Own a black car? visiblity poll.

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Do you get noticed on the road?

Bah, it's no different to any other coloured car!
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48%
Definately not as visible on the road.
18
39%
People hit me....."is it cos i is black?"
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13%
 
Total votes : 46

Postby aliluya » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:25 am

Agreed .... black is very sexy indeed .... !!!
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Postby Simon K » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:43 am

The Pulsar is two tone, black over silver and I've not had any issues. It'll be bright yellow in a month so it will give me an opportunity to see what happens then.

Have a grey 323 hatch which was constantly having near misses when we bought it, practically invisible you'd think to some people :roll:
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Postby blackie » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:04 pm

At least you'll die in style, Steelo.
edit - just kidding btw
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Postby HZRDIZ » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:32 pm

aliluya wrote:Agreed .... black is very sexy indeed .... !!!

Sex sells Toyspaders, sex sells...

Write that down...
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Postby cheese » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:03 pm

HZRDIZ wrote:
cheese wrote:I find its mostly just the odd day when a bunch of people just about pull out in front of me nearly causing a crash

Try living in auckland...

Black cars are the business. It means you can play CIA whenever you want casue you already have the black cars...


oh thats where it all happened. lived there all my life and just moved to the tron 2 months ago. when we took the rota up there in the weekend the traffic was $&#$% shocking worse than ak morning peak hour. was so glad to be back home hah
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Postby Alycia » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:35 pm

smithers wrote:Personally, i am yet to see a car that doesnt look bad in black, sure it might 'appear' dirty then a white car with the same dirtyness, but when clean, a gloss black is piirrty 8)


I feel the only issue is that it gets dirtier than my green car.

Black is HOT!!! :lol:
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Postby rollas22 » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:27 pm

Totally didlike darker coloured cars... show up the scratches bad, but the worse thing is most ppl that drive dark cars on the NZ roads dont put there lights on! hard to see..
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Postby Steelo » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:29 pm

blackie wrote:At least you'll die in style, Steelo.
edit - just kidding btw


Hahaha!!

Never thought of it that way............ :D
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Postby cheese » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:43 pm

rollas22 wrote:Totally didlike darker coloured cars... show up the scratches bad, but the worse thing is most ppl that drive dark cars on the NZ roads dont put there lights on! hard to see..


my lights are always switched on. they turn off when the key is out of the ignition - thanks soobie! :)
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Postby The Wombat » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:08 pm

id don't think it makes a diffrence to how visable you are on the road personally and at night unless your driving with you lights off you stand out like everybody else.

as for the cop rating, i got pulled more times in the white trueno and mr2 than the black tomcat.(but then again i've only had it 3 or so weeks)
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Postby Truenotch » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:17 pm

I reckon the worst time to be driving a black car is during the day, you don't really get noticed a whole lot. It's worst on cloudy days or in the afternoon in 100k zones when you want to pass and think its clear but then a dark colored car appears from nowhere, even though it was coming straight towards you. I've been nearly hit a few times driving the 2. Personally I think it's good to put on your lights/foggies if you're in a dark car and there isn't much visability.
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Postby mikeygtt » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:11 am

I use to own a black skyline and it was always getting hit by dumb drivers :evil: . It was parked in the garage once and a mate backed into it :?: . said he didnt see it as it was black 8O . Now have a black gtt so hope it doesnt happen as its my baby :wink:
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Postby No_Halo » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:01 pm

British racing green is apparently the most dangerous colour car to drive on the road and is involved in the most accidents, thank goodness i have a bright yellow 8O
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