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Maroon Coupe in Escondido - rxter - 10-19-2008

Saw a maroon coupe in downtown Escondido. Anyone here? Interesting color that I have not seen before. I saw the car as I was preparing to make a turn, changed my angle of attack and chased him/her for a couple of blocks, but lost him in traffic - these cars are hard to catch under the best of circumstances eh? <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - 968Syncro - 10-19-2008

Joe,



It is likely the one I saw at All German Auto about 9 months ago, the car gets serviced there. Somebody local, but not sure about any other details.



Roland

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - jeff968 - 10-20-2008

This color? If so, it is amathyst.

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - rhudeboye - 10-20-2008

looks purple.

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - flash - 10-20-2008

i'd like to see a comparison of the amethyst metallic and the amaranth violet

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - Lonestar968 - 10-20-2008

Wow, gorgeous color!

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - 968Syncro - 10-20-2008

[quote name='flash' post='61896' date='Oct 20 2008, 07:53 AM']i'd like to see a comparison of the amethyst metallic and the amaranth violet[/quote]



I found some examples of what I think is Amaranth violet here on the forum:

In this post and here is a picture Amaranth Violet



I only saw the car once but it wasn't the violet, must have been the Amethyst as in the post above, since it did have a more red appearance rather than the classic purple look of the violet.



Roland

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - flash - 10-20-2008

cool - the amethyst metallic is indeed a very nice color - joseph has (or had) a cab in that color - loved it when i first went to look at it for him - lol - danged near bought it myself

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - jeff968 - 10-20-2008

When the OP said marron I figured it had to be Amathyst. Amaranth Violet is a true purple and it is a solid where Amathyst is a metallic.

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - flash - 10-20-2008

lol - spell check - as long as we're hammering folks about "aventurine" not having a "d" in it, let's use amEthyst

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - jeff968 - 10-20-2008

[quote name='flash' post='61903' date='Oct 20 2008, 12:57 PM']lol - spell check - as long as we're hammering folks about "aventurine" not having a "d" in it, let's use amEthyst[/quote]



You are sooo right. Thanks

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - flash - 10-20-2008

lol - no worries - was just having a giggle

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - rxter - 10-20-2008

Not the purple one. It was a bit dusty and so hard to get a full bead on it but it must have been the Amethyst.

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - flash - 10-20-2008

yeh - i've seen a few now - they pop up now and again - saw one once with some odd cream colored cloth interior with green script on it - might have pic around here somewhere - i'll look

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - jeff968 - 10-20-2008

[quote name='rxter' post='61932' date='Oct 20 2008, 07:16 PM']Not the purple one. It was a bit dusty and so hard to get a full bead on it but it must have been the Amethyst.[/quote]



They are out there. You should see an amethyst car with a matching magenta.

Maroon Coupe in Escondido - Lord_Galva - 10-23-2008

Man those Porsche painters sure have a sense of humor. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



I'm shocked they toned down as of late.



I wouldn't mind seeing a Mint Green GT2. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />