Car Color = Personality ?

I am just curious why, beyond the obvious what made you choose your color. I have always chosen BLACK[/quote] because it was dynamic and it would shine like a mirror. RED[/quote] is too flashy for me. YELLOW[/quote][/quote] is crisp and loud. [/quote]SILVER[/quote] and GRAYS[/quote] are RICH, classy and have a completely different feel to them. Then the [/quote]GREEN[/quote] and BLUES[/quote] are not too flashy, but more nature oriented and less intimidating than BLACK[/quote] or SILVER[/quote]. WHITE is cool, conservative and always safe. I would love to hear your take. Thanks Russ

A few results from Google: <u>Car Color Tells Driver's Personality </u> (London) According to a survey of 130,000 insurance claims performed by the Churchill Co., the color of the car a person owns is an indication of the personality of the driver. <blockquote> 'We think about color all the time, from what we wear to how we feel. This emotional influence transfers to how we drive,' psychologist Donna Dawson told Britain's Sun [newspaper]. </blockquote> Ranked by most likely to crash, the analysis of the relationship of car color to driver personality resulted in the following: <blockquote> <u>Rank - Car Color/Personality</u> 1) BLACK - rebels 2) SILVER - cool and aloof 3) GREEN - prone to hysterics 4) YELLOW - idealistic lovers of novelty 5) BLUE - introspective and cautious 6) GRAY - calm, sober and dedicated with tendencies to slip out of personality 7) RED - energetic and quick-thinking 8) PINK - gentle and loving 9) WHITE - status-seeking extroverts 10) CREAM - self-contained and in control </blockquote> Read into these results whatever you want. I personally don't give it much credence since I knew a guy who owned a pink Continental and there's no way that anyone would characterize him as gentle and loving. So, I'd say the results of the analysis are not to be relied upon. Car Color Psychiatrists analyzed the favorite car color of more than 1000 motorists to determine how it reveals personality. Here's what the study reveals about YOU. <ul> [*]Brown: The choice of a cautious, conservative, often introverted personality likely to drive the good bargain. [*]White: It's the choice of a neat, compulsive motorist who can be both critical as well as fussy. The first choice of doctors - and drivers who are reliable, aloof and very methodical. [*]Blue: You like consistency in your life. You're likely to be conservative, shy, and introverted. A team player who's sociable and friendly but lacking in imagination. [*]Green: A hot fashion color that puts an emphasis on the environment, but the deeper the green, the more conservative and traditional person you are. [*]Teals: The choice of a trend-setting extrovert who craves attention and desires admiration. [*]Neutrals: The colors of non-commitment and chosen by someone who doesn't want to be conspicuous or stand out from the crowd. [*]Grey: Expresses understated good taste and indicates a safe and cautious driver. [*]Metallics: Chosen by confidant yet understated extroverts. [*]Silver: You have great style and are often successful - but you tend to be pompous. [*]Black: The choice of a serious, self-confident sophisticate. First choice of the ambitious and success-driven who see cars as status symbols. [*]Yellow: The hue for active, artistic people and the individual willing to try something new. [*]RED: You're outgoing and impulsive, but easily bored. On the bright side, you think and stay young. [/list] The color that drives you Red: You're assertive (or aggressive) and strong. Yellow: It screams 'Look at me!' -- which is why you don't see it on family sedans. It's for sporty SUVs and expensive sports cars, in which it also says, 'I'm so rich I don't care what you think' (example, a $50,370 Corvette convertible). Orange: You're on top of the trends. Orange (in many variations) is a key new color in 2003. GM has 'sunset orange metallic' pickups; Mercedes-Benz offers a 'paprika metallic' C-Class sports coupe. Silver: You ooze class. The No. 1 car color (it passed white for the first time in 2001), silver represents speed, power and success -- which is why it's the favorite color of baby boomers (ages 38 to 56). White: A longtime favorite and the color of rental cars. People under 65 in a white car like to blend in. For the elderly, white harks back to the elegance and wealth of the 1920s. Black: Power/aggression sums it up. The top choice for ages 24 to 37 and one of the top colors targeted by thieves (along with red). Blue (medium or dark): You're conservative, middle of the road. Blue always seems to be No. 5 or 6 on lists of the top 10 car colors. Green (medium or dark): See blue, above, and add a touch of environmentalism. Well there you go...

Well the description for blue didn't match RussK. Silver works for me.

WOW! That is so interesting. The funny thing is that it all makes sense at least to me. I guess we can learn something about ourselves here as well. Thanks K. Russ

I think yellow is pretty accurate for me... some years back I saw another one of these surveys and it said that yellow was chosen by the drivers with the highest IQ, not going to argue with that one either... /fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/wink_smile.gif

Me either K-Man. That is probably why I did not choose yellow. Seal grey here and seems to slide nicely into the definitions.

Blue: You like consistency in your life. [/quote]You're likely to be conservative, shy, and introverted. A team player who's sociable and friendly but lacking in imagination. The first line is me, but the rest NO WAY!! I just love people and can't help but say hi. Drives my wife crazy Aloha Russ

Well I guess Atlas Grey would make me........ calm, sober, and dedicated........with tendencies to slip out of personality........and be a rebel. Yep, that's me.......

I guess blue would work best for me, but the colors I have chosen are the complete opposite. /fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/teeth_smile.gif My current boxster is yellow and my Cayman S is going to be Red. Hmmm.

I am kind of afraid to say that I've had two reds, two whites,one grey, one black, one yellow and now a silver. And that is just Porsches. The others fill out the rest of the color (colour) choices. But maybe I'm defining myselfas I get older;I have a silver-grey truck and a silver Lexus now. Edited by - Santa Fe on 11/18/2005 5:52:26 PM

SF, You obviously have multiple personalities! I am going from BLACK=POWER to blue=passive? Russ

White can improve performance of the car slighty, because it reflects heat, keeping the cabin and engine cooler, while black warms up the engine...Interestingly enough, it is ironic that black is more performance wise then white as a "personality!" But what I'm worried about is that car insurance companies are also looking into car colours to take even more fun out of a sports car. According to them, red, black and other noticeable (or most likeable) car colours get into car crashes more often then more duller colours, like silver. And they tend to raise rates signifiantly, according to colour...

Well I am not sure that the white hits it right...I am in no way an extrovert...lol Anyway I took white as I find it a very easy color to take car of and tends to not show the swirl marks as much as the darker colors. Living in the desert I thought that it would stay cooler as well, but when I compared my white car to a friends black car in 29 Palms, CA, the interior heat was only about 2-3 degrees higher. Kinda broke that myth for me.

Well Chuck, That is how I pegged white. Cool conservative and safe. Russ

that will definitely work for me now days.

Well, there's only one way to find out... http://discoverychannel.ca/on_tv/mythbusters/mb_home/

clearly silver and gray are the most popular colors of the 14 Caymans already sold at Niello, 9 are some form of silver (4 seal gray, 3 arctic silver, 1 GT silver and 1 Atlas gray) with the other 5 spread among Guards Red, Speed Yellow, Mid Blue, Carrara White and Carmon Red so, if you want to go with the flow get silver or gray, but if you want to stand out among the crowd, get something else and you're likely to be 'one of a kind' (at least for awhile considering all of the demo cars are Arctic Silver) guess there's a personality trait in there somewhere because I'd just as soon have a color that stands out and is different from the masses

if you want to check out Niello: (I am not associated with them in any way) http://porsche.niello.com/inventory

What a great discussion. I like grey because I feel like it <u>calms</u> <u>me</u>,<u> </u>and yes, I think it has an air of sophistication about it. I would love to drive a brighter car, like yellow, but have always feared that they attrcated too much attention from the cops. It's like daring them to come after you.

What do you think is the personality of those cars with the custom retina-burning colours? "cause we have quite a few here...

Some of the white analysis works for me, retired Doc (orthodontist) but not the extrovert part, usually. Only one white Porsche before ('82 SC) but a few regular cars. Seems to me this analysis is only valid if all your cars are the same color? Or maybe we change? My reason for white is cooler (FL), shows chips less (not an issue with the clear bra, I hope), and standardcost. Considered yellow seriously but thought I may get tired of it, also wife not in favor (the real reason?) Other Porsche colors are Phoenix Red (orange-red) '73 914 and Arena Red '98 Boxster . Just sold, to make room for Cayman , Velvet Red metallic '89 951. It listed for $47.6K back then. Others were Pacific Blue met. '70 914-6 and a black '85.5 944 race car that color was not relevant for. There was another 914 parts car that was sort of yellow-green as I recall but it was not around long. Too many colors for a definitive diagnosis?

I think the wait for our cars has driven some of usoff the deep end. When presumably grown and successful adults start talking the psycho babble of colors like high school boys trying to figure out if a girl likes us by her body language we are all in trouble. I don't think my personality changes when I decide I want a different color car. On the bright side, there is always something new and interesting to read here since my wife and son don't want to hear about the Cayman anymore.

FINALLY I HAVE AN IDENTITY/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/thanks.gifMOST OF MY CARS WERE BLACK, MY CURRENT CAR IS BLACK, MY CAY WILL BE BLACK, MY WIFE HAS A BLACK CAR AND BLACK HAIR, MY DOG IS BLACK....... JO

carmon red in Austin - I'm assuming you picked Carmon Red/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/regular_smile.gif What interior color and options did you pick? Post some picks when you get it. Keith

So, I guess having been a serious, self-confident, sophisticated, ambitious, success-driven, status seeking, powerful, but aggressive rebel (black), I've decided I want to become a cool, aloof, stylish, successful, powerful, speedy, classy, but, regretably pompous baby boomer [/quote](artic silver). And here I thought I was just worn out from the multi-step, never ending process of trying (unsuccessfully) to keep my black car gleaming and want a color that's simple to maintain. Go figure. /fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/wall.gif

For me Ferrari's look best inred Lambo's look best inyellow Bimmerslook best inblack Porsches look best in silver I don't know if it's only because of black and white photography but it seems that historically Porsche has chosensilver as it's color. The Cayman looks great in mostcolors I've seen.I like the classysportiness of silver although I wish there weren't so many others out there.I added carbon package and carbon rear console to my black leather interior to differentiate it just a little from all the others.