Flat paint jobs

[BarryBobPosthole]

What the heck is up with all of these new cars andctrucks with flat paint jobs? Battleship grey, primer grey, flat blue and red, just butt ugly paint.
BKB

[Thumper]

I’ve noticed that also. Flat black has been a popular thing in the custom paint market for quite a few years now. On SOME vehicles, it actually looks pretty good. I guess the manufacturers have picked up on it and on most vehicles, it looks like shit imho. I swear, every time I see the grey, I want to write U. S. Navy on the doors. The green ones are pretty much O. D. Green and look like they need a big white star on the doors.

They seem to be selling, but it’s nothing I’d ever be interested in. Toyota came out with a beige color a couple years ago and I’ve seen quite a few Tacomas and Tundras in that color. It looks like the desert sand colors the military uses in the Middle East. I always wonder if the buyers are military wannabes or Middle East veterans who want to advertise the fact.

Oh yeah .... and you're an old curmudgeon. ;)