Solution; keep it in a garage. Solves both the heat absorption and the birdshit problems.

Personally I've always believed that black and white were the two absolute WORST colors for cars. Both look horrible when the least bit of dirt gets on them. White I'm just not fond of at all anyway, and black has that heat absorption issue.

I'll never buy either color of vehicle.

My present ride is dark metalic green, and I love it.

I had 3. Sun faded the paint out on one pretty bad. Other than that it was all good.

That's a great idea! I wish I had thought of that earlier. Looking back, I now realize that I should have brought my garage to work with me every day. Instead, I stupidly drove my car to the office and parked it in the lot where there was no shade for 10 hours a day. And to think... the perfect solution was right there in front of me the whole time!
:winkwink:

We have a smartass in the house. :winkwink:

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but some cities actually have indoor parking garages. You can actually drive into them, and park, and pay as you leave.

Some of them (as in all) even let you pay by the month. :D


Of course I work from home, and I was probably thinking that a lot of people here do likewise. I may have assumed too much with that one though. If that's true then... oops.

exatly lol

lemme find a pic of my car lol

here is my bitch

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6...8036001pv0.jpg
the one in the back



i dont have a recent pic of my car on this computer

There's a thought - just don't drive it anywhere! Why didn't I think of that?? *slapping head*

Me? A smartass??? How dare you! :upsidedow

Actually, I'm lucky enough to work from home now, but I wasn't when I first moved to California. And unfortunately, I didn't work in the city, so no parking garages. Would have been nice though... would have saved me from having to get a new paint job. Temperatures that reach over 100 on a regular basis are never friendly to cars, no matter the color.

I make one comment and the smartasses come out of the damn woodwork left and right. *slaps head*

No, not "don't drive it anywhere".... don't PARK it anywhere. Drive it all you want, just keep it in the garage. :pimp


What I should have said was, the solution is just don't buy a black car. If you have one, sell it. Everyone I've known who has owned one now says they're the devil incarnate.

But I'm a solution guy, so I've been thinking in those terms in the last few minutes and have come up with a few more ideas...

What about those dashboard protector things? Made out of cardboard, you spread it across the inside of your windshield and it prevents the sun from melting your dashboard. Also, there's a little gadget out now that you can put in your side window and it has a fan in it that sucks the heat from the interior and blows it out, thus keeping your car cooler while it sits in the sun and bakes.

Then there is always the car cover. Get a white one, pull it over your car every time you park it somewhere. :D

Next move I'll have one.


:(

51 black cars

What can we say... Like attracts like :1orglaugh

My dashboard doesn't get hot. The seats are light grey and they don't get hot. The car gets DINGS and scratches. Just today I opened the white car door and it hit the black car's black door handle (and we are talking about a TEENY TINY NUDGE) and damned if it didn't leave a little white mark.

Now, I'm sure I could drive it on a road that didn't have any rocks, glass or other objects flying from it, or at least drive where there weren't any other cars, or I could park it in the street instead of in a parking lot when I go anywhere (you know I don't go to an office) so that when others open their doors they don't ding me, but I'm not sure how practical that would be ;)

And yes, when the lease it up it goes bye bye and I will never own another black car. Evah!!!

I have a black bmw and a silver mitsubishi. the black car is at the wash every weekend. the silver one not so much.

Im back on light cars.

Guilty as charged. :D

black shows too much dirt, silver all the way!

silver sucks

when you detail a black car you stand back and appreciate the gloss

silver? what gloss

gtfo lol

White cars for shopping and during the day, black limos etc at the evening.

All cars should be regulation Primer Grey.

My bro has one, you can spot dirt easily.. so it's a pain in the ass to wash

and then when`hou drive 10ft you can admire the dirt..

agreed :thumbsup

rather have a dirty car than a silver car

who gets silver, i cant understand, you just cant get it to gloss no matter what

gotsta show off lol

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9...45jkjhkqu1.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7...8044001lz9.jpg

soon ill post pics of how glossy i can get the bitch to get!

the sponsors in my sig keep my car running:1orglaugh:thumbsup

I have a black car. Maybe it was just bad luck but for the first week or so after I purchased it there were a few incidents where it was like other drivers were having problems seeing me.

I now drive with my parkers on.

As for keeping it clean... I'm not fanatical about it, but since I work from home it's usually safely inside the garage anyway. Except when I go for my country drives, there's a few battle scars from those. :Graucho

i have a black toyota highlander hybrid.
and a black and red vw beetle

none more black

Never owned a black car myself, I prefer red.
I have friends with black cars and they bitch on what a pain they are to keep clean.

white is a good choice my white subaru I washed it once in about a year and it doesn't look dirty

Damn, after reading this thread, I'm put right off ever buying a black car.

black is the best color for a car - hard to clean, gets dirty very fast but it looks great

my last 3 cars were all black, just clean them more often or park them in your garage at night

I think silver/grey is the best color if you dont like cleaning your car though :)

Monday I washed my car, parked it infront of my house. I hour later I had to wash it again because some birds pooed on it.

i have a black car - its a bitch to keep clean. But my next car will be black regardless. Black outside, White leather interior - its not practical, but neither is $4.00 a gallon.

props on the hybrid .. I am actually really leaning towards one for pissing around town here ..

Black is the new black

Dont get a black car - even after you wash it they look dirty. I have one and curse the fact everytime i wash it.

You got it.


:(

black cars are hype

just washed my black bitch today, gonna get the bumper repainted in a few weeks from now

Black "god damn" Grand Am.
'97.
Most wonderful piece of shit I have ever owned.

I had a black car and it looked VERY nice when clean...when even a tad dirty it was screaming wash me...

on my most recent car, didn't want to go light so compromised and got graphite metallic

:thumbsup