Green car - superstitious?

[ChilliWhizz]

Back in the early '70's I had a green Mk1 Cortina, and the flywheel sheared off at about 65mph in third going downhill... It frightened the bejesus out of me and I thought I was going to die

I've never had another green car since, for the same reason (I think) that I won't walk under a ladder if I can walk round it..

Recently I've seen one or two motors in green (for sale) that looked stunning, but I just can't get over this superstition/fear whatever it is that I have for green cars. Does anyone else suffer from this kind of thing? Is there a cure???

Chilli

[ModernAndy]

Many years ago my mum ordered me not to buy a particular car because it was dark green and 'dark green cars are bad luck'. I have no idea where this particular superstition comes from.

I did buy an old dark green Italian car a bit later which fell apart and gushed oil even after being fixed twice, now that was bad luck...

[richs2891]

I've been told this myself - mostly by people older than me.
Personally I think there is zero truth in this I've had a metallic green MX5 - never had any issue with that and a metallic green Nissan 200SX. Never had any issue with that either.

[MitchT]

I've heard that green cars are bad luck too. For some reason green has never appealed to me, so there's no danger of me ever owning anything green therefore I have no first hand experience. However, a very decent bloke I knew had a green car and had awful bad luck in his marriage and then in his business. As far as I'm aware he never had any issues with the car itself though.

[redtwin]

I once owned a green 520i. The aircon didn't work and the rear electric windows didn't always wind down. Oh, and the backbox had a rusted through.

Wish I had known about unlucky colours before buying it. Could have saved myself some grief.

[bullitinhead]

My misses is the supertious one in our household, so no green cars, so I bought her one, it was bad luck, she crashed it in to a stationary macdonalds. Also told she hated silver cars and wouldnt drive one ,so the next car I bought for her was silver and the one after as well. For context she also solluts single magpies, Mad the lot of them.

Bullit

[Pistom]

Bad luck exists as much as the devil, God and an honest scouser. In our imagination.

Green cars can be harder to see in certain light against certain backgrounds but that doesn't explain the shearing flywheel.

[mrtwisty]

I crashed my green MR2 on my first day of ownership.

Unlucky? No. Inexperience + Wanli tyres + wet roads? Yes.

[El Guapo]

I have had one green car and wouldn't have another. It seemed to be invisible to a large number of other drivers.

[leafspring]

My one and only green car (Fiesta) the MOT found the suspension/sub-frame had rusted and pulled away from the mounts

Nuff said

Also my silver cars all seem to suffer gearbox failures

[ClassicMotorNut]

ModernAndy said:

Many years ago my mum ordered me not to buy a particular car because it was dark green and 'dark green cars are bad luck'. I have no idea where this particular superstition comes from.

I did buy an old dark green Italian car a bit later which fell apart and gushed oil even after being fixed twice, now that was bad luck...

That was an Italian car.

The Bentley Boys never seemed to have any trouble with the colour green.

[iva cosworth]

My Cosworth is green.


Never had a problem with green cars.

Oh hold on,it's been broken for 18 months now.

[Agent Orange]

I owned a 7 year old green Renault 5 GTL when I was 18. Engine mounts broke, diffs went, engine over heated, rear quarter windows fell out and the repairs nearly bankrupt me. Oh and coppers caught me and my girlfriend shagging in a lay by.

I also had a brand new green MK5 Escort company car. Clutch lunched after 20K miles and someone drove into it whilst parked.

Obviously this was all, as my mother explained at the time, down to bad luck because they were green cars. Nothing to do with having a ste French car and me razzing the arse of the Escort and a drunk clipping my car.

[Agrilla]

I love my green car, and didn't know about this superstition until my mechanic told me!

Ugh - fingers crossed for the first service under my ownership

[Pickled]

An old boss of mine surprised his missus by buying a brand new XJ12 in BRG, she point blank refused to get in it and insisted he take it back - he swapped it for a burgundy one and lost a few quid.

[jpp]

I had a new blue Megane once - it was st.

Had a separation phobia from Renault.

Superstitious lot!

[alpha channel]

Never heard of green cars being unlucky before, had a green '96 Rover 214SEi with 118,000 miles on the clock, a tad underpowered perhaps but nothing went wrong with it, no rust, no idiot magnet attached and had the cleanest oil and engine of any car I have ever owned. If it was in the state that I sold it on in I'd have it back in a heart beat, loved it.

[Paul O]

I think this superstition came from an insurance company statistic which showed green cars are more likely to be in accidents?

[JDMDrifter]

Parents had a green mondeo in the 90s, had numerous faults before they got rid of it. As it was loaded onto a low loader the front suspension pretty much fell off the car. They've never had a green car again!

[CB2152]

Friend of mine had a very bright green Proton Satria(?) which ended up with the front end crumpled after an interface with the back of a van.

Not sure that was unlucky though, probably slightly stupid