# What color is your car (or other motorized, street-legal vehicle)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 5, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759 "2013-07-05T22:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/1 "2013-07-05T22:52:24Z")
Everybody needs some Friday fluff, right? So, yes, a thread about your car color. Because these are the kinds of threads that help fight ignorance and give us a deeper understanding of the world around us. For the purposes of this poll, I’d ask you to please choose the color you believe most closely matches the primary EXTERIOR color of the vehicle you drive the most. I’m defining “vehicle” here as a car, truck, SUV, motorcycle, motorized trike, motorized scooter or any boat or airplane that has been modified to be legally driven on the roads where you live. If you care to share more details about your vehicle, or your choice in color, or the fact that you _said_ dark blue in the poll, but it’s actually called “Stormy Blue Mica,” feel free to post below. The poll will be up momentarily. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/2 "2013-07-05T22:53:37Z")
Black with brown leather interior. Mazda Miata. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/3 "2013-07-05T22:59:31Z")
Prius: Black & tan. (Black on the outside, tan on the inside.) Jeep Cherokee: ‘Deep amethyst’ (dark metallic purple), with a grey interior MGB: Old English White, red interior YZF-R1: Red, white, and black XJ600: Blue Cessna 172 Skyhawk: Still wishing, but I’d like [this scheme](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4055/4227936318_80d0787394.jpg). But really, who cares? As long as it flies. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/4 "2013-07-05T23:13:07Z")
Current car - Gold (so closest would be light brown) Nissan Altima Past cars were white (1968 Chevelle station wagon), tan (1980 Pontiac Phoenix), tan (1984 Nissan Pickup), and white (1993 Toyota T-100 pickup) ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/5 "2013-07-05T23:16:26Z")
I’ve got a dark blue Mazda CX-5 and a silver (although for reasons I will never understand after owning this car for nearly four years, it is always tan in my head) Nissan Sentra. **Johnny** , are you planning on making the Cessna street legal? Or will you just horn your way onto the 5 and dare the coppers to do anything about it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/6 "2013-07-05T23:17:13Z")
Not really purple or dark red… My primary vehicle is a Maroon 2003 Dodge Ram 1500. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/7 "2013-07-05T23:22:49Z")
My car is blue but for most of the summer I ride my Vespa GTS 250 (white) or my Vespa PX 150 (silver). ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/8 "2013-07-05T23:31:17Z")
Part of my interest in this thread, by the way, stems from the fact that I recently spent two weeks doing a lot of shopping for a new car. And one of the first salespeople I met with pointed out to me that despite all of the varying colors available, the vast majority of people buy white or silver. Ever since that conversation, I have noticed that this seems to hold true, at least on LA’s streets and freeways. I’m wondering if that’ll be true in this thread, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/9 "2013-07-06T00:13:17Z")
Ours is tan (or beige or camel or sand, whatever). I would totally love a car in Stormy Blue Mica, but I always end up with whatever the dealership has in stock. Our last 3 cars have been tan, charcoal, and tan again. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/10 "2013-07-06T00:20:51Z")
I have a silver vehicle and it’s not the same as light grey because it’s shinier! And a red vehicle, and a black vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/11 "2013-07-06T00:33:36Z")
It’s a hoopdie dark green old minivan. Unremarkable except for the flamingo on the radio antenna. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/12 "2013-07-06T00:36:40Z")
Silver with black interior. How the hell can you lump silver and light gray together, as if they were anything remotely similar? ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/13 "2013-07-06T00:39:21Z")
Light blue, but the primer spots are approaching 50% coverage. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/14 "2013-07-06T00:42:12Z")
White same as all the other rape vans on the road. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/15 "2013-07-06T00:44:33Z")
Mine is yellow with a black interior. Mazda6. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/16 "2013-07-06T00:45:27Z")
My last six or seven cars have been black, and one of my motorcycles is black with red 70s-style pinstriping (which fits, it’s a 1978). The sportbike is gray, but I’m restoring it currently and it will likely be black when I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/17 "2013-07-06T00:59:48Z")
I picked the “silver” one. Don’t drive it as often, but put the most miles on it, if that makes sense. This reminds me of a funny story: A buddy of mine had this old car that he _really loved_. One day, he got pulled over with me in the car and was _INCENSED!_ when the cop wrote him a ticket, and put “rust” for “vehicle color”! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/18 "2013-07-06T02:10:39Z")
I have a grey/silver car because I bought it used. But my last car, where I bought new and could choose, was aqua. ETA: > [@panache45](#): > > How the hell can you lump silver and light gray together, as if they were anything remotely similar? Mine is grey when it’s overcast, and silver when it’s sunny. I was happy I didn’t have to choose between them. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/19 "2013-07-06T02:40:27Z")
Silverish '98 Grand cherokee with black interior. the last 3 cars were (N.C. State/Carolina Hurricanes)red. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759/20 "2013-07-06T02:49:21Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Silverish '98 Grand cherokee with black interior. the last 3 cars were (N.C. State/Carolina Hurricanes)red. What? No love for Carolina blue? 😃 My truck is dark cherry (red) and the bike has an electric blue and black thing going. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car-or-other-motorized-street-legal-vehicle/662759.md?page=2)