At the time, I enjoyed the black vehicles and kept them garaged and fairly clean. Now I have two red trucks. One is a 97 2500 and the paint has been peeling since 2001 and a 96 Dakota that's been repainted and goes dull pretty fast. My first red vehilce was a 67 Dart with original paint in 74 that got buffed twice and went dull pretty fast after each time. No more red for me! I got the red 2500 diesel cheap because of the peeling paint but it ran super great whereas all the others I test drove that were 4-5 years old ran like crap. The 96 Dakota was really nice except for the dull paint. The diesel still runs great so I look the other way on the red paint lol