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At the risk of thread drift....   Whilst this isn't the real pistachio green which was a solid bright green paint, metallic green colours have made a bit of a comeback on modern cars recently.

This shot is the the end of '22 when we picked up our Ford shopping trolley, a Fiesta in "Mean Green". Yep, it really is called "Mean Green" and I love it....  absolutely no problem finding it in a crowded car park.

Quote from: Cheguava

What the previous post said - the car was originally green, but was repainted black as a fake Special. I'm restoring it to the original colour, which friends have unkindly (but accurately) referred to as Kermit green.

That seems to be a pretty popular color in the last 10 years.  We refer to it as "inchworm green" 😊

Not so popular on this side of the pond, where a sludgy grey colour also known as "Mrs Hinch grey" has gripped all aspirational types who want their cars, walls, clothes, window frames, children etc grey. Makes it a real treat driving in England on dark winter days!

Great pictures, Mecky!!

At least the organizers of that previous race are considering a penalty for that guy with the illegal slicks but one has to wonder what there is to consider…

Too bad about getting sick the night before race 2. Hopefully you’ll feel good and it won’t be raining at your next race!

Hey Boys,

after beeing told that the organizers ackowledge the rule brake and are now discussing the possible penalty for the opponent, who used illegal tyres, I'm now back in a peaceful state of mind.

The racing weekend in Zolder went quite well. Especially as I came very close (2 tenths) to my personal best lap, already in qualifying. As I'm an amateur, I'm happy to be up to (my) speed that soon. I know from the lap time analysis, that my fastest lap has at least one more second for me to gain. I went too slow into Turn 1, which cost me 3 thenths, and had a bunch of oversteer in Turn 9, which cost me 7 tenths. Both references are compared to my best passings of the respective turns in that same session. I qualified 30th from 43 cars overall.

Race 1 was held in very wet conditions, thus no hunting for lap records. I drove very cautiously and finished 32nd without spinning or doing stupid stuff. At least three drivers crashed their cars in these conditions and it was my first real wet race, thus I'm happy with that.

In Race 2, I performed badly. I fell very ill the night before and didn't get more than one or two hours of sleep. That killed my well-being and also weakened my sense for the car and willingness to take risks. That's why I drove slower than in quali and didn't bother to fight with the guy, who overtook me during Safety Car. I was sure that he would receive a 30 Second Penalty after the race, but he did not. Not such a big deal, as he's not in my class anyway. At the end I finished 25th overall, which was OK. Even with my qualifying form, I could not have been better than 24th.

Mine failed from water on top which came through the trunk lid screens. My solution was to install aluminum fuel tanks and seldom leave the car in the rain.