What can you say about your car color?

[dbuzz]

Well mostly people will say .."hey i like the color of my car..its me dude".

Some will really argue that the color of their car is the best ever.

but some will say "ahh its a mistake" or "it's not really my choice" or "its not me"

rumors are:
red = takaw accident and takaw pansin.
black = para sa mga bigatin(oppss bigatin may ari nya) but takaw din sa accident kasi di gaano nagre reflect ng light.
ang lastly, but i don't think na rumors pa rin kasi factual ito, black or any other dark colored cars are super init pag nabilad sa init mas mainit kaysa other light colored cars.
white = mahirap linisin but tipid sa aircon (it minimizes the absorbtion of heat)

I don't know if there's a statistic about these.

[Automahn]

There are statistics re car colors and the incidence of accidents among them, just try to Google it.

However, I don't let these statistics or stereotypes about colors influence my color choices for a particular vehicle. Ako, kung ano yung bagay na kulay sa isang model ng auto para sa 'kin, yun ang kukunin ko. Isa pa, I believe nasa nagmamaneho yan kung gano kadalas ka mabangga.;)

Mahilig talaga ako sa red pag sa sedan that's why Habanero Red ang kinuha ko for my FD. The only disadvantage I see is that mahirap siyang hanapan ng touch-up paint kasi di nila makuha yung exact shade nung color.

[awing]

Undeniably, I don't like the color of my car. I prefer the monotone of either white or black. As I am after of the mods and aftermarket 'borloloy' that I'll gonna do to my future car.

When I purchase my car(2nd hand), the availability of the latest model 06 was the one i chosen and nothing more. My GF settled for it coz she said it is formal and fit for a medium sedan. So we finalize to get that car. I don't have much regrets since I got the latest model and that color doesn't bother me after all.

[baiskee]

i like black...mas na a-ppreciate ko kasi paglilinis ko pag makikita mo kung gano kakintab ang black.

[pup2]

Hmmm. Throughout my life, the only car colors I've had are beige (1), silver gray (2), midnight blue (1), red(1), green (1), and gold (4).Yung beige, I liked kasi visible siya pero cool at hindi dumihin. It's rare that a color like that is available nowadays though. Yung silver gray, OK din pero kung maitim ang shade, hindi masyado visible (i.e., binangga ako). Yung blue at green, mainit sa loob, bukod pa sa hindi masyadong visible (pero hindi ako binangga). Yung red, OK naman siya very visible, moderate temperature, kaya lang very visible din ang dumi (depende sa tingkad).The gold is like the beige -- wala akong makitang disadvantage -- kaya I've had 4!! Gold is the new beige! ahahaha.

[Lucius]

White is a headturner. Pero it's not just the ride, it's the rider hahahaha. Mas madaling makita white, pag pinupunasan ko nga parang ayoko na umakyat gusto ko na lang punasan palagi hehehehe

[dbuzz]

White is a headturner. Pero it's not just the ride, it's the rider hahahaha. Mas madaling makita white, pag pinupunasan ko nga parang ayoko na umakyat gusto ko na lang punasan palagi hehehehe

head turner ha? road hazard din pala ang masyadong pansining driver ano?..lol.. ano?..... just a thought lang..seguro daming banggaan pag dumaan si Tbabe ano?..

[Bogeyman]

Mitsubishi officially describes my car's color as Ravena Gold, sort of a dark olive. Ok naman ang itsura niya, especially pag malinis.

Although there are times na parang kulangot ang tingin ko sa kanya. :bwahaha:

[mbeige]

The single-stage enamel paint on my w123 300D is color coded DB 681, known as "Manila Beige" (hence my username) and it's surely a classic color. Not everybody likes it, I've heard people say it looks like vomit, while others love the color. It's not too faded unlike Light Ivory (DB 623) or not too yellow as Sahara Beige, or even Gold.

On the other hand, the "Pearl Black Metallic" paint on the 300TE is a more modern approach for a classic car, hence the car looks much more modern than ones that have the more colorful single-stage versions. It also helps that the body cladding is the "2nd gen" type of the w124 not the old type with just a strip of plastic down the middle of the side panels.

[buriroy]

In my years of driving, I've gone thru several car colors,
namely - maroon, grey, red, blue, and lately - white.

I find that white (basta pirmi lang malinis) has become
my favorite car color. It makes the car look bigger and more
impressive. Also, mas pansinin ang puti so the added safety
factor during heavy rain and at night.

Ang downside lang, madaling mapansin kung may mud
splatters and other forms of grime. OK lang, masipag naman
ako "magkuskos" and I make sure that my ride's color is
always "sparkling white"!

[dbuzz]

Mitsubishi officially describes my car's color as Ravena Gold, sort of a dark olive. Ok naman ang itsura niya, especially pag malinis.

Although there are times na parang kulangot ang tingin ko sa kanya. :bwahaha:

kulangaot???..naman bossss... ilang taon mo na bang gamit yan?... baka sawa ka na lang (paglinis perhaps). sana nga mainbento yun cleaning free ano?.

[dbuzz]

In my years of driving, I've gone thru several car colors,
namely - maroon, grey, red, blue, and lately - white.

I find that white (basta pirmi lang malinis) has become
my favorite car color. It makes the car look bigger and more
impressive. Also, mas pansinin ang puti so the added safety
factor during heavy rain and at night.

Ang downside lang, madaling mapansin kung may mud
splatters and other forms of grime. OK lang, masipag naman
ako "magkuskos" and I make sure that my ride's color is
always "sparkling white"!

at additionally hindi gaano kainit pag na bilad sa araw. di gaya ng dark colored ones na damdam mo agad pagpasok mo na talagang super init kahit saglit lang nabilad sa araw. sabi pa nga mas tatagal ang compressor or a/c system ng vehicle na white collored kaysa mga darker colored nga.

[1D4LV]

my current car is my second dark blue car. my first dark blue car was painted from white to dark blue while my second dark blue car was specifically ordered from the dealer.
really dunno why i have a preference for this color, but for me, even though ang hirap i-maintain dahil kitang-kita ang dumi, it suits me fine. for one, its quite formal, classy and sporty. complements my personality.

[VtEC]

http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/070914/2258...pf=family-home

Color Popularity Survey (Sept 22, 2007)
The numbers reflect the percentage of vehicles manufactured during the 2006 model year in North America, as compiled by DuPont.

1. Silver 19%
2. White 16%
3. Gray 13%
4. Black 13%
5. Blue 11%
6. Red 11%
7. Light Brown 7%
8. Green 4%
9. White Pearl 3%
10. Yellow/Gold 3%

Silver - "When the light hits it and refracts, it shows off the vehicle's architectural form beautifully."
The color has other advantages, too: It hides dirt, it's an enduring favorite and it's easier to resell than other colors. (In the United Kingdom, many police agencies have switched from white to silver, because the silver cars fetch a higher resale price -- up to 10 percent higher than white cars -- after they've been pulled from the fleet.

[empy]

what can i say about my car color?

i have the two colors that are most difficult to clean - white :seeth: and jet black :seeth: :seeth:

[Mr. Clean]

http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/070914/2258...pf=family-home

Color Popularity Survey (Sept 22, 2007)
The numbers reflect the percentage of vehicles manufactured during the 2006 model year in North America, as compiled by DuPont.

1. Silver 19%
2. White 16%
3. Gray 13%
4. Black 13%
5. Blue 11%
6. Red 11%
7. Light Brown 7%
8. Green 4%
9. White Pearl 3%
10. Yellow/Gold 3%

Silver - "When the light hits it and refracts, it shows off the vehicle's architectural form beautifully."
The color has other advantages, too: It hides dirt, it's an enduring favorite and it's easier to resell than other colors. (In the United Kingdom, many police agencies have switched from white to silver, because the silver cars fetch a higher resale price -- up to 10 percent higher than white cars -- after they've been pulled from the fleet.

i think i made the right choices based on the survey, my FD's Silver (#1) and my Fort's Gray (#3), hehe...

[Jun aka Pekto]

Steel gray metallic on the 3.3L 06 Sonata, Ford beige metallic on the 2.5L 1995 Contour. In short, anonymous colors which suits my personality just fine. I have no desire to stick out on the road or anywhere. That way, if I'm naughty on the road, I'll be harder to track..... Plus, those 2 colors do a good job hiding the dirt/dust. No speeding tickets with either car.


The last "colorful" car I had was my blue 1991 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo. I got 3 speeding tickets with that. Prior to the Laser, I had a red 1986 Nissan Pulsar. What's depressing is 2 speeding tickets with the Pulsar which is strange for a car with 55 hp.

That's why I'm not one of those "Look at me!" type of people. It pays not to stick out of the crowd.

[hyperthread]

Sa akin black ang hirap imaintain but pag bagong linis at wax champion sa ganda.

[mbeige]

I was cruising home together with my friend in his red Civic Si hatch and me in my diesel. Biruin mo at 10 or 11 that night a police car that was "scanning" or ambushing people for speeding (40mph zone) drove out of his hiding, cut in front of me (politely) and proceeded to check out my friend who was in his Civic. I was behind so tahimik lang ako.

I guess red easily catches their attention especially if you're driving at night no matter how stock looking your car is. To think, I was in my diesel and was travelling a bit faster than 40 when my friend was actually slowing down already

Eventually the police car made a right and took off after realizing my friend has no records and the car isn't stolen.

Funny thing is, I was already thinking about that kind of circumstance before we even left sabi ko sa sarili ko he might get "targeted" by police cars. My friend even uses side streets because of this, para hindi sa major roadways dadaan pero I guess the cop was just where we didn't expect him to be. Oh well...

[empy]

^looks like your friend was being profiled. the Socal police are notorious for that kind of behavior - they look at types of people or cars that they think usually do illegal stuff (like they probably thought..."red Civic Si? must have illegal mods or street races) and find some way to check them out or pull them over.

in West LA where i grew up, my friends called it "DWB" (driving while black)...talaga kasing pinag-iinitan yung mga young black guys eh