low end where I won't be missing to have a small sub tucked in somewhere. And think about this, in a HTC many will want to leave the roof open to show off the interior when parked. Depending on how long that interior bakes in the sun, having cooling seats will go a long way from burning your legs or having a sweaty back. And the HUD is a nice feature to have too, without having to take your eyes off the road. Oh yeah, PDR, even if one does not track their car, it is nice to have as a security feature (recording accidents or valet), or to record a nice drive you want to share with others online. Lots of toys for another $10K of spend.
Not to dampen your enthusiasm, but I've heard from a lot of people that there is little difference between the 2 systems and some even say neither is fantastic. I like mine, but though I do love music, I'm no audiophile. I've never had HUD or cooling / heated seats but am certainly getting used to both.
Cam, that looks SPECTACULAR !!! Have always thought black rims was the way to go, but those silver ones look amazing on your ride !!! Congrats man, very tasteful and if I may say, exotic looking !!! Curious if it was always orange for you, or if the reds and RB was an option as well (maybe you answered this higher up).
Thanks!
So many questions, but here are the obvious ones:
OK, you have my curiosity. I am late to the CCF party (joined recently), so getting to know you guys. I looked up CAMMARI to see if it stood for something, but guessing there is a story behind this nickname. Care to explain ?
Camaro I assumed. Raccoons can't talk very well.
All calipers are powder coated. If you don't pay for a colour they will come powder coated black. At least they are painted with a very good paint if it's not powder coated.
