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That's awesome. I just saw a small hatchback that is bright green and a part of its licence plate spells FROG. Wonderful.

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I only have a black car, because I picked out my options/colours from the factory, the color name had blue in it, the pictures of the color showed a blue car, and I wanted a blue car.

Turns out, this car is so dark that it only looks somewhat blue in very specific lighting.

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IMO, people who buy dark coloured cars are stupid.

  1. We're in Australia, where the sun be fair beaming and dark colours soak up heat way more than a more reflective|lighter colour
  2. Visibility of dark cars is worse because they blend in to the bitumen and concrete background at the best of times
  3. Whenever conditions are poor (rain, fog, dusk, whatever) it's by far the majority of dark coloured cars driving along without headlights on. My unscientific observation is that 90% of the cars you see in poor visibility without lights are dark coloured in any car shape. The other 10% are Toyotas which is probably because they have a dash that's always illuminated which makes it less obvious if you don't have your headlights on.
  4. Dark colours look dirty about 4 seconds after washing them so you're either constantly wasting water shining up your piece of coal, or you're driving around in a dusty old bit of charcoal.
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My new ( 2007, far right in the pic ) Jag is possibly the worst colour for being seen in poor conditions. I do however have my headlights on all the time ( well while driving ) I've been doing this for a fair few years now.

But also yes I might be stupid I have to agree.

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Dark coloured cars are a dealbreaker for me just for reason 1 alone. I can't fathom why anybody would want one.

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