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Coolest new car colors
CNNMoney.com ^ | 4/11/07 | Peter Valdes-Dapena

Posted on 04/11/2007 6:21:10 AM PDT by eraser2005

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As I drove north on the New Jersey Turnpike recently, a Mary Kay cosmetics saleswoman in a Cadillac DTS passed me on the right, her big car's paint job hitting me like a punch in the eye from the Pink Panther.

As it zoomed on past the car gradually changed color. Starting at the edges, the pink faded and turned to a pearly white.

Back in New York City, during the media preview days for the New York Auto Show in early April, I spent some time talking to Chris Webb, General Motors' Exterior Color and Trend Designer. He helped design the paint used on that car.

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To: COBOL2Java

the hat is called a “skimmer”


61 posted on 04/11/2007 9:04:32 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought (27 B stroke 6 required)
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To: Petruchio

Now that’s funny. Hootus. LOL


62 posted on 04/11/2007 9:25:02 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: knarf
...and that dull spray chrome with the beautiful shiney cap, but shines only on your hands, never on the car.

It shines other places, too. ;-)


63 posted on 04/11/2007 9:33:12 AM PDT by uglybiker (AU-TO-MO-BEEEEEEEL?!!)
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To: Aquinasfan

Of course, if you live in an area that has fog problems, silver is the exact polar opposite of the color you want, while this article says it is better.

Even bright isn’t always a safe bet on its own.

My car is a metallic red. I still had people turning in front of me as if they didn’t see me coming. Once I got daytime running lights, that happened far less often.

Those DRLs cost me $75 to install the module, but my insurance company gave me $10 a year in discount, so they’ve paid for themselves. And after 10 years, I’m still on just my second battery, and only replaced headlights this year because I thought they were getting too dim. So no extra wear-and-tear, either...


64 posted on 04/11/2007 9:33:52 AM PDT by eraser2005
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To: sandyeggo
Makes me wonder why my white van was rear-ended last year by a driver who didn’t notice I was stopped to make a left turn.

Hadn't been washed in a while? 8-)

65 posted on 04/11/2007 10:57:29 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: taxed2death

Wouldn’t it just be cheaper to pay the occasional speeding ticket?


67 posted on 04/11/2007 11:30:01 AM PDT by Mike-o-Matic
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To: R. Scott

Your post about naming red paint colors made me laugh.

When our family moved into our new (VERY OLD) house more than thirty years ago, we were shocked to see the dining room painted red. REALLY red. My parents vowed to change the color ASAP, but as time went on, we grew used to it, and as more time went on, we became attached to it.

So, come paintin’ time, Mom went over to Martin’s Home Decorating Center (”We Ain’t Just Paint!”) with a small paint chip she chipped off the wall. Turns out they had an exact match. The name of the paint? “Imperial Blood.”

And thus it has remained ever since.

Regards,


68 posted on 04/11/2007 11:38:32 AM PDT by VermiciousKnid
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To: ZULU

Tiburon is shark - at least, that’s what my neighbors say.


69 posted on 04/11/2007 11:55:57 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: eraser2005
Any one remember the fuzzy paint of the 1960’s or early 70’s? Some cars (most often Volkswagen bugs) were painted in a fuzzy paint that resembled artificial turf. When it was green it it did look like a lawn on wheels.
70 posted on 04/11/2007 12:00:31 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: VermiciousKnid

Well, “Imperial Blood.” does sound better than “Commoner’s Blood”.


71 posted on 04/11/2007 12:00:53 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Mike-o-Matic
Absolutely....but another poster wanted a stealth” car.
When GP motorcycles started using CF bodywork...it became harder and harder for track officials to get speed readings...the problem really became apparent when Cagiva debuted an all CF bodywork...all CF frame and swing arm combo, virtually cloaking the 500cc 2-stroke engine in CF.
http://www.insidebikes.com/bikebible/reviews/cagiva/c593/cag_reviews.htm

Lasers wouldn't pick it up...so GP switched to transponders. Now all national / world level bikes use transponders.

72 posted on 04/11/2007 12:24:30 PM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: FreeManWhoCan

My Acura is called Midnight Blue. It’s basically black with blue flakes in it. It looks great when it’s waxed.


73 posted on 04/11/2007 12:44:25 PM PDT by gogeo (Democrats want to support the troops without actually being helpful to them.)
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