Which colour is the best for a daily-driver car?

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Fri Jul 27, 2001 8:59 pm

I was thinking something along the lines of a champagne, or perhaps deep blue....maybe red......anything wrong with white? I love silver too. Black....maybe not since the car gets too damm hot.
The car would probably be a newish buick of some sort...

mplogic · Post by **mplogic** » Sat Jul 28, 2001 3:21 am

According to Consumer Reports, the exterior color of the car actually has little effect on the intereior temperature. They did a test and white to black only showed a 4 degree difference. Any dark color or metallic paint won't last as long before it starts fading though. Dark colors (especially black) also show flaws better, white hides the most. Although if it's dirty it will be brown.

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Sat Jul 28, 2001 7:27 am

Hmm....interesting

My dads basically looking for a 4 door....bigger sized car with an engine at least 200hp.....and domestic of course

I'm thinking Intrepid ES (new gen), buick regal/century/lesabre....possibly an olds aurora (*drool* aurora

)....something along those lines.

Damm Impala SS being in high demand

mplogic · Post by **mplogic** » Sat Jul 28, 2001 4:17 pm

Another pretty nice car is the Gran Prix. It's front wheel drive but still handles pretty well for a 4 door. It has the same 4.3L Vortec V6 they put in the base model Camaros and Firebirds. It's a really peppy little motor that gets decent gas mileage and still puts out around 200hp. They also offer a GTP version with a mild supercharger that is rated at 240hp.

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Sat Jul 28, 2001 5:17 pm

When the heck did they do that?
a 4.3 in a grand prix?
My dad would love the engine (dunno about the car

)
Is this the new grand prix?

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Sat Jul 28, 2001 9:56 pm

Yeah thats the new ones i believe. I think they look pretty good at least. never driven one myself tho...

mplogic · Post by **mplogic** » Sun Jul 29, 2001 6:24 am

Oops. My bad, I think it's actually the 3.8L (3800 series). Still a peppy little motor.

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Sun Jul 29, 2001 9:30 am

That's what I thought dood

But that would be nice; 4.3 in a grand prix