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Chrome rings | 114 | 29.69% | |
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Jun 29th, 2019, 16:29 | #41 |
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Just in case anyone feels I was being a little mean toward volvocat, it wasn't the intention.
It was a dig at Volvo's rather dull "range" of colours, which includes 6 shades of gray at the last count. Where are the greens, yellows/gold etc. of past Volvos? |
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Jul 2nd, 2019, 13:55 | #42 | |
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Yes, how strange that buyers of current Volvos dare to want something other than 10 shades of grey? I’ve already had a rant about this somewhere on this forum. I get the under-stated, subtle, classy Scandinavian design ethos thing, but ffs, surely that can include a few tasteful brighter colours??
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Jul 2nd, 2019, 19:48 | #43 | |
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Looking at the colour chart when ordering my car, the Fusion Red stood out, so I ordered one in that colour. It may not have been my first choice if other colours had been available - shame. Pete. Last edited by vman99; Jul 2nd, 2019 at 19:49. Reason: typo |
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Jul 3rd, 2019, 02:06 | #44 |
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At least you had that option - Fusion Red’s one of the few exciting colours but sadly not available across the range, certainly not on any 90s.
Maybe they think the bigger cars/AWDs are too ‘grown up’ for bright colours... Yet I was able to order my 2011 XC70 in Flamenco Red which looked superb.
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Jul 3rd, 2019, 17:18 | #45 |
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When the Q7 was sold a couple of years ago, the Audi configurator offered a personal range of colours, for an additional cost of around £2k.
A shame Volvo don't do this - it only involves programming the colour into the paint shop computer - hardly rocket science. Halfords do this already when you buy a can of paint for scratch repairs. |
Jul 16th, 2019, 21:49 | #46 | |
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There may be other limitations in older and less well equipped paint shops that makes them unable to cope with more than one colour per car. It takes rather sophisticated techniques and equipment to, for instance, paint a car blue but paint its roof and some pillars black. Some factories are geared up for this [I suspect that the XC40 factory is] and some are not [60 and 90 series in Sweden].
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Jul 17th, 2019, 09:20 | #47 |
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I use glass, it's the default when I got my car and I just find it weird to switch at this point!
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Jul 26th, 2019, 00:07 | #48 |
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I drove an R Design on a demo and it had a blue coloured display.
It was a little disappointing to find that after I had bought my Inscription a blue display was not included. I think after trying those I have available on my car, I seem to have settled on the chrome rings.
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Jul 30th, 2019, 17:03 | #49 |
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I'm sure there is, but it isn't insurmountable - Audi offered a choice of bespoke colours (quite a wide range).
Premium marques such as Bentley offer a wider range than did Audi. I wouldn't mind spending an additional £2k (which was Audi's price) for a colour of my choice than say £3k for the B&W upgrade. That is cheaper than the £4.5k + VAT it would cost for the XC90 to be wrapped (I got a quote from "Yanni"). |
Jul 30th, 2019, 19:20 | #50 | |
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I presume his prices are at the high end of the market, with much cheaper solutions being available elsewhere, so perhaps a less well known wrapper would do it for, what, 1/3-1/2 of that price..? Still more than I'd spend, but certainly a lot cheaper than changing a car that you're otherwise happy with just because you fancy a change of colour. |
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