[Z06] What color choice time machine
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I since have owned 2 black and a a dark blue car. I'm about to have an 'oreo cookie' driveway when I get my black '02 Z. Since I was buying used, I knew that color had to be a lower priority than condition/features/fair price. In fact, I had no plans of buying a Z...until I drove it.
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I really miss the color of my old '01 Cobra....mineral gray. Perfect color for looks, and it had to be filthy to show dirt, but I never drove it in the rain, so... I've had my black '02Z for almost 9 yrs, and I'm glad I didn't get a EB that I originally wanted. If I could change colors, and was limited to stock, it'd have to be TR, with mod red int.
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From: dfw texas
I love the mineral grey color! Mariofromnewyork on here has his painted cyber grey and it's absolutely beautiful! Ill never know why they didn't offer the C5Z in more colors cause there's a lot of nice C5 colors.
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I actually like spiral gray better than the cyber, but, no big deal. Another nice met. gray was on the '03 Mustangs; don't remember the name, but like mineral gray, it wasn't around too long.
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From: dfw texas
They were mineral grey in the 03 cobra and was replace mid year by dark shadow grey. I think I've decided to look for a silver Z with mod red interior. They're really starting to grow on me!
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I'd most likely do black again. However if I had the choice of a custom color it would be Jet Stream Blue from the C6 generation. 
Black is a pain in the *** though, and C5's have a soft clearcoat so it's even worse.
Black is a pain in the *** though, and C5's have a soft clearcoat so it's even worse.
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Definitely a hot color combo. I love the red interior, except with maybe the Yellow exterior.
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Ok done deal. I bought a Z today! It's a 01 silver with mod red interior. The car has 57k on it and I got it for $18.9k. It's super clean in molested (except for a skip shift eliminator) and just drove it home. I'll try and post some pics tonight!
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Congrats!!!! Love that mod red interior!
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When I set out to buy my first Z, I was looking for Electron Blue. I looked hard and came accross a Torch Red car that was so clean I hadda have it. I since sold it and bought my current Millenium Yellow Z. I really like the color and its the color I wanted.
I actually dont like silver cars for the most part. Theres only a handfull of cars I really like in silver ans the Z06 is at the top of the list. I also like certain Mercedes and BMW's in silver.
I actually dont like silver cars for the most part. Theres only a handfull of cars I really like in silver ans the Z06 is at the top of the list. I also like certain Mercedes and BMW's in silver.
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I was one of the people that was only looking for one color. I wanted Electron Blue and nothing else would do. I'd do the same thing if I had a time machine. An EB Z06 has been a dream since high school.
