Are brightly coloured cars asking for trouble?
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Interesting conversation. My company car is a metalic grey 330e without privacy glass. Looks like most cars on the road and doesn’t stand out. I said last week that the next company car I order it will be bright because they grey is as dull as it gets and it’s easy to lose it in a car park lol. Will read up on this thread as the boldest paint iv had was red on a MKIVsupra and I was left alone in that.
dibbers006 said:
Do coloured cars (red, yellow, bright blues, greens etc) stand out more on the road and thus cause the general public to be more likely to fixate on any misdemeanours caused and in turn also more likely to remember the vehicle?
Horrible sentence, but I'm sure you understand what I mean.
If I was to rob a bank, I'd pick a grey, five door Ford Focus.
Driving a pink, loud, expensive car surely marks you out in your neighbourhood and on the roads. But does that follow that the public are less forgiving and biased towards any highway faux pas you make?
I feel like driving a bog standard silver company car let me 'get away' with so much more than my current purple 5 Series. I'm getting a bit tired of it even though I drive the same way regardless of vehicle and for clarity we're talking minor town driving scenarios.
Not in my experience.Horrible sentence, but I'm sure you understand what I mean.
If I was to rob a bank, I'd pick a grey, five door Ford Focus.
Driving a pink, loud, expensive car surely marks you out in your neighbourhood and on the roads. But does that follow that the public are less forgiving and biased towards any highway faux pas you make?
I feel like driving a bog standard silver company car let me 'get away' with so much more than my current purple 5 Series. I'm getting a bit tired of it even though I drive the same way regardless of vehicle and for clarity we're talking minor town driving scenarios.
I had a black Porsche 997 and then a red one. The black one received loads of ire, the red one none.
I had a red Escort RS2000 back in the early 80s and never had a problem, even if in my youth I might have driven it exuberantly!
Then in 2014 I bought a red BMW E46 3 Series Compact and had no issues with that although by then I was driving a bit more sensibly, but at least I could find it in car parks!
I've got a Sparkling Graphite 3 Series now and sometimes struggle to find it.
Then in 2014 I bought a red BMW E46 3 Series Compact and had no issues with that although by then I was driving a bit more sensibly, but at least I could find it in car parks!
I've got a Sparkling Graphite 3 Series now and sometimes struggle to find it.
dibbers006 said:
Do coloured cars (red, yellow, bright blues, greens etc) stand out more on the road and thus cause the general public to be more likely to fixate on any misdemeanours caused and in turn also more likely to remember the vehicle?
Horrible sentence, but I'm sure you understand what I mean.
If I was to rob a bank, I'd pick a grey, five door Ford Focus.
Driving a pink, loud, expensive car surely marks you out in your neighbourhood and on the roads. But does that follow that the public are less forgiving and biased towards any highway faux pas you make?
I feel like driving a bog standard silver company car let me 'get away' with so much more than my current purple 5 Series. I'm getting a bit tired of it even though I drive the same way regardless of vehicle and for clarity we're talking minor town driving scenarios.
Not really driving like a cock in a pink car is the same as a silver one, just stop doing it.Horrible sentence, but I'm sure you understand what I mean.
If I was to rob a bank, I'd pick a grey, five door Ford Focus.
Driving a pink, loud, expensive car surely marks you out in your neighbourhood and on the roads. But does that follow that the public are less forgiving and biased towards any highway faux pas you make?
I feel like driving a bog standard silver company car let me 'get away' with so much more than my current purple 5 Series. I'm getting a bit tired of it even though I drive the same way regardless of vehicle and for clarity we're talking minor town driving scenarios.
dibbers006 said:
I feel like driving a bog standard silver company car let me 'get away' with so much more than my current purple 5 Series. I'm getting a bit tired of it even though I drive the same way regardless of vehicle and for clarity we're talking minor town driving scenarios.
So, reading between the lines, you think your purple 5 Series is getting you into trouble?What are you not now ‘getting away’ with?
Heathwood said:
I too have wondered this. I’m tempted by a 987.2 Boxster S and really fancy speed yellow or maybe guards red.
Been on the look out for an early 986 S. Speed yellow or red. (OK maybe a brighter blue a well). Wizz past the black, grey, silver, white car ads. Boring colours.Bright colours are better seen and therefore safer. I recall a "survey" by some motoring body decades ago. Safest colours were yellow and orange, red could indicate a faster driver (ha ha), green was a bit dangerous as it blended into the flora and fauna and grey/black the road surface.
I once had a Metro Turbo in black, everything was black, it had already been a write off once and every time I drove it I was conscious that it couldn't/wouldn't be seen. Folk used to pull out of junctions in front of me to the point where I drove everywhere with headlights on. But I digress.
The first parameter on my last car search was that it couldn't be black, white, grey or silver and I now have a bright red mini. It certainly stands out in the sea of monochrome cars in the car park and they are out there if you go looking for them.
I also seem to remember a thread on here where someone who worked for a BMW dealer, they always chose bright / unusual colours for their car and never had any trouble selling them (amazing the crap you remember sometimes !)
I also seem to remember a thread on here where someone who worked for a BMW dealer, they always chose bright / unusual colours for their car and never had any trouble selling them (amazing the crap you remember sometimes !)
Skyedriver said:
Bright colours are better seen and therefore safer. I recall a "survey" by some motoring body decades ago. Safest colours were yellow and orange, red could indicate a faster driver (ha ha), green was a bit dangerous as it blended into the flora and fauna and grey/black the road surface.
AA members received a free magazine called Drive in the late 60s/early 70s, I recall a piece in one of those that covered this - maybe it was that? Google didn't get me anywhere but I did find this from a 1971 edition.
https://www.jgballard.ca/deep_ends/drive_mag_artic...
Some very accurate predictions!
dibbers006 said:
swisstoni said:
So, reading between the lines, you think your purple 5 Series is getting you into trouble?
What are you not now ‘getting away’ with?
One super bland example is that it's been 'noted' by the neighbourhood watch that I've been taking up a parking space (street parking) when visiting my elderly parents of a weekend.What are you not now ‘getting away’ with?
Been visiting for decades in monotone cars and no one noticed
I have a white car, that seems to get noticed when on the motorways, more, than some of the dark coloured cars I have owned, which certainly helps to reduce the number of people who pull out in front of of me, without `allegedly' seeing me.
It also stays `looking' cleaner, even when it is quite dirty, and doesn't get quite so hot inside when parked in very hot conditions.
I have had black, Midnight blue, and other dark coloured cars, which looked OK just after they were cleaned, but even after a short drive on hot dusty roads, or just a small rain shower, looked like they had just done a small section of the Paris / Dakar.
I wont have a dark coloured car again. We have come quite a way from Henry Fords any colour you like s long as it is black era.
It also stays `looking' cleaner, even when it is quite dirty, and doesn't get quite so hot inside when parked in very hot conditions.
I have had black, Midnight blue, and other dark coloured cars, which looked OK just after they were cleaned, but even after a short drive on hot dusty roads, or just a small rain shower, looked like they had just done a small section of the Paris / Dakar.
I wont have a dark coloured car again. We have come quite a way from Henry Fords any colour you like s long as it is black era.
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