I was fortunate to be able to choose my color when ordering the car. Actually maybe fortunate is too strong, as I agonized over the color for more than a year. At first I was thinking red, because the press cars I drove were red and they were gorgeous! The car looked so good I couldn't imagine getting any other color. But then I talked to the Ford people and they told me two things:
1. EVERY car being ordered is red (this was in spring of 2005)
2. You should really get the blue.
Since the Ford folks that told me this were able to see all the colors I figured they would know. I also didn't like the idea of going to future Ford events and being "one of the red ones" because I knew there were going to be A LOT of red ones at every gathering.
I also knew Heritage was coming for 2006, but I would have lost my place in line if I waited for a 2006 model, which meant another 8-plus months waiting (just couldn't do that! :ack ).
So when I ordered the car I picked blue but I still had reservations. My Ford contact told me another blue one was coming in to the local dealer before my car went down the line. I could go see this one in person (still hadn't seen a blue one in person) and change my mind if necessary (I was still thinking red).
So the other car came in a few weeks later. I rushed to the dealer to see it before the buyer picked it up. About 8 seconds after seeing the blue color I said, "YUP! Blue it is!!"
One other point: I also considered white because it looked great in the studio shots of the car. But I worried it would look too "glare-y" (is that a word) in bright sunlight. Well, I've now seen enough white ones in person to know it looks GREAT in every type of light, so while I still love my blue I've decided that white would have looked just as good.
Never really considered Yellow (too "wild" for me) or silver (silver is the new white -- it's waaay too common these days on every model car). Ironically, silver ended up being the rarest color for the GT because it was a one-year only color and not ordered nearly as much as the other one year only color -- Heritage.
Other colors that I've liked more than I expected (after seeing them in person):
1. Black
2. Tungsten
Is it starting to sound like I think the GT looks good in just about every color? Good, because it does. That's a true mark of how great the design is -- it basically can't look bad no matter how it's painted!
I take solace in one fact -- blue will never get old for me. Heritage, Red, and even Yellow look good, but your REALLY have to like the message those colors send when driving your GT, because there is no getting away from that message whenever you're out on the street. Those colors all scream HERITAGE or RED or YELLOW 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I know I would love any of them for a weekend, or even a month. But I worry that down the line I might get tired of the their "loudness" when I just want to enjoy the car without hitting everyone else over the head with my car's presence (okay, yes, this car pretty much does that in every color...).
What I'm trying to say is that blue is a subdued color, meaning it doesn't really have the impact of those other colors. :frown But on the hand, it doesn't really have the impact of those other colors, if you get my meaning. :thumbsup
I now feel the same way about white, which is why I could have gone with that one, too.
Despite all that, I'd still love to get a Heritage and just bubble wrap it. Then I could mod the snot out of my blue while knowing I had a back-up.
One thing is for sure -- it's a great dilemma to have!!!:banana
