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View Poll Results: What color is the nicest?
White 20 62.50%
Silver 12 37.50%
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Old 11-05-2009, 09:33 PM   #1
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So my dad wants to sell the astra I'm currently driving to my brother and get me a new xr3 but I'm not sure what color is the best.

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Old 11-05-2009, 09:50 PM   #2
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what color silver? star silver or silver sand? the latter has kinda grown on me

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Old 11-05-2009, 09:54 PM   #3
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White XR3, oldest Daughter just bought a Red XR3 5speed

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Old 11-05-2009, 10:05 PM   #4
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I would get a white one...wish I had bought a white one some days.

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Old 11-05-2009, 10:46 PM   #5
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you are the fool that has to look at it every day. choose what you want.

I paid more money to get a blue one because i couldnt stand the thought of another silver or red car, and i didnt want my beater to be black. that left me with blue or white since gold is below yellow on the list of what she who must be obeyed will allow.

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Old 11-05-2009, 11:02 PM   #6
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The most likely color for me to get would be the white because I love it and none of my friends have a white one yet, just to bug a few people I thought I would show you the specials currently being offered:



the white:http://www.queenswaysaturn.com/new-i...0a221ca075.htm

Special on the white:http://www.queenswaysaturn.com/specials/new.htm

the silver (at the bottom of the list):http://www.saturnofwoodbridge.ca/PreOwnedSaturns.html

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Old 11-05-2009, 11:37 PM   #7
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White, I have the star silver but wanted the white.

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Old 11-06-2009, 12:15 AM   #8
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So my dad wants to sell the astra I'm currently driving to my brother and get me a new xr3 but I'm not sure what color is the best.
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Old 11-06-2009, 01:20 AM   #9
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I voted white. It looks good on the astra. Silver is just so boring.

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Old 11-06-2009, 02:30 AM   #10
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Was thinking about a silver XE5 at first...it looked like such a piece of **** then I saw the blue XR3 and just had to have it so I did haha.

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Old 11-06-2009, 03:18 AM   #11
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Go with the White one. That's what I have. Even when it's really dirty, it still looks clean until you touch it.

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Old 11-06-2009, 07:49 AM   #12
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I'm going to see the white one during my 3 hr break in between classes today. Hope it has tinted windows, but I guess I'll settle with whatever I get.

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Old 11-06-2009, 07:51 AM   #13
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Neither, either Blue or Black.

Sorry my first car was white and I will never get a while car again. Just like having a car with more color, to me it helps give the car character.

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Old 11-06-2009, 11:37 AM   #14
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I have a blue one now and my brother would be getting it so it would be like having the exact same car. And I just saw the white one this morning and :OMG: do I love it.

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Old 11-06-2009, 12:28 PM   #15
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heres a few crappy pictures that I took on my phone
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Neither, either Blue or Black.

Sorry my first car was white and I will never get a while car again. Just like having a car with more color, to me it helps give the car character.
Agreed.

White suxx as a car color. Makes even the nicest cars look like kitchen appliances.

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Old 11-06-2009, 01:06 PM   #17
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no love for saphire black? i get comments on it all the time, even when its dirty it shines.

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Old 11-06-2009, 01:31 PM   #18
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I have a blue one now and my brother would be getting it so it would be like having the exact same car. And I just saw the white one this morning and :OMG: do I love it.

14,013 at 5.9%

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I can understand that one then, I have a younger brother, I know how those things go. But why not black then?

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Old 11-06-2009, 02:07 PM   #19
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I like my silver but wish they offered it in the yellow that comes on the Sky. Of course, I'm also partial to the Tropic Orange on my old VW.

Either way, get the 18" rims - they really stand out on the Astra.

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Old 11-06-2009, 02:37 PM   #20
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In TX because of the extreme heat at times I prefer white. Also white just looks a lot better over the years.

That said, I'd sure like the silver one w/ tinted windows.

Here is a pic of mine. It is for sale btw if you want to ship one up to Canada and save a few grand.

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