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glossy black makes for the best looking CT so far. Yesterday, when I left work, I was behind one that looked like it had a matte somewhat dark blue wrap. It was a little better than usual. So maybe dark colors are better.

What they really need to do is paint them all "vanta black".

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Sent the gloss black picture to a friend. He asked why does the CT look way better with paint or a wrap but the Delorean looks unfavorable with anything but the SS.

Then he sent this:

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I saw one a week or so ago. It was going the other way on the freeway. It was wrapped black and I nearly didn’t think anything of it… then I was all ‘wait a minute, there’s a cyber truck’. It was the first I’ve seen in the Canadian wilds…
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Weird effect. The paint (wrap I guess?) makes it look closer to a normal car, which makes the angular shape of it less "quirky aesthetic" and more "just bad".

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