[_Juan]

In my Miami Blue, manual-transmission, loud, little two-seater devil of sports car, swimming around this huge sea of massive, grey or white, soul-less, automatic-tranny, tanks passing themselves off as SUVs.

No kids; no food; no excuses. Maybe that's why they all stare at me.

 

[Porsche2018]

Not alone.....exclusive!

 

[GregW]

In my Miami Blue, manual-transmission, loud, little two-seater devil of sports car, swimming around this huge sea of massive, grey or white, soul-less, automatic-tranny, tanks passing themselves off as SUVs.

No kids; no food; no excuses. Maybe that's why they all stare at me.

Quit being prejudiced against SUVs!
It's really important to have a tough, high-clearance vehicle designed for off-road use--especially when going shopping or taking the kids to school.:laugh:

 

[NJ-718Guy]

Coming your way to join you. Getting ready to order a manual, Miami Blue Cayman S.

 

[GTS]

There's always a bigger fish...

 

[duegatti]

Don't get me started about car colors.

People around here just love this car. A guy told me the Miami Blue was the nicest color he's ever seen on a car. Some people just comment, always favorably, about the color; some love the car; some the car and color. A trip to the grocery store, and I might get in a conversation with a couple of people. One of the Gap photographers was yelling his head off every time I blew by.

No intimation that I'm seeking attention (I'm not, but I do enjoy it, which is a good thing considering how much it generates). No jealousy; never heard "must be nice"; nothing. And I'm out in the sticks, here. A local attorney has two Masterati's - both black. That's it for interesting cars. This car seems to seek out and rejuvenate the little atrophied organ inside people that excretes love and excitement over vehicles.

At the end of a sunny day, with the top down, I think about all the smiles I've seen; the thumbs up; the people I've met and talked to, and I dust off my hands, say "My work here is done", and head home.

 

[Peter]

Wouldn't get away with a Miami blue or lava orange over here, unless perhaps in Mayfair amongst Russian Oligarchs and crimbos. Some ******* would scratch it just because. They don't like conspicuous consumption so you have to be careful not to be too flashy. Remember that old story. In US, a young lad sees a guy in a Cadillac and says, wow, when I make a few bucks I'll have one of those. In the UK, a similar kid see a Rolls Royce and says look at that wanker, why can he have that when I can't. Notwithstanding the driver's in his 60's and worked all his life to finally get that car. One that he can pull women with, except he's past that.

 

[Porsche2018]

Wouldn't get away with a Miami blue or lava orange over here, unless perhaps in Mayfair amongst Russian Oligarchs and crimbos.

I find it hard to understand why people feel the need to choose loud/flamboyant colours. Fortunately, I did not succumb to that urge.

 

[Peter]

Lovely colour A. Combined with that spoiler, wow. Watch out for those boys coming over the border to you soon. My ski kit is similar. They call me Lime Green Larry.

 

[Edm]

I own both and then some and have three great sons. All is good here.

 

[Swdea]

I was stopped at a stoplight and the guy next to me started taking pictures of my car. I was putting gas in my car at a gas station and the guy at the pump across from me asked if he could take a picture of my car and said it was the most beautiful car he had ever seen. I was stopped at a stoplight and a female cop next to me rolled down her window and said the color of my car was the most beautiful color she had ever seen. My car was parked in downtown Lake Geneva, WI and when I came back to it a family was standing there taking pictures of it. I've only had the car since May and this is a sample of the crazy attention this car has garnered.

 

[Jkapinos]

I love Miami Blue. They have one at the dealership. But I buy black cars because I don't want to be noticed.

 

[janneman99]

I was stopped at a stoplight and the guy next to me started taking pictures of my car. I was putting gas in my car at a gas station and the guy at the pump across from me asked if he could take a picture of my car and said it was the most beautiful car he had ever seen. I was stopped at a stoplight and a female cop next to me rolled down her window and said the color of my car was the most beautiful color she had ever seen. My car was parked in downtown Lake Geneva, WI and when I came back to it a family was standing there taking pictures of it. I've only had the car since May and this is a sample of the crazy attention this car has garnered.

Have the same experience. People just love this color. Best color on a 718!

 

[_Juan]

I was stopped at a stoplight and the guy next to me started taking pictures of my car. I was putting gas in my car at a gas station and the guy at the pump across from me asked if he could take a picture of my car and said it was the most beautiful car he had ever seen. I was stopped at a stoplight and a female cop next to me rolled down her window and said the color of my car was the most beautiful color she had ever seen. My car was parked in downtown Lake Geneva, WI and when I came back to it a family was standing there taking pictures of it. I've only had the car since May and this is a sample of the crazy attention this car has garnered.

Yup. Similar experiences here. It truly is a beautiful color. AND a beautiful car.

 

[Grasshopper]

Sports cars are becoming a dying breed I'm afraid - even Porsche's top selling models are SUVs. Why anyone wants to buy a 150mph tank is completely beyond me but it seems that's what people like now. Sports cars now sell in such low volumes that even the big manufacturers have taken to sharing the costs of production with other manufacturers. The new BMW Z4, for example, will share a platform with the new Toyota Supra and the Fiat 124 Spyder is basically a Mazda MX5 and made at the Mazda factory. The fact that Porsche has developed an affordable sports car like the 718 on its own dedicated platform makes it very unusual now - I doubt it will happen again. Alfa are said to be losing money on the 4C and they've now stopped making it.

But, I'm sorry, Miami blue is a horrible colour.

 

[don]

My wife likes miami blue. It is truly a very striking and pretty, but GT silver for me.

 

[GGG]

Alfa are said to be losing money on the 4C and they've now stopped making it.

The 4C is a bad example. It's not good enough for the price. And a marketing disaster. I can't speak for other countries, but in Belgium you could hardly testdrive one or get a discount from a dealer. They treated it like an Alfa 8C, forgetting the target audience is different and that they need to sell volumes.


I didn't even consider a 4C, and I'm the type of person that thinks Alfa Romeo is thé car brand. My Guilietta spider is a 718 from the 60's.

 

[Grasshopper]

The 4C is a bad example. It's not good enough for the price. And a marketing disaster. I can't speak for other countries, but in Belgium you could hardly testdrive one or get a discount from a dealer. They treated it like an Alfa 8C, forgetting the target audience is different and that they need to sell volumes.

Yes, but the problem is that you simply can't sell high volumes of sports cars any more - and the tooling costs of truly bespoke sports cars are now very high indeed. The mass manufacturers are now trying to use flexible platforms that can be used for many different vehicles, like VW's MQB. The trouble is that you can't use that platform for a mid-engine genuine sports car.

The Alfa 4C was a different approach, of course, in that it was basically a hand made car, so the tooling costs were much lower than the 718, but the individual build costs were much higher. Yet they sold it for little more than a 718S. Trying to build a carbon tub chassis, composite panel mid-engine, hand made sports car for £50k was always going to fail. Most other manufacturers charge over four times the price for this technology. Sadly the 4C was just a bad car because they messed up the mechanical bits - they should have just stuffed in a standard Alfa gearbox and engine and relied on the car's light weight to provide the performance. That's a formula that always works.

 

[Viffermike]

Yes, but the problem is that you simply can't sell high volumes of sports cars any more - and the tooling costs of truly bespoke sports cars are now very high indeed. The mass manufacturers are now trying to use flexible platforms that can be used for many different vehicles, like VW's MQB. The trouble is that you can't use that platform for a mid-engine genuine sports car.

The Alfa 4C was a different approach, of course, in that it was basically a hand made car, so the tooling costs were much lower than the 718, but the individual build costs were much higher. Yet they sold it for little more than a 718S. Trying to build a carbon tub chassis, composite panel mid-engine, hand made sports car for £50k was always going to fail. Most other manufacturers charge over four times the price for this technology. Sadly the 4C was just a bad car because they messed up the mechanical bits - they should have just stuffed in a standard Alfa gearbox and engine and relied on the car's light weight to provide the performance. That's a formula that always works.

They also made it fit only those roughly 5-10 or below who have an inseam under 32 inches and practice yoga regularly.
And who don't need decent audio -- or infotainment of any sort, really.
And who don't mind not having an available manual.
And who still have relatively healthy cushioning between spinal vertebrae.

That equals, what: 1/10th of 1 percent of the U.S. population?

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[Nosmo]

Wouldn't get away with a Miami blue or lava orange over here, unless perhaps in Mayfair amongst Russian Oligarchs and crimbos.

I find it hard to understand why people feel the need to choose loud/flamboyant colours. Fortunately, I did not succumb to that urge./forum/images/718forum/smilies/tango_face_wink.png

Thanks for making me laugh after a truly shocking day.