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What's Wrong With the Color?

By Melissa Markham on November 12, 2007 9:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

We have a 1988 GMC Suburban. It is green and gold (the colors of my alma mater - William and Mary). Now, we are trying to sell it. We love our Suburban. We drove it to the beach in May (we had room for all kinds of stuff). We drove it to West Virginia last spring. With finances being tight as we wait for a new contract for Daniel to get finalized, we have been trying to sell the Suburban for the last couple of months.

We have owned it for 4 years. We have only put about 16,000 miles on it, but it has a total of 167,000 miles. Three of the tires are brand new. All the parts work. There is really not much rust for the age of the vehicle. It runs well and has had a transmission overhaul since we bought it. The guy who sold it to us said that he had put in a new engine. It has 4 wheel drive and a tow package.

We have only had maybe 6 people call in the last two months. The last few days we have had a couple of them call. And they both talked about how the mileage wasn't a problem, that they just wanted to be sure it ran. I drove it to the flea market just last Saturday. It did great. But they look it and run screaming into the night (at least we feel that way). Apparently green and gold are colors that are just too hideous for them to consider!

I am thinking back to all the cars I have ever owned. I never ever picked one based on color.

My first car was a silver Monte Carlo with burgundy interior. I loved that car. I wanted to repaint it black, but my parents said that would cost me too much.

My second car was a white Monte Carlo SS. I loved that car. It got dirty easily, but it was the car model that I was after.

My third car was a brand new off the lot Mitsubishi Precis. Grey. Not particularly pretty, but i got a good deal and the gas mileage was excellent!

My next car was a light blue Ford Station Wagon (I took it over when an inattentive driver rear-ended my Mitzi P and totalled it). It was my husband's.

We had a yellow Ford Pick-up I drove sometimes.

Then I got a blue van. Again, I didn't care about colors. I was looking for something big and comfortable to carry us all in. Loved that van...right up to when the transmission locked up and it was going to cost 2000.00 to repair.

Then we got a grey, black and burgundy Suburban. Diesel. Broken more than it worked.

Then the green and gold Suburban and my husband was driving his dream vehicle that he had had restored. A blue 1983 Scrambler. He did get that painted the color he wanted. He had it restored. Originally it was purple.

Then my mother and step father gave me a burgundy Chevy Caprice which is what i am still driving.

Never once in 25 years of car ownership did I pick a car because of color. Never...

Oh well, we will continue to wait until a green and gold lover comes along or until someone comes along who is more interested in the ability of the vehicle rahter than its color.