not smoke silver its beige

[jonnyb1]

hi recently had v5 from dvla and it states that my e220 is beige not smoke silver........how could they???? i dont have a beige car noooooooooooooooooooo

 

[gregit]

Champagne

Hi, mine is Mercedes 'champagne'(metallic beige) v5= Silver
wonder who puts information on colour to dvla is it a colour blind member of staff at Mb's?

 

[MM]

For Info :

Colours recorded by DVLA are standard - i.e they will not normally write things like metalic, smoke, light or dark grey etc. etc.

They tend to stick to basic colours i.e red wil apply to bth red and maroon cars, green will apply to light / dark / forest green etc. Its to make it easier for police to identify / check cars if the colours are recorded in basic absolute - rather than opinion.

you might call it champagne gold - i could be looking at the same thing but say its smoke silver - get my drift ?

MM

 

[Spike]

My bike (st1100) is solid silver but the V5 states it is beige.

I was so concerned that I contacted Honda and they said that they were all down as beige - dunno why though, seems absolutely crackers.

 

[gregit]

paint colour

Hi,thats why I felt it must be manufacturer who say's what paint colour,even in general terms,not suggesting including metallic or shades,dvla must have been told that my beige(brown) was silver :roll:

 

[NormanB]

Funny that - I have a smoke silver and the V5 lists it as - silver!

 

[paulcallender]

If you don't like what it says on the V5, you can change it. You can change almost anything if you ask them to with a covering letter. I managed to change the "body type" on a V5 recently.

 

[mike65]

Beige is good! Well no its not but apparently beige cars crash less frequently than any other colour. Phone your insurance company and see
if it makes a difference!

Mike.

 

[jonnyb1]

axa have decided they will not insure it next year beige or not (no claims) is it me or what?

 

[gregit]

Glad

:lol: Glad mine is registered silver,if you can't insure Beige :? :? :lol: