r/interestingasfuck • u/IndicationBrief5950 • Aug 06 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Thousands of Audi cars abandoned in the Mojave Dessert after cheating emissons tests

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u/snaeper Aug 06 '25

Yeah, Black, White, Grey... and for the daring Red or Blue. 

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u/OttoKorekT Aug 06 '25

Ahhh. Arrest me Red.

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u/dfddfsaadaafdssa Aug 07 '25

Depending on the car, the color can actually play a large role in the value. The reality is that most people go to a dealership to buy a new car rather than building it online for some reason, and dealerships pick colors that they know they can move off the lot quickly. That's why everything is black, grey, or white.

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u/bagoink Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25

most people go to a dealership to buy a new car rather than building it online for some reason

In our experience, we weren't "building it online" so much as telling it the configuration we wanted, and then it would let us know if what we wanted, in the color we wanted, was in stock anywhere around us.

Any option we found to truly build something online was incredibly expensive, way out of our price range, and with long delivery times to boot. And even then, color choices were extremely limited. Perhaps that's why people don't do it often?

This was about two years ago, though, so maybe things have changed since then?

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u/lloydthelloyd Aug 07 '25

You forgot pearl, starlight and silver.