the obvious answer is whistle tips
the obvious answer is whistle tips
secretariata wrote: It's not that you aren't "visible" it's that many people are no longer paying attention and aren't noticing anything smaller than an SUV.
Don't kid yourself, I drive a gold Suburban (usually with the headlights on) and people pull in front of me ALL THE TIME! Death wish I swear.
My Miata is bright red and I have learned to drive as with the assumption that people are going to cut in front of me at any moment. Ford Explorers seem to be the vehicles that have the hardest time seeing my in their mirrors.
mndsm wrote:Swank Force One wrote:It's also the worst sounding miata I've ever heard.novaderrik wrote: if all the bumper stickers are to be believed, loud pipes apparently save the lives of people on motorcycles somehow... so straight pipes is the obvious answer..Can confirm. My 04 Ti Gray MSM was invisible in traffic. It was also quiet-ish. My 2000 SE doesnt have so many near misses. Because BBBWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
Yes, but the point is that you can certainly hear it. 
Appleseed wrote: Do they make reflective vinyl? Or plasti-Dip it.
I just want to say this is the greatest orange i have ever seen. even if it is photoshopped.
When I was driving this around in this condition, nobody ever cut me off.
failboat wrote:Appleseed wrote: Do they make reflective vinyl? Or plasti-Dip it.I just want to say this is the greatest orange i have ever seen. even if it is photoshopped.
That's Plasti-Dip. Seriously.
Appleseed wrote:failboat wrote:That's Plasti-Dip. Seriously.Appleseed wrote: Do they make reflective vinyl? Or plasti-Dip it.I just want to say this is the greatest orange i have ever seen. even if it is photoshopped.
No, it's a graphics job. The combination of soft edges overall with hard edges around the lights is pretty telling.
Or you can follow it back to the source: http://www.dipyourcar.com/forums/showthread.php?2785-dipping-over-paint-chips
KyAllroad wrote:secretariata wrote: It's not that you aren't "visible" it's that many people are no longer paying attention and aren't noticing anything smaller than an SUV.Don't kid yourself, I drive a gold Suburban (usually with the headlights on) and people pull in front of me ALL THE TIME! Death wish I swear.
Not to be a jerk, but I'm not sure I explained it appropriately. shiny happy person in truck or SUV tailgates me for 1/2 mile while I'm going 5-7mph over speed limit in right or center lane. shiny happy person turns on blinker, changes lanes to center or left lane, starts to pass, turns on blinker (occasionally) when next to me and starts to enter the lane occupied by my white Miata that said shiny happy person deliberately made maneuvers to pass. I did not alter my speed during entire adventure. Repeat at least 2 times per week in same 3-4 mile stretch of interstate portion of 13 mile one way commute. Always in the morning, so 2/5 days per week = 40% of the time for that particular trip. No longer worth the risk to life and limb, so some dude in NC now owns secretariata's white Miata...sooner or later the odds weren't going to work in my favor and I like being in one piece more than I like owning "the Answer".
Keith, that is funny. Mom had a '72 Fleetwood, just a bit larger than the Sedan de Ville you showed us. Parted traffic like the Red Sea when you got it rolling. When I was a little kid, I remember when we were on the way to pick up my new bicycle, we start pulling over for no apparent reason. Dad, "Someone just crashed into us." Turned out one of those little Honda CVCCs hit us in the expanse of sheet metal between the passenger door and front wheel. Left some orange paint and a small ding on the white whale. Folded up that Honda like an aluminum can you stomped on wearing a pair of work boots. Nobody got hurt, Honda gets a ride on a flatbed and I got my yellow Schwinn Stingray an hour later than I expected. Great bike, good for jumping until I broke the frame.
My favorite part of that story is the info on the bike's ultimate demise 
Once I painted the Caddy, people started to pay less attention to it. There was something about the total lack of consequences if they got hit by it that seemed to get their attention.
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