I like black its my favorite color, I had a black Saturn sc2 that gave out after 19 years, I washed and waxed it through the years, everything shows up on black; dings, swirls if not waxed and buffed, scratches from shopping cart, people letting the wind catch the door, people that can't park, ect... One thing to mention is that all cars/trucks nowadays barely have paint, it is so thin and easily chips away, I noticed this when checking 2020-2022 used trucks... F150 and the Ram as well. The front bumper/ grill area had many / 100's of tiny white specs (missing paint) from rock chips and road debris. Paint on vehicles is not like the days of the Black Pontiac Firebird WS6, it's so thin and offers little to no protection which is sad for what prices are. Back in the day I never heard of ppf/ paint protection film, it was wax on, wax off. I baby my vehicles and my 3 cars from the 90's all have original factory paint. I replaced my black 2002 Saturn with the 2022 Ram 1500 Big horn, crystal granite; it came as a sports edition with chrome but I changed the front lights to night edition and rear to led and programmed them, factory rims from offerup, pedal commander, mudflaps ect... When I ordered, dealer said night edition was not able to be ordered at the time and would have to wait so I settled for sport/chrome due to invoice pricing. I now like the mix with black and chrome. I do baby my Ram as well because these new vehicles are made cheap and the metal is so thin which is why I love permanent sidesteps and not retractable to prevent door dings from people. I think it depends how the vehicle is taken care of/ work parking lot ect.. If I had a black Ram it would drive my eyes crazy because I notice everything and I plan to keep this truck forever like my other vehicles. Glad I went with crystal granite, next choice was patriot blue or delmonico red but I wanted a color that wouldn't rust easily, show dirt and defects, and something I wouldn't have to spend every week washing and waxing for the 20 years I plan to keep it. A vehicle is a huge investment, choose your color wisely!!!
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