Is red a girly colour for a car

[Arran]

Depends who's driving it....

Yup, Girly:

Extra Girly:

Nope. Not Girly:

"Hey bud, you wanna come over here and say that to my face" NOT Girly:

 

[LizKat]

“Hey look at the tow truck pulling a Ford Taurus!!”
“Calm down. No, it ain’t. It’s a Jaguar.”
“Oh yeah you’re right. I should of known.”

Are those horror stories still true? I remember working w/ someone back in the 70s whose Jag was in the shop more than on the road. However, I thought that had changed for the better during the period after Leyland sold it to Ford and before they in turn sold it to Tata... maybe if they're still problematic, it's from the friction of all that paperwork involved in changing hands.

But then there are those jokes about FoundOnRoadDead...

 

[Matz]

Speaking of red, in ‘12 Ford came out with a color called Lava Red Metallic for the Mustang. I rented one one evening, and the key tag said it was red, but I swore it was black. Which was fine, as I think a black car looks good when clean. So off I drove.
The next day I saw it in direct sunlight. It was red. In a dark, smoldering sort of way.

Why even bring this up, you may ask?
Because it’s sort of like having two colors on the same car, thereby doubling the opportunity for gender-related opining, characterization, discussion, and so forth.
Sort of a win-win.

Plus, I really like the color(s). And I think my GF would look great driving one.

 

[LizKat]

^^ So cool. So is it thermochromic paint or an angle-of-light kind of thing?

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

I just bought one of these 14 days ago, I think it is masculine enough for me.

 

[Matz]

^^ So cool. So is it thermochromic paint or an angle-of-light kind of thing?

Angle of light, it seems. Yeah, way cool

 

[Apple fanboy]

My baby! Mainly red.

Red isn't associated with either sex. But hasn't the time when people refer to one colour or another being associated with a particular gender finished.
These days men/women can do the same rolls so I think they can choose a car colour they like.
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Old car with no CD player: OK
New car with no CD player: unacceptable

Really? Mine has one and I rarely use it. Listen to digital radio mostly (DAB) or bluetooth music from my iPhone.

 

[cube]

Really? Mine has one and I rarely use it. Listen to digital radio mostly (DAB) or bluetooth music from my iPhone.

Rarely is enough.

 

[gdmedia]

Red can be gorgeous but it is a ticket magnet.

 

[LizKat]

Red can be gorgeous but it is a ticket magnet.

Um.. you may have sped past an earlier post by @Gutwrench, the local expert on this topic.

 

[Gutwrench]

I think theory is a red car stands out better when committing traffic offenses therefore getting more attention. Personally I think it’s nothing more than an urban legend just like “I got a ticket for going 36 in a 35.”

 

[Lioness~]

Red can be gorgeous but it is a ticket magnet.

My experience with my Porsche told me otherwise. Might have to do with type of personalities and cars involved too

 

[LizKat]

I think theory is a red car stands out better when committing traffic offenses therefore getting more attention. Personally I think it’s nothing more than an urban legend just like “I got a ticket for going 36 in a 35.”

The power of the legend about a red car as a ticket magnet may be fairly powerful though. Otherwise I can't think why so many people choose black or white cars. A car is mostly to drive to the job and avoid getting ticketed on the way?

There seems to be a more recent urban legend circulating these days... one friend suggested I not consider black cars this time out because "that's what drug dealers drive." I guess that legend is based on the idea that drug-dealer vehicles sometimes get seized and put up for auctions that car dealers attend, so you could conceivably end up buying a car that later on when you get pulled over for doing 43 in a 35, and the LEO has a drug sniffing dog in tow, well... next thing you know the talented dog has you figured for at least possession and you get to have a lengthier conversation with his handler.

But if the other urban legend about red cars being cop magnets is rubbish, then drug dealers might buy those, no? I told my friend all those legends are beyond rubbish, and I'll just take the best car I can get for $5k. Still like to have one with at least one red door before I croak.

 

[Gutwrench]

The power of the legend about a red car as a ticket magnet may be fairly powerful though. Otherwise I can't think why so many people choose black or white cars. A car is mostly to drive to the job and avoid getting ticketed on the way?

There seems to be a more recent urban legend circulating these days... one friend suggested I not consider black cars this time out because "that's what drug dealers drive." I guess that legend is based on the idea that drug-dealer vehicles sometimes get seized and put up for auctions that car dealers attend, so you could conceivably end up buying a car that later on when you get pulled over for doing 43 in a 35, and the LEO has a drug sniffing dog in tow, well... next thing you know the talented dog has you figured for at least possession and you get to have a lengthier conversation with his handler.

But if the other urban legend about red cars being cop magnets is rubbish, then drug dealers might buy those, no? I told my friend all those legends are beyond rubbish, and I'll just take the best car I can get for $5k. Still like to have one with at least one red door before I croak.

I chose black because I think it’s a beautiful color for a car...except it shows every speck of dust, door ding, and scratch. I choose white now for precisely the opposite reasons.

I’m done buying expensive cars. I only drive to commute to work or to buy booze and occasionally to buy food. If I drove to tour then I might reconsider but that’s not likely to happen. If I want to be somewhere I’ll fly. This driving thing is for the birds. Lol.

I arrested a guy out of his car once for a warrant or suspended license, I can’t remember. I found $10k or $15k in a brown paper bag in the hatchback, like it had been tossed there. He said it wasn’t his. I called in a dope dog and it hit on the money but found nothing else. I seized the money but the guy’s attorney got it back the next day. Lol. (Rightfully so, I suppose.)

 

[LizKat]

^^ That's the kind of thing that must be very frustrating... I mean who's not going to notice $15k in trunk of one's own car. Like the grocery bagger tossed in there by mistake, right? C'mon.

But yeah. File under have to let 99 go free to ensure protection of rights of the guy who happened to have $15k in his hatchback from the day he bought the car and just never noticed it.

Maybe it doesn't have to be 99 go free? Just get a few driving red cars so I can finally own one on the cheap.

 

[karatekidk]

The color of my first car was red. That said, now I like basic colors like white or silver. I guess I am just getting old...

 

[Gutwrench]

^^ That's the kind of thing that must be very frustrating... I mean who's not going to notice $15k in trunk of one's own car. Like the grocery bagger tossed in there by mistake, right? C'mon.

But yeah. File under have to let 99 go free to ensure protection of rights of the guy who happened to have $15k in his hatchback from the day he bought the car and just never noticed it.

Maybe it doesn't have to be 99 go free? Just get a few driving red cars so I can finally own one on the cheap.

There was no criminality in it either - even if dope dogs hit on it. I’ve heard dogs do that because money is around dope anyway....maybe that’s an urban legend too. He abandoned the money when he said it wasn’t his...and wouldn’t answer when asked who it belonged to. So I booked it into evidence for safekeeping and to let investigators work the stolen or possible asset forfeiture angle...which went no where fast.

Nothing in LE frustrated me much. It was a job and nothing I did was personal. The job and law fascinated me. I started law school near retirement. There’s little money in exchange for the investment in being an ADA so I changed directions quickly.

 

[millerj123]

But if the other urban legend about red cars being cop magnets is rubbish, then drug dealers might buy those, no? I told my friend all those legends are beyond rubbish, and I'll just take the best car I can get for $5k. Still like to have one with at least one red door before I croak.

That's about where I try to buy, too, although my wife typically pushes it closer to $6k. Our last two vehicles are both blue, one very dark, one very light. The dark blue looks dirty most of the time. I try to buy silver or gold so they don't look dirty. Plus, those colors don't soak up the sun.

 

[LizKat]

That's about where I try to buy, too, although my wife typically pushes it closer to $6k. Our last two vehicles are both blue, one very dark, one very light. The dark blue looks dirty most of the time. I try to buy silver or gold so they don't look dirty. Plus, those colors don't soak up the sun.

This road where I live is county and was always at least paved with oil and stone as far as I know but the town roads back in the 80s including to my family's dairy farm were mostly dirt and they just sprayed some oil on them roughly fore, front and aft of any houses or barns, sometime in June or July. I used to think then that the most practical car would be tan.

Right so I actually ended up with a tan/gold car last time I went shopping, where was that option when I was driving in dust thick enough to buy air filters by the case. Back then I was driving a light blue car... reddish brown and blue lol.

Just noticed we seem to have driven the OP to distraction back on Thursday, post #6 still on page 1. Although he was kind and said he appreciated "all the replies". Man. He missed @Arran's offering at #76 ??!

 

[ThisBougieLife]

I've never thought of red as a girly color. I feel differently about white, however. A friend of mine drives his mom's white SUV and well, the comments from other guys of "you're literally driving a [insert term for female genitalia]" abound. My problem with white cars is that they remind me too much of a washing machine with wheels...

I wouldn't hesitate to buy a red car, though, and I am a specimen of virility

 

[Apple fanboy]

I've never thought of red as a girly color. I feel differently about white, however. A friend of mine drives his mom's white SUV and well, the comments from other guys of "you're literally driving a [insert term for female genitalia]" abound. My problem with white cars is that they remind me too much of a washing machine with wheels...

I wouldn't hesitate to buy a red car, though, and I am a specimen of virility

My wife's car is white. Always looks like it needs a clean, despite being driven in average about 2 miles a week!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Bishop Pink and Cardinal Red (not to mention Monsignor Crimson) - a palette taken from the colours worn by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church are also worth considering as appropriate hues when contemplating which precise shade of red your car should bear when taking to the road.

 

[LizKat]

Bishop Pink and Cardinal Red (not to mention Monsignor Crimson) - a palette taken from the colours worn by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church are also worth considering as appropriate hues when contemplating which precise shade of red your car should bear when taking to the road.

But but but.... only for "civilians" and not for the dudes wearing those vestment adornments. Especially since this Pope bops around the Vatican neighborhood in a blue Ford hatchback when he's not on foot.

So the hierarchy from there on down should probably try for cars that blend into "everyman" traffic as well. Maybe in Las Vegas or say Paris something a little flashier.

Cardinal red does have a nice ring to it. A half-asleep LEO would wake up for it though if you ask me.

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[Scepticalscribe]

But but but.... only for "civilians" and not for the dudes wearing those vestment adornments. Especially since this Pope bops around the Vatican neighborhood in a blue Ford hatchback when he's not on foot.

So the hierarchy from there on down should probably try for cars that blend into "everyman" traffic as well. Maybe in Las Vegas or say Paris something a little flashier.

Cardinal red does have a nice ring to it. A half-asleep LEO would wake up for it though if you ask me.

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I came across two stunning cheeses (yes, another thread, I know) with the wonderful monikers of, respectively, Stinking Bishop (a superb washed rind cheese) and Cardinal Sin (a delicious hard cheese).

But - apart from the Pope himself (who is attired in pristine garments of a white hue) - all those shades of red - subtly different according to ecclesiastical rank - would make for a most interesting challenge when choosing which of them would make for the most fetching - and arresting - colour for a motor-car.

Depending on who was behind the wheel of such a vehicle, a half-asleep LEO might either salute and wave you through, or slap a ticket on you.

 

[Gutwrench]

Cardinal red does have a nice ring to it.

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Beautiful!!

That looks like Labor Day in Minnesota.