Did they really ever make a Fire Engine Red W123 300D? - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

iNeon · #16 09-20-2006, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

I am sure MB offered it at some point, actualy I think they still do.

They call it Mars Red now, it looks nice on a C, but makes the car look a bit like a Grand-Am

Hatterasguy · #17 09-20-2006, 09:21 PM

Mostly for girls. I'm pretty sure you can get it on the SL and CL as well.

riethoven · #18 09-20-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Mostly for girls. I'm pretty sure you can get it on the SL and CL as well.

So if I am driving a Red W124 300TDt does that mean girls will be attracted to it?

iNeon · #19 09-20-2006, 09:35 PM

Girls don't make passes at boys with stationwagons

Hatterasguy · #20 09-20-2006, 09:37 PM

No I was talking about C's, many a girl drives a red C240 or C230K.

Bright red W123's are cool, its retro totaly different.

barry123400 · #21 09-20-2006, 09:42 PM

Sorry ,in my experience girls go for the green.

The more green stuff you have the more girls. Actually bright red was considered the choice of guys trying to live their youth over again so you could qualify perhaps or perhaps not. Regional differences may apply as well but probably not. Read a survey somewhere once. I freely admit a newer survey might produce other results. Well I guess I will go and polish up my signal red 240d tomorrow morning.

I find all kinds of women in my age group will start a conversation with me because of my dogs. The dogs are not red either. Okay, all this really means is I am less popular than my dogs I guess.

iNeon · #22 09-20-2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

many a girl drives a red C240 or C230K.

They drive those damned things like point-and-shoot cameras, too! It scares the Dustin.

Hatterasguy · #23 09-20-2006, 10:14 PM

Your telling me! I almost got run down buy an SLK the other day in the parking garage at school. It was cool though, she was cute.

MBeige · #24 09-21-2006, 03:22 AM

Carrameow, don't you like manila beige?

A bit hard to photograph, mine is also this color and it changes with light variations. In fluorescent, it's whiter. The rest, it's more yellow.

Compare this image...

To my car's...

By the way, this is thistle green:

rchase · #25 09-21-2006, 04:45 AM

[QUOTE=MBeige;1282863]Carrameow, don't you like manila beige?

A bit hard to photograph, mine is also this color and it changes with light variations. In fluorescent, it's whiter. The rest, it's more yellow.

Compare this image...

To my car's...

By the way, this is thistle green:

My brother drives a Manila Beige 300D. Needless to say it sticks out slightly parked near the "twins" my Black and tan 140 and 126.

t walgamuth · #26 09-21-2006, 07:46 AM

in my mind it is hard to find a benz color that looks bad.

i have had the most in ivory, maybe six.

i think my favorite may be maple yellow... had two of those in 240d flavor, thank you.

tom w

mendodiesel · #27 07-21-2007, 02:59 AM

I just saw this guy driving a red,kind of a orengy red color,notcherry red but more like european fire truck red,does anyone know what color code that maybe?

truckinik · #28 07-21-2007, 03:23 AM

Well that's a huge friggin list. Some of the supposed missing colors, are probably listed there also. People do not recognize them perhaps due to year/model exclusive colors etc. They could also be there, and just going by a different name. Sure looks pretty complete to me reguardless of a few details, or color re-names. This year, it could be "Hunter Green", next year, they name the exact same color, and mix "Forest Green". All of the other manufacturers do this, why would Mercedes, be any different..That's just an example of what Ford did, from 1991-1992 with one of their shades of green. The exact same color, has changed names about ten times since that time, yet they still haven't changed anything at all about it, aside from a name. So what's in a name anyways..?

truckinik · #29 07-21-2007, 03:28 AM

I have a neighbor who drives a Purple, Dodge Neon. His wife drives a Charcoal Jetta...
Each one of them bought their own car..I also saw a big bad biker, a few times in the past week riding a "Barbie Pink" Harley with white accents on it..Weird sense of taste some people have isn't it..

#30 07-21-2007, 03:35 AM

I've seen a signal red 300TD in the junkyard. It wasn't in very good condition, most of it was faded really badly. I didn't find out it was a true signal red until I ran the VIN through the Russian site.