Ross,
You might be on to something. I had a white, rubber-bumper MGB for
several years and was rear-ended twice in it, both times at a stop sign.
I assumed that it was because the drivers following me were unaccustomed
to those strange, red, octagonal signs with four-letter words on them,
but it could well have been the color.
My present B is a red GT, chrome bumper. Fearful of the closeness of
following vehicles, I installed a second two-filament light socket in the
flat, chromed area under the turn signal. Now there is the original
tail-light shining dimly at the top, the original turn signal flashing in
the center, and my new tail-light shining much brighter and more diffused
at the bottom; the brakes have two lights. I feel much more secure.
My TD is a beige color, with a red grill. This is truly the invisible
car. With some sound absorbent padding under the bonnet and a better
muffler, this car could sneak up on anyone even with its headlights on.
In a 200 mile trip yesterday with six other cars, in the 50 miles of the
trek that I lead, I had to take hard evasive action on three
occasions--horns, brakes and swerve to the left. Perhaps it's the color,
the tall, narrow profile, or some things more, but it does lead one to a
healthy feeling of road paranoia.
Bob Howard
MGBob @juno.com
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 09:20:07 -0700 Ross MacPherson
<arm@unix.infoserve.net> writes:
>At 08:47 AM 6/23/97 EDT, you wrote:
>> ', white is to hide body work,
>>
>SNIP
>>
>>If white is done right, and I mean many rounds of flat sanding, it
>will
>>shine like the proverbial diamond in a goat's ass. I am not much of
>a
>>fan of red cars, and just sold a great black MGB, but white is
>stunning.
>>The nice thing about it is that very few people try it. I used PPG
>base
>>white for my V8 project and it turned out great. Yes, I can see cans
>in
>>the garage but my favorite is parking lot lines. If the lines are
>>straight on the car, even through the shut lines, then all is well w/
>the
>>world.
>>
>>Larry Dickstein
>>bugide@juno.com
>>
>White not only hides body work, in my experience it causes it.
>
>I've had four white cars (3 lbc, 1 truck) and ALL of them were totaled
>when
>some driver who claimed " I never saw you!" plowed into me. In three
>cases
>I was stopped at a light or intersection. I'll never buy another white
>vehicle. I don't know why but they seem to become invisible under
>some
>circumstances.
>
> ___ \______ Ross MacPherson
> / __ \ __ / /------|) arm@unix.infoserve.net
>/ (___)---------/ (___) Vancouver, BC, Canada
> 1947 MG-TC 3528 1966 MGB-GT
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