Yellow do I go there?

[Paul007]

Most women like yellow....if you get my drift. They do mine, anyway, because they keep telling me "lurve that colour".

[adamal]

I have changed my mind just reading this thread. The examples look really good, including the estate youve seen and as you're planning on keeping it, resale is not an issue. A mate of mine has a pre fl vrs hatch in Newport, and his looks good too but not as good as these. I could ask him to show you it if its of any interest and not too far for you.

Adam

[sdenny]

They're easy to find in car parks.

True. I went to an event at Donnington. I came out of the track, looked do the hill on the mass of blue/grey/silver/black cars and thought "There's mine". I remember chuckling to myself as i walked past a chap who quite obviously had no idea where his car was.

Small children love them.

The Octavia was the second yellow car i'd had. The first was a Mk2 (1993) MR2. My neighbours kid (about 9) told me it was "the coolest car ever!".

I am a bit eccentric though.

Join the club.....

[JaminWales]

Small children love them.

I am a bit eccentric though.

A bit Saville for my liking just kidding I like what you're saying about the drab audi's

[nutters_uclan]

I've just been into Simpsons to pick up a couple of parts, and started looking at what's for sale to see if there are any yellow ones in...........

And were there any Mike? ;-)

[BossFox]

Yellow FTW !!

Not that I am biased.

These days with all the popular colours like white, black, silver and ten shades of grey it's like living in black and white.

Nice to see some colour!

[Stu08]

Saw a yellow one sat in traffic today on the opposite side of the motorway. Looked stunning and really stood out in a good way!

[Jeeves]

Anybody else think that yellow needs to be combined with a dechrome to carry it off properly? Same with any other bright colour really although Race Blue does work with chrome too.

Some years ago the Swedish ski team ran some bright yellow (Imola?) Audi estates with matching roof boxes. Stunning.

[pipsyp]

I think the black Neptunes make a big difference to the vRS, know they arent everyones cup of tea but I dont think I could have bought one without them. Butches the vRS up a bit like the 18" monza shadows and charleston shadows do the Golf GTi and GTD. I reckon the yellow car would look good with black wheels.

[Leon-y-k]

So many lovely looking YELLOW vRS's! :p

BossFox you must be itching to get your yellow Rapid now!

[Auric Goldfinger]

..........and if by Magic

Ambrosia, just before I picked her up

[nutters_uclan]

The good wife just told me that the VRS looks terrible in yellow.

I told her she's got 10 months to get used to it, because I'm getting one!

EDIT: Unless Skoda screw me over and don't make the mk3 in yellow!

[Gregie]

http://m.crownmotors.co.uk/usedCars/show/id/326843

A local garage near me has one for sale as well as Aberdeen Skoda. I must admit I take a yellow before the green.

[BossFox]

So many lovely looking YELLOW vRS's! :p

BossFox you must be itching to get your yellow Rapid now!

Yes, that's your fault.

[CHRIS ELLIS]

Well i went from yellow to green :-)

[Leon-y-k]

Yes, that's your fault.

I'm glad I helped you with your decision!

Chris, the black wheels look great with yellow did you buy them from Skoda like that or do them yourself?

[Paul007]

that green one's got nicer wheels on....but I would say that wouldn't I.

[Wet Kipper]

love the yellow colour but not sure the chrome grille and silver wheels go with the yellow, so I would have them a different colour to set it off better

[Nismo75]

Go and see the car, you will know straight away if you like it or not. I like the yellow as it is rarer, all I ever see is race blue VRS. I have a red VRS and to be honest I always said to myself I'd never buy a red car, however when I saw my car I loved it.

I also thought the VRS in green would look awful, however again I have seen a couple of them with black alloys and they look really smart.

Go and see the car and you will know straight away.

[CHRIS ELLIS]

I'm glad I helped you with your decision!

Chris, the black wheels look great with yellow did you buy them from Skoda like that or do them yourself?

Had them done by a friend chap. £200

[JR RS]

i went to a vw meet once - many people commented on how nice the yellow on the octavia was, as opposed to the yellow on golf gti pirelli edition, and polo gti.

the shade of yellow on the pirelli edition is much lighter.

when i placed the order for the yellow, i was sure i was gonna "blacken" it - gunmetal/black rims, rear diffuser, front splitter, black side skirts, etc etc.

2+ yrs now, and i love the way it looks - just the way it is. all i've done is lower its stance a bit.

i'm keeping it like this.

meanwhile, here is an example of yellow with "black highlights"......

[nutters_uclan]

YESSS!!!

The new mk3 VRS is available in yellow!

Along with Green and Grey (urgh, really?!) they are the 3 signature colours for the VRS.

The missus is going to be proper ****ed off when I tell her tonight!

[nutters_uclan]

Yellow cars have been proven to be statistically less likely (by a small but apparently measurable amount) to be involved in collisions. Even better than bright red apparently.

Although I try to never let my work intrude on my interests, I would like to point you fine people to an academic study of this very phenomena. I've not read it in full as yet, but the conclusion is that white is statistically a (significantly) safer colour than any other.

3rd party Summary: http://www.familycar.com.au/app/articles/articles/view/what-is-the-safest-car-colour

You can get the full report here: http://www.monash.edu.au/miri/research/reports/muarc263.html

[Brimma]

YESSS!!!

The new mk3 VRS is available in yellow!

Along with Green and Grey (urgh, really?!) they are the 3 signature colours for the VRS.

The missus is going to be proper ****ed off when I tell her tonight!

Can you post a picture up of your missus, please, as I'm guessing she might be 'available' in about 12 months time

Seriously though, SWMBO detests my JPS with a passion, but she's resigned herself to the fact that it's not going to change, so if you like it, go for it

[CHRIS ELLIS]

Should have said go for it buy the yellow vrs you won't regret it I should know I've had 3.but to many people in my town had the same idea.so it was time to sell plus, I didn't like the derv so went back to proper fuel ;-).