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    Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    I have a dark-blue-with-a-hint-of-green car, a darker-than-red-but-not-quite-maroon car, and a gallon of semi-gloss industrial white interior paint.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again

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    Image of RoninianHoon RoninianHoon
    12/09/08

    @bzr: +1
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    White (and silver) make perfect sense in ht sunny climats. I will never ever buy a dark colored car in L.A. , even dark leather interiors are way to hot in the sun.
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    Image of RoninianHoon RoninianHoon
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    According to SNL bitch is the new black... does this mean that white is the new bitch?
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    Some days, I'm suprised you can buy an Econoline or Savana/Express in any colour other than white.


    My current steed is also white, although I swear it wasn't deliberate. Although, it's a lot less depressing when I can't tell there's 6 inches of snow on my car unless I'm right beside it.

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    Image of silverjunkee silverjunkee
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    Three words: pigeon shit camouflaged
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/09/08

    @silverjunkee: Hahahaha,good one.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    My father had a White Mondeo V6. We used to love doing 70 on the motorway and watching everyone slam on their brakes as they overtook us, waited to check we weren't an unmarked police car, and then accelerated off again...


    It was fun also to chase them a half a mile or so while wearing reflective hi-vis jackets....


    ....all of which is illegal so obviously didn't happen, officer.

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/09/08

    @Rust-MyEnemy--ymenEyM-tsuR: That got a good chuckle out of me. I had a set of hazards on a Ford (USDM amber-headlamp-amber cateye lights) that would alternately flash the inner and outer ambers. A few times I flipped them on behind slower cars and they freaked out and pulled over.


    It probably also helped I was in a black car with black rims and chrome centercaps.


    You are awarded the 'white rabbit hoon' award of the day.

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    12/09/08

    @Plecostomus - Now with 20% more Algae!: Awesome, we can share it.


    It's suddenly leaping out at people which scares the shiz out of them. Like when the kid passes you in his WRX, and you then leap out and accelerate after thm, 9 times out of ten his brake lights will come on.


    When we were in the Mondeo people quite often swerved out of our way, with virtually no provocation.


    We clearly share hobbies. Have a clicky-hearty thing. Plutonic, of course.

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    12/09/08

    @Rust-MyEnemy--ymenEyM-tsuR: A "Deep Wedgewood Blue" Crown Vic must have the same effect. My father used to have one, and whenever I'd borrow the Vic and wanna open up that V8, all I had to do was ride the bumper of the guy in the left hang. Traffic opened up real quick.


    It would really suck when I would get boxed in with no one speeding due to the Crown Vic in their midst.


    Ah well, how I miss that car.

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    Image of blogenfreude blogenfreude
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    White is the safest - read it in C&D long ago. Might prevent you from getting t-boned at night.
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    12/09/08

    @blogenfreude: I scoff at their conclusion! I drive a white full size truck, equipped with daytime running lights, and STILL manage to be completely invisible to every other car on the road.


    Maybe it's just northern virginia.

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    Growing up, my family had a white 95 Suburban. At 120k miles there wasn't a ding visible beyond 5 feet.


    I love that my silver/grey with a hint of dirt WRX hides dirt so well. But I bought it because of the mileage and price (it was 1 year used). I wish I had a blue or black one.

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    Image of Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho. Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    Do you guys think there's any truth to the whole Pantone trendsetter argument? I read an article in wired awhile back that suggested that a "tastemaker" at Pantone suggests trendy colors for a fee and carmakers make some, then they catch on...
    This year's are supposed to be yellow and orange. They caught me...
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    Image of Oranges w/ Cheese has 2 cats! ahahaha. Oranges w/ Cheese has 2 cats! ahahaha.
    12/09/08

    @ILoveWhatYouHate..09 Matrix: As much as I want one of those burnt umber orange cars, I never EVER EVER EVER will consider a yellow car. Our local dodge dealer over-purchased yellow trucks one year. Those monstrosities sat on the lot for almost a year before he got rid of them. Ick!
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/09/08

    @Oranges w/ Cheese: and yellow cars -used to- rust earlier than other colors.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    My last car was white and my current car is black... I must really love to clean.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    White is boring. The best selling cars are boring. Americans are boring and we buy boring things in boring colors. That I said that was boring and now I'm boring myself.


    Shit.


    I actually heard two woman "discussing" how white their kitchens were one day. It was more like a contest to see who was the whitest. And one of them actually said she didn't like wood finish cabinets because it was too "gloomy".


    I wanted to gouge my ear drums out within about 5 minutes but I was doing a job and couldn't leave the area. After 10 I was ready to kill them both.

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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    12/09/08

    @mytdawg: Dark green granite with nicely stained maple cabinetry and stainless appliances. I guess I lose.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/09/08

    @jbownsabmw but still wants GM to survive: Yeah, I got light oak and black counters. But I do have white appliances. Because I'm cheap. Granite and stainless, I'm jealous.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    In Europe, black remains the most popular color


    Remember 1340!


    while silver remains popular in Asia


    Hides all the dings.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    Does anyone else find their brain hurting from the fact that Jalopnik just posted a 1,200-word article about WHITE PAINT!?


    Oh my... I seem to have had another little stroke... I think I need to go lie down now.

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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/09/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: A 1200 word article on white paint,i'd guess someone just won a bet.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/09/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: I'm with you. After reading that, my brain just popped one of those megafuses.
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    12/09/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: any excuse to post a picture of a white NSU!
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    Image of Rock517 Rock517
    12/09/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: I find it more disturbing that you did a word count of said artcle... ;)
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/09/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers:


    Being attractive is the most important thing there is

    If you wanna' be the first car picked off the lot

    You have to be as attractive as possible

    Make sure to keep your wheels spotless and clean

    Wash them at least every two weeks

    Once every two weeks

    And if you see Johnny racecar hero on the road

    Tell him he drove a great race

    Tell him you like his article in the newspaper


    I'm a new white car

    I'm popular

    I'm a highway star

    I'm popular

    I'll never get caught

    I'm popular

    Matt says I'm the best

    He got it off his chest . . .


    /apologies Nada Surf

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/09/08

    @Matt Hardigree: I'd forgive you, but you don't do heart-clickies, so you're on my shit-list.


    Pete does, so he's in my good books.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/09/08

    @Rock517: I'm just waiting for someone to actually do a word count and prove me wrong.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/09/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers:


    218 on Matt's article

    1,649 on the original Dupont article.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/09/08

    @graverobber- My Yugo Nova!: I should have guessed it would be you... there aren't many out there with more OCD than myself...
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/09/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: I just happened to have Word open at the time.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/09/08

    @graverobber- My Yugo Nova!: holy crap... someone else remembers nada surf.. nice
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    12/09/08

    @Matt Hardigree: and it's not even a TTS!



    + Watch video
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/09/08

    @chrystlubitshi: Saw them at the Wiltern a couple years back, opening for Guster.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    12/09/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: I'd rather be more annoyed at being the poor bastard who had to write that press release.


    "So, honey, how was work? What'd you do today?"

    "I wrote 1600 words about white paint."

    "Oh...well, geez, uh...your scotch is upstairs where you left it last week."

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    Image of Feds Feds
    12/09/08

    In reply to Consumers Pick White As Most Popular Car Color... Again
    Consumers are idiots. Statistics bear that the smartest, best looking drivers with the largest penises or breasts drive black cars. And look good doing it.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    12/09/08

    @Feds: 96.3% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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    Image of alexcassidy alexcassidy
    12/09/08

    @Feds: Does this rule apply to drivers with the largest penises and breasts?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/09/08

    @alexcassidy: Only in certain regions.
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