# Why no green cars? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532 "2023-03-10T17:59:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/21 "2023-03-11T12:06:27Z")
My two cents: there are nice shades of green (Shades of Green, BTW is the military hotel at Disney World) and horrible shades. Camaro had a brilliant emerald green I liked, my Mustang “Legend Lime”, and of course the dark forest green used on Bullet Mustangs, my 70 Cutlass Supreme had a similar shade. I dislike the pastel greens. The Sage Green used on the 56 T-Birds was referred to as can’t sell green. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/22 "2023-03-11T13:29:17Z")
Then there was my 1975 orange Honda Citrus. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/4/1432a2733705f1f0d101384e2069a22d9a8ea251.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/23 "2023-03-11T14:15:20Z")
I hate green cars. Most of my friends got hand-me-down cars (lots of station wagons!) when they learned to drive. Because of the era, most of them were either green or the the feces brown that was also popular. Most of my friends joined me in hating green, too. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/24 "2023-03-11T14:25:03Z")
BRG ( British Racing Green ) looks just fine on a MGB . ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/25 "2023-03-11T17:45:07Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > We have green cars, how much are interested in spending? $0. I just want Mallwart to recognize them. > [@texases](#): > > Take away white, black, and 5 shades of silver and that parking lot would be almost empty. I see a lot of reds, in many different shades. > [@VDCdriver](#): > > Lexus offers an interesting shade of green, called Nori, on some of their vehicles. All the nori I’ve eaten has been black. > [@Barkydog](#): > > a bud doing used car sales and him saying harder to sell than a green car! I took a walk yesterday, a couple of hours, including 2 miles parallel to I-25 at rush hour. I saw hundreds of cars. I saw 4 green cars, 2 yellow cars (one of those an old VW Beetle with a tarp over its back half - possibly immobile) and 1 orange car. I saw a few blue cars - not as many as I expected. > [@bing](#): > > I rented one of those little jeeps All Jeeps used to be olive drab. > [@circuitsmith](#): > > 1975 orange Honda Citrus. Orange was certainly the loser in my recent count. > [@Nevada\_545](#): > > Light Khaki? Khaki is green? Avocado had a fad in the '70s, was it?, especially for kitchen appliances. It must have bled over into cars. It always reminded me of vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/26 "2023-03-11T20:30:32Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > Avocado had a fad in the '70s, was it I think so. My inlaws built their house around that time I think, sold it with avacodo fridge and orange counter tops. The wahser and dryer was avacado also ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/27 "2023-03-11T20:52:38Z")
Home appliances used to come in many colors. Now, all you can find is white, black, stainless, or black-and-stainless. Toilets, bathtubs, sinks and tile used to come in many colors too. I have been in houses with color-coordinated bathrooms, where the sink, toilet, bathtub, floor tile, and wall tile were all the same color, such as light yellow, light blue, or light pink. Now, the only choice for toilets, sinks, and bathtubs is white. Cars used to come in many pretty colors too. Now, it seems that black, white, silver, champagne, and perhaps some shade of red or maroon are all that’s available. I remember the light blue metallic of my 1991 Tercel, the Super Red which Toyota offered at the time, the bright red of my first 1995 Caravan, the maroon of my second 1995 Caravan, and so on. When the Dodge Spirit was common, those were often seen in light blue and emerald green metallic. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/28 "2023-03-11T21:01:09Z")
I think that renegade color was the Mohavi sand or something close. Looks a lot better in the picture. Yeah our apartment in 1972 had avocado appliances. In 1976 when we built, we got gold appliances. The dishwasher we bought had multi panels to change colors. Then we switched to white, then black stainless. My mom bought copper color appliances in 1965. Heh heh, every time we change, ask if we are done now. I pushed for black stainless ahead of the curve because I sensed stainless was heading out. I don’t know what’s next. Maybe red or orange. Cringe. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/29 "2023-03-12T01:18:26Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > All the nori I’ve eaten has been black. Have you considered the possibility that your Nori had rotted? This image of what Nori typically looks like tells me that Lexus has reproduced the color of that type of seaweed pretty accurately: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/3/1334d7b4b2e33ad3a9517ca343950c61105dd1d6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/30 "2023-03-12T08:09:42Z")
Mom’s first carr was a 1970 Datsun.510 wagoin in this color that she bought new, we could have had the 78 Rabbit in green but my folks ordered a light brown and settled for the darker brown when someone further up the waiting list pased on it. Big fan of green cars in genral but it depends on the shade of green. Still miss some of those 90’s colors. \* ![510wagon](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/a/5a0d1f345530ced88e80202805a61bfa23309359.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/31 "2023-03-12T16:30:08Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Have you considered the possibility that your Nori had rotted? I was in the business, had nori fresh from the vendor. I saw a young woman in pink tights, which made me realize I haven’t seen a pink car in forever. Angelyne has a pink Corvette: [Angelyne's Real Identity Is Finally Solved](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/angelyne-la-billboard-diva-30-years-1025678) ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/32 "2023-03-12T19:23:37Z")
Or on a Jag. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/33 "2023-03-12T21:51:50Z")
The BRG Mazda MX5 with the Tan interior is a good combination, one of those vehicles i wouldn’t mind owning. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/34 "2024-01-17T03:04:34Z")
I was listening to a story about offices being abandoned to the growth of remote work on ‘Marketplace’. One woman, proud of the office space she had created, had to give up her lease and sell the furnishings. No one wanted the green chairs; she had to give them away. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/35 "2024-01-17T12:32:46Z")
There are green cars. But color choices come and go. I like green, but not all shades of green. Had a “Legend Lime” Mustang, loved the color, a few years later ford offered a pastel green, IMO, horrible color. I also had a 70 Cutlass Supreme in metallic dark green, white pinstripes, loved that color too. Green tends to be a color that sells less, Mustangman has indicated he does not like green. In 56 (?) Thunderbird was offered in “Sage Green”, dealers called it “no sale green”. One of my cars I would want in my dream car collection is a “Lemon and Lime” Studebaker Speedster. ![IMG_2382](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/7/c71d2d623379d2670f94a1214a960c009dff9573.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/36 "2024-01-17T15:26:07Z")
It’s not just green, seems like 90% of cars are white, black, or some shade of grey (metallic or not). Blue is probably the most common ‘color’. We just bought a green car. Turns out it’s 75%, not 90%: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/6/56ca7408cf09fa1d9bf8ade36ae7c318e550012a.png) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/37 "2024-01-17T22:41:03Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > No one wanted the green chairs; she had to give them away. For a few years in the late 60’s/early 70s, for reasons I don’t claim to understand, consumers wanted avocado green clothes washers and driers. By 1980 nobody wanted that color, again something I never understood. But which made it easy to buy the green ones used for a song; often they were given away for free if you hauled them away. That’s how I “bought” my first washer/dryer set. They worked great for 7 years, then some newlywed friends mentioned they were hoping to buy a used washer/dryer set for their first apartment, so I gave my set to them. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/38 "2024-01-18T00:29:57Z")
I bought a house built in 1956. The sellers had an avocado fridge and stove. Washer and dryer, too. They took them with them when they moved, thank goodness! One bathroom had green cabinets, green jungle walpaper, green tile, green tub and toilet… it looked like someone blew up a bucket of frogs. Those tiles were REALLY well mounted. Almost needed a jackhammer to remove them. A sledgehammer took care of tbe tub… VERY satisfying! ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/39 "2024-01-18T01:29:26Z")
Teal? (That was my Escort parts car - donor of an engine/trans and many other things - including a wheel…) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/e/bed578b10dd07b77620c457a3075ccc0ba8b8975.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/40 "2024-01-18T15:39:28Z")
> [@texases](#): > > It’s not just green, seems like 90% of cars are white, black, or some shade of grey (metallic or not). There are only two color vehicles I WON’T buy (well maybe 3 if you count that lime green option for a Bentley) - Black and White. Light grey is fine. But I’ve NEVER EVER liked a Black or White car. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532.md?page=3)