The problem is that most people (none of us of course) view their car as just an appliance and for transportation purposes only. And as such they want a nice neutral (boring) color that's easy to drive thus explaining mostly automatics. It also explains why you don't typically see bright red or green fridges or stoves. An appliance is meant to do it's job and not stand out. Most different/bright colored cars do not sell well so the roads are littered with grays, silvers and whites. In general the more generic a car looks also seems to help it sell better. You can't really blame the manufacturers, they are only making what people want.
My only bitch about grey cars or neutral colors is how much they blend on the road. Heat shimmering off the pavement and anything more than a 1/4 mile away disappears. Not so good when merging onto a road the locals refer to as their autobahn.
Spinout007 wrote: My only bitch about grey cars or neutral colors is how much they blend on the road. Heat shimmering off the pavement and anything more than a 1/4 mile away disappears. Not so good when merging onto a road the locals refer to as their autobahn.
Visibility is my biggest gripe. I live in Florida, and in these sub-tropical rainstorms a good number of people decide not to turn their headlights on...and in my mirrors everything is a big grey haze. I've almost hit a good number of silver cars while changing lanes and being attentive...fortunately attentive enough to not actually hit them.
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