Does car color correlate with personal confidence?

AlexMaier · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 2:45 pm

Don't know about the article, but loved the gallery with CARS themed photoshopped cars, like that one:

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 6:34 pm

so a black corvette is the epitome of over-compensation. huh, whooda thunk.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 7:30 pm

what does it say about grey nissans or black toyotas.. even moods my foot.. i can be a razor back sometimes..

Ryan Storzbach · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 7:55 pm

dang, I'm screwed with a red car :wink:

RobLupella · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 9:01 pm

Since I have a red car and a black truck I am like 23.4% below and prone to mood swings consistently........

HershTapadia · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 9:25 pm

I don't know if I agree with the article. Even if somehow a bright flashy car is a supposed "confidence booster" I would think that you would need a fair bit of confidence just to deal with the attention it garners. [Whether what car you drive should really garner you any additional attention is another matter all together.] Either way, I would say that a confidence lacking person would look for ways to shield themselves from attention and thus shy away from bright colors. A layer of anonymity tends to boost confidence amongst people. For proof of that just look at the users of internet forums. [This one may get somewhat of a pass as you have to use your real name and everyone seems to know each other somehow.]

Regardless, I find myself to be fairly level headed and confident but damn if I don't want a red Aston Martin.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 10:21 pm

RobLupella wrote:

Since I have a red car and a black truck I am like 23.4% below and prone to mood swings consistently........

would that be 23.4% below from a height standard there Rob? :lol:

RobLupella · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 10:32 pm

steve remchak wrote:

RobLupella wrote:

Since I have a red car and a black truck I am like 23.4% below and prone to mood swings consistently........

would that be 23.4% below from a height standard there Rob? :lol:

It' all relative :wink:

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

What the ? Who does the writer think he is? I got your car color RIGHT HERE, buddy!

Oh, wait. Sorry. I have two silver cars and one white car. This scale says I'm 0.8% more confident that average and only have slight mood swings.

Still, what about brown? No mention of brown. When I was an impressionable high school student, brown cars ruled. Here's my favorite:

Chuck Branscomb · **Posted:** Fri May 16, 2008 9:03 am

Arthur McDonald wrote:

Still, what about brown? No mention of brown. When I was an impressionable high school student, brown cars ruled. Here's my favorite:

Wasn't it great being a car fanatic in high school in the mid-70's??? I mean we had such sweet new cars to drool over! :cry:

I'm sure you wish you had this brown "Ghia coupe" in your collection Art! How could you resist its "fine" driving attributes and that sweet white vinyl top???

WalterHouston · **Posted:** Fri May 16, 2008 9:18 am

Color is irrelevant. It's all about sound! :lol:

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Chuck Branscomb wrote:

I'm sure you wish you had this brown "Ghia coupe" in your collection Art!

That would have been heaven, considering that I was lucky to be able to convince my mother to let me drive her to work on schooldays so I could drive her ten year old Falcon to school. The car I really wanted in high school belonged to an upperclassman in my 10th grade drafting class - 1964 Galaxie 500 fastback with cherry bombs and Cragar S/S mags. The only problem was the butterscotch respray. Don't know what that said about his confidence or mood swings.

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

So, if I've had every car color ever, what does that say about me?

WalterHouston · **Posted:** Fri May 16, 2008 12:23 pm

You've had a pink car?

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

WalterHouston wrote:

You've had a pink car?

Well sort of, my N/A MR2 came from the factory red, but got to be quite "pinkish" when heavily oxidized.

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