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Captain_Awesome_Pants 04-13-2013 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by FRomar-S (Post 861867)
Red is also a cop magnet.. there have been a couple times where I was glad I was 1 of 10 silver cars going just a few miles over the speed limit :)

False. Statistically, grey is pulled over the most. :burnrubber:

FRomar-S 04-14-2013 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain_Awesome_Pants (Post 863848)
False. Statistically, grey is pulled over the most. :burnrubber:


Where are the numbers at :D

Stats are funny like that cause you can skew them to your favor. Silver is one of the most common colors on the road, therefore, you will have a higher rate of silver cars being pulled over because there are more silver cars out on the road than red.

Just from a human perspective, if you are watching 10 cars drive by at 85-90 mph and 9 of them are silver or white and 1 is red/yellow/lime-green, which do you think would garner more attention?

Doesn't mean you will be pulled over, but you will get noticed (good and possibly bad)

Captain_Awesome_Pants 04-14-2013 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by FRomar-S (Post 864377)
Where are the numbers at :D

Stats are funny like that cause you can skew them to your favor. Silver is one of the most common colors on the road, therefore, you will have a higher rate of silver cars being pulled over because there are more silver cars out on the road than red.

Just from a human perspective, if you are watching 10 cars drive by at 85-90 mph and 9 of them are silver or white and 1 is red/yellow/lime-green, which do you think would garner more attention?

Doesn't mean you will be pulled over, but you will get noticed (good and possibly bad)

I meant percentage of, not actual numbers. And unless you have something to back up your claim as well, I'd say you are on equally bad footing to make such statements. :) Correlation is not equal to causation, and if you are worried about drawing attention, boy are you in the wrong car. :D


This is the closest thing I could find to anyone actually attempting to do a study:

http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/redcars.asp

Gaiakai 04-14-2013 11:37 AM

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Firestorm! And it looks like I'm the 86th voter on this so it's ok to listen to me :thumbsup:

jher 04-14-2013 12:46 PM

Firestorm. I just love sport car in red.

chillywilly 04-14-2013 08:41 PM

I love the look of this red BRZ with white rims
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27638

I personally find aggressively styled cars look better in warm colors (red, yellow, orange). It tends to enhance the sharp styling. While the more smoothly styled cars look better in cold/dark colors.

djmodernroq 04-15-2013 03:20 PM

Those were my two choices. My GF wanted me to get the firestorm but I went with the Ultramarine. That was the color I've been wanting. :)

kALMIGHTY 04-16-2013 10:57 PM

Which one out of the two is easier to maintain? In terms of which one gets dirtier faster, or which one shows imperfections more, etc...


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