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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 10:16 PM
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How could they discontinue this AWESOME color???








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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 10:18 PM
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It's not red, blue, black, grey or white. Limited market
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There's not enough of you with that thought....not enough people ordered this wonderful color.
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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 10:28 PM
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DSOM is one of my favorites, but when the demand is not there, the color is dropped. to you for getting one while they were available.
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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 10:59 PM
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Got my DSOM in August '15 and love the color. Remember this color was not available until November 2014. Will be a rare color and with Brownstone interior it .
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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
There's not enough of you with that thought....not enough people ordered this wonderful color.
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Old Apr 25, 2016 | 12:31 AM
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They can cancel that color as easy as this color. Laguna blue is now history, and that's a shame.









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Old Apr 25, 2016 | 12:51 AM
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I wonder the same thing!

But hey - that just makes ours that much more 'special'...


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I agree!!! Love my DSOM!
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Old Apr 25, 2016 | 06:14 AM
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One of the best colors ever!

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Gene, it just makes your beauty all that more special.
Your car is a great looker. And unlike all the other colors it won't be an every day occurrence on the road.
So, I think that you should thank GM for the favor of making your car a rare bird.
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It is a great color but I found my velocity yellow on the lot and that is my all time favorite. Had there been yours in town I would have been tempted. Yours may be classified as a rare collectors piece sooner than others! Enjoy you beautiful C7!
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Old Apr 25, 2016 | 08:17 AM
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They stopped making Night Race Blue. It didn't sell well. I love the idea. My rare color sets my car apart from the others. People ask me " What color is that"? It is not a bad thing to drop a color in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by alamo1974
Got my DSOM in August '15 and love the color. Remember this color was not available until November 2014. Will be a rare color and with Brownstone interior it .
The color was available when I ordered mine on 22 Sept 14, my car was built on Oct 21st, same exact combo DSOM & Brownstone 3lt Z51.
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Old Apr 25, 2016 | 08:32 AM
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I guess not enough people thought as highly of it as you.
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Old Apr 25, 2016 | 11:16 AM
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Just not that large of a market for an orange vette.
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I love DSOM! It's a color you have to see in person.
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Originally Posted by jcthorne
Just not that large of a market for an orange vette.
But it goes good with the orange peel paint job.
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Old Apr 25, 2016 | 12:02 PM
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DSOM (or as I call it, DSOPM for Daytona Sunrise Orange Peel Metallic!) shows far better in person in good light than it does in a majority of pictures, and especially Chevrolet's printed literature. I was "constrained" out of Velocity Yellow Tintcoat when the dealer finally got an allocation for my car in March of 2015. If I wanted a 2015 C7 for the summer, I had to change my color choice. Initially I was bitter about having to make that kind of choice. Now that I have the car, I honestly believe that I'm happier with the DSOM than I would have been with the Yellow C7. Of course everyone thinks their color is the most stunning but everywhere I go, I get compliments on the car and it's color. And yes, I did get a 3LT with Brownstone interior! Never bought it for an investment, however. It's a Chevrolet. I drive it!
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Old Apr 25, 2016 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by alamo1974
Got my DSOM in August '15 and love the color. Remember this color was not available until November 2014. Will be a rare color and with Brownstone interior it .
According to the GM color chart at Carlisle last year the 2015 DSOM Coupe with Brownstone interior was only in 34 cars. Very Rare indeed!
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