I agree that polished finishes look amazing. In fact, I was marveling at that red yoyo when I saw it as a thread avatar here. What yoyo is that?
Fades can look okay, if they are very subtle, I guess. I don’t particularly care for them on cars either, to be honest.
I just think fades look cool when they’re spinning
I have a couple of fade yoyos and when they are spinning they take on a solid color appearance which is essentially the different colors blended together. Only when the yoyo has slowed down to below the threshold of persistence of vision does the blending stop and the different colors become apparent again. So in effect, a spinning fade becomes a solid finish anyway. I guess I figure the yoyo might as well just be that solid color to begin with. 
A solid finish on a yo-yo accentuates the design of the yo-yo. The lines, curves, and the shape in general work with nothing other than light. Cars are designed with this in mind. It’s not the finish as much as the shapes of the body panels
i really dont mind much on my yoyo finishes, but there is one i despise.
Those ones that are shinnnnny and reflective and make your fingers sweat
(also they look terrible when you photograph them)
Um, no. Just, no.
Just so Jeff doesn’t think I hate all splashes, here are four that I actually like for one reason or another:
This one has a Van Halen vibe I totally dig:
This one just looks so tasty I want to eat/drink it:
This one has a combination of colors that look really good together, with a web-like pattern I find compelling:
And lastly, I just think the Silverback Tiger splash is amazing, both in terms of its colors and its combination of splash pattern types:
Isn’t the trigger plastic @zslane? I don’t think it should be in here… stickers on plastic is never really a good look, though, you’re right about that.
I’m just joshing you. I think preferring solids is a perfectly reasonable preference.
However, I will maintain – and I’m actually glad you pointed this out because until you did, I hadn’t realized this was a big part of it for me – anodized aluminum is a super boring look compared to most metal finishes you’d see on a car. They are way way fancier.
I mean, think about it: are car bodies ever made out of aluminum? Not really…
They can be, but even though the unibody may be made of aluminum, the body panels may be even different materials, like plastic, carbon fiber, or steel. I think most cheaper cars use steel body/steel panels and some plastic panels/fascia.
A mono-metal car would be odd indeed.
I see little connection between car and yoyo finishes.
And that is coming from a guy that was a Custom car and Harley motorcycle painter for over 23 years.
The only connection I’m making is that I like solid finishes on yoyos for the same reason(s) I like solid finishes on cars (and the converse, that I dislike splashy/crazy finishes on yoyos for the same reason(s) I dislike them on cars). I tend to prefer simple, elegant aesthetics on just about any high-priced, high-quality object that I’m going to get a lot of use out of.