New car color opinions?

[Jagarang]

Well it's time to upgrade the daily driver.

Currently I have a 99 Black Maxima.

Love the black, but it's very high maintainace and every nick, scratch, and bump over the years has literaly accumulated into a litany of blemishes. Swirl marks are a whole other story!


I'm now buying a Lexus IS250 and can get either silver or smokey graphite.


I like the gunmetal metallic greys but fear they may act to much like the black in showing chips and the like. Anybody here have a gunmetal-esque color car they car relay information about up-keep on?

My wife LOVES the silver, and it seems like this color might show the least blemishes over time, but again I have never owned a silver car either. Silver is also SO common these days, i.e. every Mercedes, BMW, etc


Thoughts people?

Thanks

[TPI Monte SS]

My wife's '03 Liberty is silver, and it's a great color for a daily driver. Always looks good, even when it's dirty, and hides scratches well. If you have to do the parking lot thing (work, mall, etc.) you'll want something like that!

[Z06killinSBF]

My wife has a charcoal grey 02' Eclipse and it REALLY shines up nice. It doesnt show ANY scratches. Paint chips are easy fix cause it blends in with the metal flake. I think the charcoal would be easier to keep clean. Also it looks dynomite with big, chrome wheels.

[nekkidhillbilly]

charcoal is a bitch to keep clean other than that its no problem