Blame this on the car insurance companies. They claim that certain car colors are less likely to be in a wreck.
Also blame car manufacturers. Some colors cost more than others. Check the sticker price next time you’re in the market.
Can’t stand out. Cops’ll notice you.
45 years of neoliberal nosediving. Kills all emotion, passion, and personality in pursuit of money.
there’s a study that shows that car colorfulness is positively correlated to being in a good mood for longer periods of time (i.e. not having depression)
so, car colors reflect the mood of a society. and that they’re all gray today is a bad sign.
there’s a number of additional signs to read the mood of society. i was told by a colleague that the length of women’s skirts is another indication (the shorter the skirt length, the better society’s mood is overall).
i also believe that the music they play i.e. in the supermarket is a good indicator. the more love songs on the radio, the better the mood of society. the more break-up songs on the radio, the worse the mood of society.
What you miss is the oversaturated color in earlier photography.
i think that’s why i liked anime so much as a kid. lots of oversaturated colors there.
Peak automotive engineering!
There used to be a sense of whimsy and fun in stuff.
Yes.
Sick of the gray in cars, clothing, buildings, etc. etc. etc.
The cars in the second picture are more colorful and interesting than what we have now
yeah, the golden light does a lot of the beauty there
Everyone wants a car that blends in so that they are less of a target for cops.
Part of why I drive a Volvo.
If you see a Volvo speeding you think “Gee, that doctor must be in a big hurry”
That’s apparently apocryphal. The rate of pullover tracks with the most common car color (currently white). Driver behavior (speeding, illegal turning, etc) and other outstanding features (lapsed registration, broken tail light) are the most common proximate causes for a pull over.
Everyone wants a car that blends in so that they are less of a target for
copspredators.Not me! I’ll take a flashy sports car over a boring beige box any day of the week.
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“Mr. Moneybags”? LMAO I can easily name 5 excellent, reliable sports cars you can use as a daily driver for under $10K:
- Nissan 350Z/Infiniti G35
- Mazda Miata
- Genesis Coupe
- Civic Si
- VW GTI
My GTI was good at hiding from cops until I got my exhaust.
Worth it.
Race red mustang gt. I’ll take the heat off y’all.
For most of us, that is not a concern at all.
It should be a concern for literally anyone in America right now. Unless you’re white and actively licking boots, you’re a target.
Sounds about white.
I’m white and OP has hella privilege if they’ve never been concerned about cops targeting them. They were all over my ass in the 90s for having long hair and driving beaters. They’d lock on and follow until they had an excuse.
Oh, that’d be an interesting study I’d read about! Any sociology majors out there who need a thesis? lol
Been loving the new colors! Yeah, they’re toned down, not Hot Wheels colors, but I’m into the new grey-blues and grey-greens, never seen those before.
Only one I’m not into is the green-yellow, uh, things, I’ve seen. We have a tiny Florida spider that exact color and it makes me think of an arachnid. (I’m fine with spiders, just not cars colored like the freaky ones.)
I would argue this is 2010’s and people just can’t afford the new colorful 2020 cars, they all seem bright and colorful.
God no. They hurt my eyes. Can’t even stand the green Audi puts on their cars “free of charge”.
Everyone is trying so hard to fit in and be cool.
Nostalgia cycle.
It’s not quite as bad as it looks. The lower image either has had the saturation reduced or was taken with a potato, and the upper image has had the saturation increased. The lower image has a gold car (parked by an asshole) and a a couple red cars, but the image quality makes them hard to notice.
The upper image still has a lot more variety, but it’s a bit misleading.
Ahh missed that being europe. We were not that color diverse in the US in the 80’s. we had a lot more dark browns and a lot less vw’s
And the new ones all seem to be pavement colored, wtf?
