Is Torch Red really on constraint ????
Burning Brakes
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The red just kept looking better.
Ive had a lot of silver cars. Love them. But the c8 looks like it was made to be red. I put as much black with it as possible to break it up, because red can be over powering.
This will be my 3 rd red corvette
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I went back and forth between the red and silver.
The red just kept looking better.
Ive had a lot of silver cars. Love them. But the c8 looks like it was made to be red. I put as much black with it as possible to break it up, because red can be over powering.
This will be my 3 rd red corvette
The red just kept looking better.
Ive had a lot of silver cars. Love them. But the c8 looks like it was made to be red. I put as much black with it as possible to break it up, because red can be over powering.
This will be my 3 rd red corvette
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I went back and forth between the red and silver.
The red just kept looking better.
Ive had a lot of silver cars. Love them. But the c8 looks like it was made to be red. I put as much black with it as possible to break it up, because red can be over powering.
This will be my 3 rd red corvette
The red just kept looking better.
Ive had a lot of silver cars. Love them. But the c8 looks like it was made to be red. I put as much black with it as possible to break it up, because red can be over powering.
This will be my 3 rd red corvette
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It's not a supply issue... it's balancing production batches. They're not going to paint 100 red ones, then 1 of each other color. Too much time changing the paint line over. They constrain the color to force people to pick other colors. Some folks are truly ambivalent about color and will be something else. Helps them balance production.
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Just the Facts
Paint constraints, especially for a ubiquitous color like Torch Red, must have something to do with peripheral parts. Like not enough red seats or black dashes. Geez, they must buy Torch Red paint by the train car load. And have for nye on 60 years.
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No... I posted above... it's the batch process by which they paint the cars. They're not going to just paint all torch red cars all day long.
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Last edited by genek; Oct 31, 2019 at 11:42 AM.
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