I'm considering an EX-L in this color, haven't gone to my dealer to see it yet, but I have a few questions. Is it a creamy color? Stark white? Does it show dirt MUCH more than other colors? If you own it, would you pick another color next time?
Questions about Tafetta White
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I ended up buying taffeta white although I had wanted the polished metal (grey). To me the van looks quite white although it does look quite clean. Up close, you can see some dirt but I'm very pleased with the way it looks. I was reluctant to get white but I'm very happy with the colour.
I just got this van in the taffeta white last Sunday. It is not a creamy color and there is nothing metallic/glittery about it either. It isn't a stark white but it is white. Just imagine painting crown molding in a high gloss bright white and that is pretty much what you get.
I chose the white over the alabaster silver (although I really wanted the mocha metallic but could not find it anywhere in an EXL w/NAVI) and I am glad I did. I will admit that when the color white was suggested to me the first time my initial gut reaction was "no way" but it really grew on me quick.
Though they both look nice I think that the white will overall show less dirt, however, I will mention that bird droppings are much more obvious to me now so keep that in mind if there are many birds in your area. The white seems to be more of a classic look that looks particularly nice with the truffle interior.
Good luck!
I chose the white over the alabaster silver (although I really wanted the mocha metallic but could not find it anywhere in an EXL w/NAVI) and I am glad I did. I will admit that when the color white was suggested to me the first time my initial gut reaction was "no way" but it really grew on me quick.
Though they both look nice I think that the white will overall show less dirt, however, I will mention that bird droppings are much more obvious to me now so keep that in mind if there are many birds in your area. The white seems to be more of a classic look that looks particularly nice with the truffle interior.
Good luck!
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We had a very similar problem - couldn't find a Mocha Metallic Touring anywhere except Alabama...which isn't close to DC. We did find ONE Mocha Metallic EX-L w/ Nav and bought is ASAP. Most salesman said that it wasn't a popular color so they make very few of the higher trim models. I have seen two or three MM LXs on dealer inventory websites.
We have a white one too. We got it because we wanted a light exterior (florida) and beige interior didnt come with silver.
If you are a few feet away, it doesn't show dirt too much, if you are close it's a different story. I personally don't like tafatta white I wish it was pearl whit like they now have on the pilot or best of all the Lexus pearl white.
If I had to do it over again in the available odyssey colors I would make the same decision.
If you are a few feet away, it doesn't show dirt too much, if you are close it's a different story. I personally don't like tafatta white I wish it was pearl whit like they now have on the pilot or best of all the Lexus pearl white.
If I had to do it over again in the available odyssey colors I would make the same decision.
Ya, but my other car is Silver and it doesn't hidethem much better... You need a pretty dark color to hide those.
Color preference is strictly a personal decision and I can find something about every Ody color available I like, but ultimately grey was our final choice. The following is how we went from white to grey.
Spent a Saturday A.M. @ dealership with kids, while my wife was at work before making our purchase. The tafetta white was my first choice and was the color I choose to test drive for the remaining weekend. As I drove the demo off the lot on Saturday it was a beautiful color. The contrast of white against shiny black tires is priceless.
However when my wife saw it Sunday she gave it a thumbs down because it was not metallic and just had a flat appearance with no depth. What sealed our decision not to go with white was on Sunday we parked next to a white service van and both the honda white and the chevy white on the service van looked identical. Both were clean but lacked depth.
Monday back at the dealership, grey was our next choice and is the color we went with.
In closing, had we ended up with white, we would have enjoyed our purchase just as much as we have with grey. My wife drives the Ody 90% of the time, so grey was her color. Good luck!
Spent a Saturday A.M. @ dealership with kids, while my wife was at work before making our purchase. The tafetta white was my first choice and was the color I choose to test drive for the remaining weekend. As I drove the demo off the lot on Saturday it was a beautiful color. The contrast of white against shiny black tires is priceless.
However when my wife saw it Sunday she gave it a thumbs down because it was not metallic and just had a flat appearance with no depth. What sealed our decision not to go with white was on Sunday we parked next to a white service van and both the honda white and the chevy white on the service van looked identical. Both were clean but lacked depth.
Monday back at the dealership, grey was our next choice and is the color we went with.
In closing, had we ended up with white, we would have enjoyed our purchase just as much as we have with grey. My wife drives the Ody 90% of the time, so grey was her color. Good luck!
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I wanted white, and I wanted to nickname it "the fridge", but my wife insisted on granite green, which has been nice. We needed to get a dark interior anyway.
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Don't forget that exterior color choice determines the interior fabric/leather color.
If you choose Taffeta White, you can pick a beige or truffle interior. If you choose Polished Metal Metallic, you get a gray interior.
2011 Honda Odyssey - Color Selector - Official Honda Site
Good luck deciding. Of course you know which color I prefer!
If you choose Taffeta White, you can pick a beige or truffle interior. If you choose Polished Metal Metallic, you get a gray interior.
2011 Honda Odyssey - Color Selector - Official Honda Site
Good luck deciding. Of course you know which color I prefer!
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Same here, we weren't that excited about the white. It was overcast and all the colors looked flat. They said they had a grey van at their other dealer. We looked at a CRV in the grey and my wife told the salesman to go get it.
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