Car color

[1FinickyOne]

we have white... so, sort of tired of it. 

 

Does black really get hotter? Enough so to matter?

 

seems like black white and silver are our only choices for the Toyota we want...

 

red is not for me... 

[sungod]

I have a black car, wouldn't buy another. They look great when brand new and shiny, however they don't hide scratches very well, show the dirt.

 

I dont feel it gets any hotter than my other car (blue)

[JimHuaHin]

Sorry state of buying a new popular affordable care in Thailand these days; colour choices black, white, red and maybe silver?  What happen to the blues and greens and yellows etc., have they been forbidden by the junta?

What is wrong with the colour sense of Honda, Toyota, Mazda, etc in Thailand?

[Lacessit]

Silver and light bronze don't show the dirt. Red is the worst choice as it is degraded by sunlight more than any other color.

Lovers of black should check out what a Stefan-Boltzmann constant or albedo mean.

I understand a black vehicle in Thailand denotes someone belonging to the professional class, such as a doctor. A bit comical to see a black Nissan Micra, if that is the case.

[Kwasaki]

Always have silver doesn't seem to look dirty when it is. 

White and Black are for car wash luvers. ????

[transam]

Silver is the worst colour to match if you have a prang, unless you find an expert painter, which is hard...........

 

I just spent 2 days sitting at a table being supplied wiv free beer whilst the rest were doing daft stuff with water.

 

I watched zillions of cars go by with the sun on them, the silver repaired rides were easily spotted..........????

 

Oh, and a couple of white ones too....

Edited April 18, 2023 by transam

[blackcab]

3 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

red is not for me... 

 

I thought that, however it's really easy to find the car in a car park.

[Kwasaki]

27 minutes ago, transam said:

Silver is the worst colour to match if you have a prang, unless you find an expert painter, which is hard...........

 

I just spent 2 days sitting at a table being supplied wiv free beer whilst the rest were doing daft stuff with water.

 

I watched zillions of cars go by with the sun on them, the silver repaired rides were easily spotted..........????

 

Oh, and a couple of white ones too....

In Sukhothai we have an expert silver paintwork matcher. ????

I think the days are long gone with today's mixer machine advances of not being able to match car/truck colour codes with aging colour matched in. 

[Kwasaki]

32 minutes ago, blackcab said:

 

I thought that, however it's really easy to find the car in a car park.

Doesn't show it's that dirty either. ????

[1FinickyOne]

36 minutes ago, blackcab said:

 

I thought that, however it's really easy to find the car in a car park.

I guess I will just have to keep remembering where I parked... 

[Crossy]

38 minutes ago, blackcab said:

 

I thought that, however it's really easy to find the car in a car park.

 

Get a Tesla with "summon" and the car will find you ????

[connda]

I can remember back in the day when you could get a variety of different colors back when I started driving in the 1960s.. 
All you seem to be able to get nowadays is technocrat white, black, or grey.  Global corporatism bringing you the dullest and dreariest existent that the plebs could ask for.

We're gone full circle.

"You can have it in any color you want, as long as it is black."
--Henry Ford

[LosLobo]

IMHO,

 

Black or silver, gold cars cars get hotter than white cars.

 

Black or silver, gold cars need more washing and more attention than white cars.

 

Black or silver, gold cars tend to blend in with road colour etc, contrasting white is a safer colour.

 

Obviously white is more functional and as it is popular it also brings a better resale value.

[ExpatOilWorker]

[300sd]

Get white again. It has no clear coat so you can buff out scratches with wax etc.

[realfunster]

32 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Glad the brown trend is on the way down.

Flamin' horrible colour for a car. ????