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Which of these two colours would you have on a Golf R?

Rising Blue
38 (58.5%)
Tornado Red
27 (41.5%)

Total Members Voted: 61

Voting closed: May 19, 2011, 11:55:49 pm

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Offline Hurdy

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Red or Blue?
« on: May 14, 2011, 11:55:49 pm »
Well, I've finally settled on a Golf R for my next daily, so now I just need to decide on the colour.

Out of all the colours, the two that I keep coming back to are Tornado Red and Rising Blue.

I love the red for it's pure, rich, vibrant colour

I love the Blue as it is the traditional colour for the Golf R and looks great in the sunny weather.

Which of the TWO colours above would you choose and why?

Edit - a little help below :happy2:



« Last Edit: May 15, 2011, 12:19:31 am by Hurdy »
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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2011, 11:57:48 pm »
OOPS!, should be in random, can someone please move if you have time between bitburger beers and talks of the 'ring :laugh:
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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2011, 12:00:26 am »
got to be blue all the way... everyone has a red golf :wink:

you looking to mod? are you not limited with the R's?

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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2011, 12:13:28 am »
Yes, I'll be modding it, but only to stage 4 :evilgrin:
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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2011, 12:17:02 am »
Yes, I'll be modding it, but only to stage 4 :evilgrin:


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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2011, 12:17:21 am »
For the R -  I think Red would be a great call.

The Blue is the traditional R colour, but times change.

Indeed there are lots of GTi's/Ed30's about in red, but I've not seen a Red Golf R not even in the mags I look at..

BTW I'd choose the option which sounds like "Handy Kite", but for the purpose of this Red or Blue 'Matrix' like question.
Red is the one I voted.

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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2011, 12:20:30 am »
Updated original post with pics to help :happy2:
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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2011, 12:25:16 am »
my gti is TR...but its an R looks lovely in both, but woulod have the blue
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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2011, 12:27:38 am »
Rising Blue for me... metallic for one and secondly it will appeal to a wider range of people when you come to sell it on.

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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2011, 12:28:20 am »
Just seen the pics, I voted Red.
For me the pics double confirm my red vote.

Not sure about black wheels of that red R photo though, whether that would be wise box to tick when spec'ing.

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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2011, 12:53:07 am »
Red, just because............... :happy2:

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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2011, 07:55:39 am »
I would chose blue because it is metallic and because there aren't any "normal" Golfs in this color.
TR is a common color to all Golfs.
Also, IMO the Blue golf in the above pictures looks better then the red one.
« Last Edit: May 15, 2011, 07:59:56 am by rex »

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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2011, 07:57:59 am »
If you are going to be using some cf I'd be going red John.

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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2011, 09:16:59 am »
Slightly biased photos at the beginning of the thread, need a better photo for rising blue  :party:

The thing about colours is that it comes down to the light that the colour is under aswell as the camera the photograph was taken with, there can be a massive variance:





But, in my opinion it would be Tornado Red, the majority of both the MK4 and MK5 R32 golfs were built in Deep Perlesceant Blue, and a very small number in Tornado Red. This makes the R look very special in Tornado Red.
« Last Edit: May 15, 2011, 09:20:24 am by George »

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Re: Red or Blue?
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2011, 09:22:05 am »
Oh, and in my opinion you should choose the colour that has the least votes, at least that gives you an inkling that you will end up with a more exclusive colour  :jumpmove: