sandhurst Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 I need to place my factory built order for an 1800 Sport within the week [to qualify for the Autumn 10% discount] and, although I love British Racing Green I am inclined to choose the seemingly popular Chrome Yellow. Am I right in thinking that it's a much safer colour as one can be "seen coming". Any thoughts as to the trim colour that would blend nicely with the aforsaid Chrome Yellow bearing in mind I am slightly colour blind - so that's why I go across Red Lights! Thanks, Dave Quote
adhawkins Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Yellow car will help, but I still had plenty of muppets wandering over into my lane because they 'didn't see me'... I never thought of myself as a 'yellow' car person before, but I did love that car They're a bit common though, so I dunno what colour I'd choose personally... Andy Quote
Blatman Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Anything but lime green. It's crap... Yellow is great until summer, when it attracts more flies than a landfill site. Who's got them pics of the yellow car at Curborough from this year? Was it Buzz's car? It was covered in flies, and it was generally considered to be a pretty good year (as in, not as many as usual), fly population wise... Quote
Rob Navin Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Light colloured cars have got to give you more of a chance with the muppets but won't gaurentee it to be saffer. It just depends on luck. What about a nice ivory Quote
kik1.6se Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 I need to place my factory built order for an 1800 Sport within the week [to qualify for the Autumn 10% discount] and, although I love British Racing Green I am inclined to choose the seemingly popular Chrome Yellow. Am I right in thinking that it's a much safer colour as one can be "seen coming". Any thoughts as to the trim colour that would blend nicely with the aforsaid Chrome Yellow bearing in mind I am slightly colour blind - so that's why I go across Red Lights! Thanks, Dave Yellow is the best colour . I may be biased though. I think it does help as they are more visible, but as Andy said there's still plenty of people who still won't see it. Kirk Quote
perksy Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Got a Yellow one But Muppets Still pull out in front of me at junctions What about an Orange one and Like the Black Aswell Better Still what about an Orange AND Black one Quote
felters Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Chrome yellow on mine and it does show up but... I seem to remember seeing a chart in the back of a Mercedes brochure that showed the reflected lumens values for various paint colours and the best colour was the hearing aid beige that all the German taxis use. Some people insist that it's really called Ivory... Quote
michaelcoombs Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Go for the British racing green and drive with your lights on Quote
a4gom Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 get a yellow one, i'd hate red to become the most popular colour Quote
scott beeland Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Westfield Racing green is a good colour (darker than brg). Whatever colour you go for I'd drive with lights on anyway as it makes you much more visible Quote
stevio Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 ...........mmmmmm..., flies....................... Quote
Rob Navin Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Chrome yellow on mine and it does show up but... I seem to remember seeing a chart in the back of a Mercedes brochure that showed the reflected lumens values for various paint colours and the best colour was the hearing aid beige that all the German taxis use. Some people insist that it's really called Ivory... German engineering where you need it most on a car And its is ivory Quote
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