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Blue cars... AIBU to wonder if I'm the only one noticing them?!

67 replies

PigOnStilts · 28/11/2019 16:42

Blue cars everywhere.
I actually really like it, such a change from black n white

They are EVERY where here all of a sudden.

My friends and I were crooning over a few parked outside school this morning... So pretty.

Anybody else?

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chomalungma · 28/11/2019 16:44

Yellow cars are better.

Yellow car Grin

QueenOfCatan · 28/11/2019 16:48

Yes! Particularly loving that amazing bright teal/blue I'm seeing about at the moment.

TheFaerieQueene · 28/11/2019 16:49

I have a starlight blue mini with a white roof. Pretty pretty pretty.

LetMeLayAmongTheStars · 28/11/2019 16:50

Wait till you start playing yellow car!
You think there aren’t many about and then end up with a dead arm Confused

VanessaShanessaJenkins · 28/11/2019 16:50

I'm looking for a new car. Blue is the colour I've picked Grin

AlunWynsKnee · 28/11/2019 16:51

chomalungma Grin
Always playing.

PigOnStilts · 28/11/2019 16:51

It's just so lovely.
How does it work?
Do they discount the blue ones to get a trend going?

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CatherineVelindre · 28/11/2019 16:52

Nah, boring.
I have a lovely yellow car.

I do tend to win at yellow car.

chomalungma · 28/11/2019 16:55

I do tend to win at yellow car

How many otters can you get in a yellow car?

(Sorry, OP)

Somanysocks · 28/11/2019 17:04

I have a blue car - I notice it every day Wink

Stupiddriver1 · 28/11/2019 17:06

I just bought a teal blue car. Not for the colour, it was just the best car out of those on offer.

AnchorDownDeepBreath · 28/11/2019 17:08

The cars are all red or black here. All of them. It's a sea of red and black. The red ones are small cars, the black ones are SUVs.

ginghamtablecloths · 28/11/2019 17:13

Blue is my favourite colour and everyone in the family has a blue car.

PigOnStilts · 28/11/2019 17:15

So... Its not just me, its third most popular!
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.fleetnews.co.uk/amp/news/car-industry-news/2017/12/19/sales-of-blue-cars-set-to-increase-in-2018

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FAQs · 28/11/2019 17:16

It’s the return of the late 90s, used to a lot around then, I bought one as my first new car and there was a lot around. How retro Grin

spacepyramid · 28/11/2019 17:21

I see a bright blue car several times a day Grin

YouFellAsleeep · 28/11/2019 17:28

I’ve got a bright blue car, I think it’s proper name is vivid blue.

My son and I play the yellow car game, we call it banana though. We just shout banana if we see one! And we do the mini game, where you nip the other person if you see a mini. We seem a bit nuts written down actually Grin

Treaclepie19 · 28/11/2019 17:41

We wanted blue for our last car but have continued the red theme instead. My 3rd red car.

MitziK · 28/11/2019 17:48

People got fed up with the grey/silver ones.

It sort of mirrors the trends in interiors, I think - think of the muddy green, orange and yellow cars of the 1970s and the trends in homes at the time, black and red in the 1980s (think of the detail on a black VW Golf GTi, an Alfa Romeo, an Escort or BMW 3 Series, for example, compared with the black ash flatpack from MFI and the red grouting around kitchen tiles) recently grey and silver were trendy - grey and silver cars were everywhere, then you have the F&B blues and soon, I think, you'll have more green cars.

The important question in all of this is -

What bonus points do you give for an orange or purple car?

verybritishproblems · 28/11/2019 17:56

I saw a beautiful metallic forest green car today is was 🥰

Mjlp · 28/11/2019 18:11

Blue is my favourite car colour!

thirstyformore · 28/11/2019 18:13

I've just got a new blue car. I love it! It's almost a purple colour in some lights. It was that or black. But black's a bit boring....

emelsie · 28/11/2019 18:22

Pick up my new car next week and have gone for blue ! Current car is dark grey so fancied something a bit more colourful this time.

BarbaraofSeville · 28/11/2019 18:26

I've had several blue cars. I think it is my favourite colour. One was a dark metallic blue golf and I've had three bright blue Skodas over the last 10 years or so. the colour is called Race Blue on Skodas. As my current one is 2 years old it appears I might be ahead of the trend.

I hope blue doesn't become overly popular like grey and silver was, as I used to drive a lot of hire cars and it made it difficult to find the right car in car parks. Having a bright blue car that stands out amongst a sea of grey makes it much easier.

MrsJoshNavidi · 28/11/2019 18:30

Red is the best colour for a car.
Not silver. I hate silver cars, although I have one.
Blue is not for me either.

We bought a new (second hand) car last year and DH got annoyed at me for discounting two "suitable" cars on the basis of their colour. He didn't understand my argument that it can't be "suitable" if it's the wrong colour 😡