I've got black which is nice when clean. Actually wanted white, but all of the white ones on lots either had poorly aligned bumpers or the underside of the rear bumper was warped and/or the tow hook cover was messed up.
Platinum gray is nice, but I don't know...it just seems a little "flat" to me compared to the metallic charcoal grays other manufacturer's have, like it's just missing a little something. Still nice though.
Honestly I like red, even though as mentioned red requires a lot of waxing/sealing to protect from UV, and really should only be had if you can park in a garage at work all day rather than out in the sun since red paints don't have much pigment and thus do fade quickly (actually silver is also susceptible to fading like red, but it's a lot harder to see the fade on a silver car).
I'm a bit bummed that red is returning to the SEL for '14, always thought that looked sharp on the '11/'12 SELs or on the TDI Premium/Nav, none of which I ever see in red...for '13 all you could get was a palette of boring for the SEL - black/white/gray/silver/moonrock (gold).
I'd go red and take great care of it.:thumbup:
