First hint was when I first got it and found a tiny bit of peeling near a seam...with more plain looking silver paint underneath. First thought: it's been repainted, or that's one interesting clear coat.
Doing the brakes a couple of days ago, i saw overspray in the wheel well. Not much, but it's there. Front end repair, or was she completely repainted?
It looks silver in the light. In the dark, under street lamps, it looks grey...with a sheen where the light catches it. Like...pewter grey, not the bright aluminium-like shade of silver every other silver car is. It was under such a street lamp in that photo, and my phone didn't set off the flash.
Reminds me of the metallic blue pearl on my Z...though that needs full sunlight to set it off. This needs less light or the whole thing just brightens up. I kept noticing it in my garage, while working on it. Then completely forgetting about it when I got it outside, where it just looks pretty normal.
It really does look like it does in the photo, in the right conditions. Enough to make me stop and question what I'm seeing.
Well, some day I'll take a clay bar to it and then polish it up; Seems there's something there to bring out.
PS: This is a good thing...I didn't want a silver car. I was going to see about painting it charcoal...but this is deep enough - when I see it - for me to like. (Still, a nice charcoal with that much glitter...*drool*)