# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157 "2026-01-29T18:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 147
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2921 "2026-09-08T23:42:05Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > Maybe I should post a poll to find out why? > > - Are Dopers just a more colorful bunch > - Are greyscale cars mainly used for 2nd / 3rd vehicles? > - Do people lie when they answer questions in polls? > - Other - Are people with colorful cars more likely to respond to such a poll? - Is it just a fluke due to small sample size, and grey scale cars will eventually catch up as more people respond? - ETA: Is it because red and blue are the two most common non grey scale colors for cars, while the grey scale cars are spread out amongst four options: white, grey, silver, and black? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2922 "2026-09-09T00:31:27Z")
My car is a light blue, like a horizon blue. > [@WildaBeast](#): > > - Is it just a fluke due to small sample size, and grey scale cars will eventually catch up as more people respond? Small sample size or- Or maybe that SDMBers are smarter than the average bear and realize that white is not really a color. Nor black, grey, etc. Blue, red, etc= those are colors. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2923 "2026-09-09T00:46:29Z")
I voted grey, but itā€™s quite a dark grey. I didnā€™t pick the color. I was buying used; it was one of the makes/models I thought would work, and it was within my price range (if barely) at the time, and it was warranted by my mechanic, who I had reason to trust; it had been their loaner, and Iā€™d driven it in that capacity, and liked it. The color wasnā€™t really an issue for me. But then, for a while in the late 70ā€™s/ early 80ā€™s, I drove a green car with red doors. Or maybe the other way around, I donā€™t remember. Iā€™ve never much cared what my cars looked like. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2924 "2026-09-09T01:17:39Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > - Are Dopers just a more colorful bunch > - Are greyscale cars mainly used for 2nd / 3rd vehicles? > - Do people lie when they answer questions in polls? > - Other \*Are Dopers mostly old men who drive old cars that predate the greyscale preference? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2925 "2026-09-09T01:41:10Z")
Another point, are dopers generally older and well off enough to be able to buy a more colorful car than put up with the greyscale colors? I didnā€™t want the dark gray option, but I wasnā€™t going to pay $800-1500 for a ā€œpremiumā€ color either. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2926 "2026-09-09T01:49:16Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Are Dopers mostly old men who drive old cars that predate the greyscale preference? > [@ParallelLines](#): > > Another point, are dopers generally older and well off enough to be able to buy a more colorful car than put up with the greyscale colors? Iā€™m 61; I bought my candy red metallic Ford Mustang 15 years ago, when I was 46, and colorful cars were already on the wane. I did have to do a dealer search to get the red, and did have to pay an upcharge, but it was (still is) my ā€œmidlife crisisā€ car, and I wanted red, dangit! FWIW, the other two cars we own are both blue: a 2007 Mazda CX-7 in electric blue, and a 2015 Corvette in ā€œLaguna Blue.ā€ The last car which my wife and I owned which was in the ā€œgrayscaleā€ range was a 1991 Mazda Protege which I bought while I was still single, and which we sold in 2002. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2927 "2026-09-09T02:32:53Z")
We bought a new car two weeks ago and it is ā€œDenim Blueā€. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2928 "2026-09-09T02:37:54Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > We bought a new car two weeks ago and it is ā€œDenim Blueā€ This is what immediately came to mind. šŸ˜ƒ [![](https://www.heddels.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/denimgremlin_feat.jpg) ](https://www.heddels.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/denimgremlin_feat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2929 "2026-09-09T04:04:44Z")
My car is white. I tried to buy a colored car. I tried to buy a green car. But the one the dealer could get with the ā€œwinter heater for the batteryā€ feature was white. So thatā€™s what i bought. It looks like every other white car. I donā€™t hate it as much as i hate black (too hot) but i really dislike the color. Iā€™ve considered getting it wrapped, but wraps donā€™t last very long, i think. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2930 "2026-09-09T09:48:17Z")
My Jeep is Snazzberry. Itā€™s kind of a purplish dark red, but I wouldnā€™t call it maroon either. I voted Other. Iā€™ve never really cared much about what color a car is when buying it. Once a dealer had a red and a white GTI equipped the same and I chose the red one. Thatā€™s the only time in my life color has entered the decision making process. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2931 "2026-09-09T10:24:06Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > This is what immediately came to mind. šŸ˜ƒ Ooooh I kind of wish thatā€™s what it was! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2932 "2026-09-09T11:46:48Z")
My beloved little car is bright red, but is absolutely not fancy. I drive a 2011 Mazda2 hatchback, manual shift. I bought it new and got it in red because the other color available at the time was a bright acid green, and also an automatic so more expensive (plus I just really prefer a stick shift). ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2933 "2026-09-09T11:50:37Z")
If i wanted to buy another color, and searched local stock for another color, but bought the white anyway, how should i vote? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2934 "2026-09-09T13:36:33Z")
My car is black, just like nearly every other car on the road. Boring. I would have rather gotten a red of even a blue car, but this one was $10K less. I may not be the smartest person in the world, but I ainā€™t the dumbest either. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2935 "2026-09-09T13:56:17Z")
We bought the car for other reasons, (price, repair parts availability, trust in the vendor) mainly but the color was part of the consideration (just 0.001% of the decision though) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2936 "2026-09-09T13:59:04Z")
Same. I couldnā€™t believe it when they told me the price difference between black and green. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2937 "2026-09-09T14:10:27Z")
I chose orange for car color in the poll because it was the option that was closest. My Subaru Cross Trek color is called Sun Blaze. Itā€™s a deep rust orange. To me, orange is bright orange, like an orange! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2938 "2026-09-09T15:00:27Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > the color was part of the consideration (just 0.001% of the decision though) Yeah, if Iā€™d had a choice between two very similar cars at very similar prices but which were different colors: at that point color would have become a consideration, though Iā€™d probably have looked up which color was supposed to be more visible on the road and gone with that. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2939 "2026-09-09T15:02:10Z")
BIC makes colorful plastic butane lighters, they would do really great selling plastic automobiles in primary Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, etc. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2940 "2026-09-09T16:11:38Z")
In the sunroof poll, i voted, ā€œi have one and Iā€™m meh, sometimes use itā€, but the real answer is that i have one and my husband really likes it, and we mostly drive the same car, so that matters. Basically, if itā€™s open when i get in the car, i leave it open unless the sun gets in my eyes. But we often buy the car with a sun roof. When we have one that opens, i sometimes open it if the car has been in the sun to let the hot air out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=148)