They call it Ice Blue or some such but its more a putrid green imho. (not my garden either, very very sadly )
I know what you mean - short version, - this is the one Lancia I couldn't warm to and fought the urge for years because it wasn't a "looker" but you would ignore this car (above) at your peril around the time of it's release even if possibly seen as bland today. Ended up having 5 saloons (as you do) - all 8v Turbos as didn't like the delivery of the 16v, same problem as 24v Alfa V6, and I couldn't afford Saloon version of car above, but did get to work on one, and take one for a squirt up the road.
I had in my mind a Duck Egg Blue, like ME109 under belly just needs a bit of brown/green on the roof to complete. Although it might be a trick of the camera/ light and it really is more green than blue. Needs some black on the b pillars rear pillars and the indicator panel to break it up a little for me.
More way more, a quality wrap is more than that in material. There’s a lot of prep involved glue tar remove, trim and sometimes lights too. It’s kinda like if you have to ask you can’t afford it job. It’s kinda why I suggested to just black out part of it. I’ll go out on a limb and say closer to 2k for anything close to quality that won’t peel back or pop out after the cheques cleared. It’s been a while since I’ve dealt with car/van wrappers as I find them tiresome to be around.
It was the Spitfire that had Duck egg blue (or duck egg green as some call it) underneath. The BF109 had Hellblau underneath, or medium blue to you and me. Obviously colours varied in different theatres of war though.
Well what with it being a German car/German plane I wanted to keep the faith and avoid a conflict and my German is very poor so the English words were my go to,
I’d love to get a Rossi “type” helmet wrap on it, with these two dogs on the back doors. I know it’s cheesy as fk and I’d stick out like a sore thumb but you don’t see to many putrid green clubvans round this way anyway and it’s a bit of a laugh isnt it? I’ve been (early) quoted around the £400 mark but I suspect they thought I was looking at some kind of business type wrap at the time not a whole renaissance job ha
Your car your choice, if you like it it’s all good. IME that’s too cheap, to put that in some kind of perspective there’s a minimum of a days labour which would be a minimum of £300 then the material. The last time I looked which was a good few years ago printed media was around £25 a linear metre at 1260mm wide laminated. Good luck if you decide to pull the trigger.
Good to know , thanks DS, look out for us in the spotted sheds thread and apologies to the op for the three hijack. Estates…
Golf , yeti or caddy maxi life. Not the 1.6 diesel Probably one of the latter two due to simplicity as I don't want any more big bills.
Not exactly an estate but I've run a Mk2 Tiguan for 5 years, 2 litre diesel. Can't fault it; great for carrying my location kit for work, space for dogs. Fold down the rear seats and a you have a decent flat load area for trips to the dump etc. with no raised lip. This load space is maybe a touch higher than an estate though, don't find this an issue myself. It's a solid car, have been using VAG cars for years, both my daughters (Up and CityGo) and ex wife (SEAT ATECA) have them too. Reliability is great, running costs are low. Only pinch point is purchase price. From previous experience with the marque this extra at purchase more than pays off in the long term. My Tiguan is the SEL version which had almost all the features I was going to add off the options list to the point where it was the more cost effective choice, included a few options I wasn't going to add to the L which were handy to have in retrospect. Despite being a diesel it's so far ULEZ compliant. Frankly, I can't see me wanting to change this for the foreseeable future. Going to take the Warren Buffet approach.
Now you're talking. My lad had a Mk1 tiguan 2.0l TDI 4motion. What a great car it was. He lived and worked on a farm at the time in the middle of the Cotswolds, and it never got stuck despite being on normal tyres. I used to despair every time he opened the door as he was in and out of it in muddy wellies all the time.
I forewent the 4motion option on the grounds that I didn't really have a need. Cheaper to run in terms of mpg and reduced mechanical complexity/expensive stuff to fix at higher mileage. Father was Land-rover driving farmer, I'm (post divorce) something of a townie with no need to tow anything.
Cons: no sat nav and diesel prices stink (you also need to register as a van before you drop stuff off at the tip ffs) Also find reversing a bit of a chore with no side windows but I’ve never driven a van before. Pros: it’s more than quick enough, build quality is fab (like all minis) and perfect for throwing three muddy spaniels in the back, it’s been perfect for me once the dealers fixed the issues it arrived with
