My wife likes blue, red, orange, silver and green. We have an agreement... she doesn't wrench my 427, I don't decorate the house. Works for many, many years without too many problems. I don't mind input, opinion, or a biased view. Bottom line is you have to weigh what works best, your needs, and trade offs as far as service and parts availability. I know I could get by with a grey market machine but if parts were not available when it broke ( and they all will require service ) it would not be the best financial investment. Plus when it is trade or sale time a popular machine will sell quickly. Here is a case where beauty MAY be only skin deep. I guess I am just a lost cause and when the toys roll into the yard my wife just shakes her head. I still haven't found a good answer for why I need 4 old corvettes. Someone has to be the keeper of the flame. Good luck on the rebutal and I hope blue wins. I looked them all over and it was quite obvious. jr