sandhurst Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stanton Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Navy blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhawkins Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Navin Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kik1.6se Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perksy Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felters Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelcoombs Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Go for the British racing green and drive with your lights on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4gom Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 get a yellow one, i'd hate red to become the most popular colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott beeland Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerryS Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 See my signature Kerry S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevio Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 ...........mmmmmm..., flies....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Navin Posted September 22, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slippy Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Navy blue with chrome ( Biased ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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