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10-25-2019, 01:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Missouri
Posts: 183
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Why did you pick that COLOR for your truck
Campfire question
I am not asking why you chose a Ford, Ram or Chevy
I am not asking why you chose a 1/2 or 3/4 or 1 Ton SRW or DRW
I am not asking why you chose a diesel or gas engine
I AM asking why you chose the color of your truck.
For me, I chose white because I like how it does not really show dirt, scratches, dents and dings as bad as a darker color. It just seems so much easier to keep clean and looking nice.
Also I like how it looks hooked to my TT which has the almond color exterior.
What about you?
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Steve & Suzanne and the pup Teddy
2015 Chevy 2500 HD 6.0 L 4:10
2016 Rockwood 2616 VS
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10-25-2019, 01:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: North of Seattle, WA
Posts: 17,362
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I chose my truck's color (silver) because I didn't want to wait for 3 months to get one that had exactly what I wanted on it. Silver was the only color available that met my "wants" within 500 miles.
I don't obsess over color and don't really care if it matches my TT or not. As long as the color isn't "Mustard", "Pumpkin", or "Chartreuse" I'm good.
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"A wise man can change his mind. A fool never will." (Japanese Proverb)
"You only grow old when you run out of new things to do"
2018 Flagstaff Micro Lite 25BDS
2023 f-150 SCREW XLT 3.5 Ecoboost (The result of a $68,000 oil change  )
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10-25-2019, 01:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 113
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I chose my truck color because I thought it was one of the best looking colors on this body style of truck. It took me 3 months of searching the used market in 2016, but once I found it, I snatched it up. There aren't a whole lot of trucks in my area with this color, and that's nice too. Every truck before this one has been black, and I love that color, when it's clean... which is hard to keep that way. Blue is slightly easier to keep clean, and the metal flake pops.
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Me, the wife, & 2 daughters (12 & 7yrs old)
2019 Palomino Puma QBSS
2015 Silverado LTZ / Z71 w/ many upgrades
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10-25-2019, 01:50 PM
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RV There Yet?
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Winona, MN
Posts: 1,141
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I chose mine because the price was right and it was a King Ranch. The fact that it matches the camper is a bonus! color is never a determining factor for me. my wife disagrees.
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2018 17RP
2009 Crew Cab King Ranch F150 "Goose"
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10-25-2019, 01:51 PM
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Broken Toe
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Imperial (St. Louis) MO
Posts: 3,745
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I picked it because some jackninny at the factory painted it that color.
Tim
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FROG Member MO-0008-571 Since 20124444444444My Project Blog: https://cowracer.blogspot.com/
"Camper" 2016 Rockwood Signature Ultralite 8329ss
"Casper" 2017 Ram 2500 Laramie Diesel
..ProPride 3P Hitch - "Yeah. It's worth it."
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10-25-2019, 01:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 4,330
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I reluctantly chose white, because all the other colors my truck was available in were ugly shades or grey, or colors so dark they were hardly recognizable. I would have chosen a real color like medium blue, green, orange, or yellow, but these days those colors are extremely rare. I don’t want a shade of grey or red that looks like 95% of the vehicles on the road today.
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2020 Sunseeker 2440DS on 2019 Ford E-450, Trekker cap, Topaz paint
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10-25-2019, 02:01 PM
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Insert witty title here
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: About 30 miles west of Beantown.
Posts: 4,034
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You'd have to ask my truck's original owner.
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2021 Transcend Xplor 247BH
Husky WDH with Sway Control
2021 Chevy Silverado 2500HD LT 6.6L V8 Duramax
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Laurie J. Wood 3/22/67 - 8/23/19
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10-25-2019, 02:04 PM
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Part-Time Campground Host
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 3,187
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Chose mine because it kind of matches the camper (brown, but Ford calls it Caribou). We ordered this one so we could get exactly what we wanted. 49K so far and still going strong.
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Craig & Cath
2018 2902WS Rockwood Ultra Lite (with tons of Mods)
2022 F250 Lariat Super Cab, 7.3 gas w/10 Spd Xmsn
Equalizer Hitch w/4-Point Sway Control
Days camped since 2015(retirement): 1689
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10-25-2019, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: North of Seattle, WA
Posts: 17,362
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IsleDog
color is never a determining factor for me. my wife disagrees.
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Same as here. I spend all my driving time inside and don't see the outside. If it looks like everyone else's so be it. Sometimes being "ordinary" in the highway can be an advantage. Less chance of some nincompoop alongside you being so enamored by your "unique" truck he stares at it while passing and ends up causing an accident.
My late wife disagreed.
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"A wise man can change his mind. A fool never will." (Japanese Proverb)
"You only grow old when you run out of new things to do"
2018 Flagstaff Micro Lite 25BDS
2023 f-150 SCREW XLT 3.5 Ecoboost (The result of a $68,000 oil change )
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10-25-2019, 02:09 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
Posts: 33,855
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I was a firefighter and disliked common truck colors, like silver, white and especially black.
So I bought a Sunburst Orange Avalanche, because it had the color of fire in it and it wasn't common.
When I replaced it with my current F150, the closest color I could find, that had the colors of fire in it, was Sunset Metallic. In sunlight, it is a dark orange. In shade, it's red. It too is not a common color.
older truck:
current truck:
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Dan-Retired California Firefighter/EMT
Shawn-Musician/Entrepreneur/Wine Expert
and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.) 
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
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10-25-2019, 02:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Posts: 7,616
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I picked white because its the best color.
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10-25-2019, 02:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 5,061
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I picked mine because that's what the DW liked... [emoji57]
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I am starting to think, that I will never be old enough--------to know better.
Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist
S.E. Mich. Flagstaff 26FKWS / 2022 F-150 3.5 EcoBoost SCrew Propride
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10-25-2019, 02:37 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
Posts: 21,891
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Gray hides dirt.
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Officially a SOB with a 2022 Jayco Precept 36C
Checkout my site for RVing tips, tricks, and info | Was a Fulltime Family for 5 years, now we're part-timing on long trips
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10-25-2019, 03:06 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Myrtle Beach
Posts: 11
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Color was way down on what’s important list, tow capacity, payload, diesel, heated seats, we live in the south so a lighter color worked. Truck was on lot at reduced end of year price.
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10-25-2019, 03:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Yellowknife
Posts: 1,162
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I wanted another blue truck like our Patriot Blue '02 Dodge 1500 but they didn't have a colour like that. The 2019s do now. I went more for the appearance package (blacked out) than the colour itself, but the granite crystal looks better than the silver to me or the black they had previously. The red they had in that package at the time looked nice as well.
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2007 Rockwood 2701SS
2017 Ram 2500 Granite Crystal SAP Laramie 6.7L
2014 Triumph Bonneville. NH Togas, tuned
1953 GMC 9314
1982 GoldWing Interstate
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10-25-2019, 03:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: ALASKA (World's Biggest Campground)
Posts: 6,759
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Silver Birch, Paint Code WA 926L, (basically a light metallic gray). It was the only 3500 on the lot, and equipped the way I wanted it, so I took it home. No regrets!
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'07 K3500 Silverado LT Crew Duramax (LBZ)
2016 Salem 27RKSS
1984 CHEV SCOTTSDALE K20 2GCGK24J0E1XXXXXX (Chevrolet Legends-Class of 2019)
"...exhaust fluid? We don't need no stinkin' exhaust fluid"
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10-25-2019, 03:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: North of Seattle, WA
Posts: 17,362
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
Gray hides dirt.
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"A wise man can change his mind. A fool never will." (Japanese Proverb)
"You only grow old when you run out of new things to do"
2018 Flagstaff Micro Lite 25BDS
2023 f-150 SCREW XLT 3.5 Ecoboost (The result of a $68,000 oil change )
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10-25-2019, 03:30 PM
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Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
Gray hides dirt.
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That's what I tell people about my "touch of gray" in my beard when I can grow one.. And that it makes me look smrt'r..
As for the truck color, it was what they had on the lot that fit my needs.
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Pat, Jen, Heather & Sapphire, the head mouser.
2015 Chevy HD D-Max
2022 Impression 315MB
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10-25-2019, 03:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,460
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Because I love the color and have driven a red vehicle since 1995
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10-25-2019, 03:34 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 21
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I picked my color because of the name: Lead Foot. Now we even call the truck Lead Foot (the TT is called D-Bud).
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