"I saw another Tit grey sedan on the streets today, so far here in Calgary (and most likely the rest of the world), tit grey seems to be the predominant color. With that being said, even though I love the color, I want to be a little different.
I was considering the Velocity Red."
That's a good choice, it's what I picked for my 3 Sport.
"But I'm debating on the color because the red might lose its novelty in a couple of years. Moreso, red seems like a color well suited for sports cars. I don't really like to see it on Sedans. take a TSX for example, how many red ones have you seen? Or red Honda Civics, etc."
How could Red, possibly one of the few stalwart colours over the years become a novelty? The 3 is a sporty ride so a "sporty" colour like Red well suits it. As for how many TSX I've seen in Red, well actually the only one I've seen in the last month was oddly enough in red. And several years ago I owned a Red Civic, it was a good colour on it. A buddy owned a Purple Civic, now there is a colour that wears on you.
"An example of this is my friend who bought a Yellow/Orange/Gold 2001 Honda Civic Coupe. After a couple of years and now in his young professional career, he would have preferred a more classic color."
I don't know when Red stopped being a classic colour.
"On the other hand, my bro says that the red would be nice, not only for the paint job but for safety reasons as well. He drives a dark Acura and was almost rear ended/side swiped. Red cars on the road are noticed and thus with the increased visibility, the car is more safe."
Yep, we joked about not having White 3's around when I bought mine but I dont' think I would, in some of those blizzards it's nice to stand out, lol!
"On the flipside, a red car slightly increases insurance as well gains more attention from law enforcement."
I've never heard of Red paint increasing insurance premiums, my premiums didn't rise dramatically when I went from a Silver to a red car a few years back. And bullocks to the law enforcement paying more attention to red cars, I got hassled more in black and dark blue cars than I ever had in red.
"I mean too deep metallic. Staring at it is like entering a third dimension. It's not deep as in dark, but deep as in way too much metallic. It hurts to look at IMO. My dad, who loves metallic, even said it was a little too much. Still a nice color though."
I have no idea what you are talking about. How can looking at deep paint "hurt"? I mean seriously, how does it cause phsyical harm? I'm curious cause all my friends and family have said was "Ooo, I love that paint!" Not, "Ahh my eyes are bleeding from the metalic finish!!!!! Get it AWAY!!!!
