Riptide Z07?
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I find Riptide Blue is very light sensitive… the shade of blue looks completely different in shade vs direct sun. Even the angle of the sunlight has different effects.
I only have one disappointment with the color…. Although I thought they looked fantastic I passed on Red or Orange because I didn’t want to attract that much attention and figured blue is darker and wouldn’t stand out as much…
yea that was a fail. People see this car for miles but every encounter with the public has been wonderful. The best being a group of 12 year olds on Bicycles that stopped as soon as I opened my garage and waited until I started the car so they could hear it and watch me drive off. I was just going to run errands but when a 12 year old says your car is their dream car and you made their day because they were in the right place at the right time… good day.
I only have one disappointment with the color…. Although I thought they looked fantastic I passed on Red or Orange because I didn’t want to attract that much attention and figured blue is darker and wouldn’t stand out as much…
yea that was a fail. People see this car for miles but every encounter with the public has been wonderful. The best being a group of 12 year olds on Bicycles that stopped as soon as I opened my garage and waited until I started the car so they could hear it and watch me drive off. I was just going to run errands but when a 12 year old says your car is their dream car and you made their day because they were in the right place at the right time… good day.
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I find Riptide Blue is very light sensitive… the shade of blue looks completely different in shade vs direct sun. Even the angle of the sunlight has different effects.
I only have one disappointment with the color…. Although I thought they looked fantastic I passed on Red or Orange because I didn’t want to attract that much attention and figured blue is darker and wouldn’t stand out as much… yea that was a fail. People see this car for miles but every encounter with the public has been wonderful. The best being a group of 12 year olds on Bicycles that stopped as soon as I opened my garage and waited until I started the car so they could hear it and watch me drive off. I was just going to run errands but when a 12 year old says your car is their dream car and you made their day because they were in the right place at the right time… good day.
I only have one disappointment with the color…. Although I thought they looked fantastic I passed on Red or Orange because I didn’t want to attract that much attention and figured blue is darker and wouldn’t stand out as much…
yea that was a fail. People see this car for miles but every encounter with the public has been wonderful. The best being a group of 12 year olds on Bicycles that stopped as soon as I opened my garage and waited until I started the car so they could hear it and watch me drive off. I was just going to run errands but when a 12 year old says your car is their dream car and you made their day because they were in the right place at the right time… good day.
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Couldn't agree more. I was recently blown away when a little girl, maybe 6ish, carrying a teddy bear pointed out my 720S from a significant distance and yelled “A MCLAREN!!!”. I invited her over to check it out and when I said she could sit in the drivers seat, her parents almost passed out. It’s just a car… I think that made my day more than hers.
