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ih2lose said:

...SNIP...That being said look into the paint in floresent lights.and you can see thru the paint down to the bottom finish and as described you can see the work marks. I am not a professtional paint guy and its plain as day...

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Plain as day if you are looking at the car with flourescent lights? Kind of a contradiction, right? Watch out if the guys from CSI stop by to check out your ride!

I'll worry about it if the paint starts chipping or peeling. For now, just be glad the Mustang is not fiberglass like the 'Vette.

Actually, I had a Saturn with platic body, and it was pretty nice when I got is a full-side scrape. Looked like nothing happened afterward. But I still prefer the metal, feels nicer, even for an "affordable" sports car.

Back to PC's comment about near misses with his car and my comment about color being tied to that, here are some stats from our database:

Total Mustangs wrecked = 178
Black = 29
Blue = 25
Bronze = 5
Green = 1
Silver = 48
Red = 32
White = 18
Yellow = 7
Unknown = 13 (because they were total burns)

Any color stand out here as the most likely to be hit? I'd graph this in Excel if I was smart enough.

Ragnar said:

Any color stand out here as the most likely to be hit? I'd graph this in Excel if I was smart enough.

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I'd say the color silver is hard to see and could definately have something to do with it. Red is pretty visible and there are still a lot of accidents there. BUT, I'd say the color might tell you something about the DRIVER. Or, then again, it might tell you something about the popularity of the color. Or it's a combination of visibility, hence Silver with the most accidents, and gender, hence Red with the second most.:winks

Then of course there's the black because they are the fastest ones!

ssoss said:

I'd say the color silver is hard to see and could definately have something to do with it. Red is pretty visible and there are still a lot of accidents there. BUT, I'd say the color might tell you something about the DRIVER. Or, then again, it might tell you something about the popularity of the color. Or it's a combination of visibility, hence Silver with the most accidents, and gender, hence Red with the second most.:winks

Then of course there's the black because they are the fastest ones!

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I thought silver was hard to see too. I know the insurance companies think red is the most risky color because of ticket stats. I don't know anything about the age group or gender of the vehicle owners. My guess is mostly males. This is a guy's car. Camaro's were for the ladies.

pcfrisch said:

There was a thread earlier where this guy in a SCREAMING YELLOW 05 got creamed because someone decided they wanted the same lane, now if they can't see that color, it's hopeless. :eyebulge:

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We need some stats on what vehicles cause the near misses. I also have screaming yellow, but all my near misses are big SUVs, vans (not mini-vans), and large pickup trucks. All of them have their mirrors adjusted way too high up to see anything shorter than themselves. So I think the wrecked color stats are pretty much going to follow the color popularity stats. They can't see ANY of us...:sosad:

SunBoss said:

We need some stats on what vehicles cause the near misses. I also have screaming yellow, but all my near misses are big SUVs, vans (not mini-vans), and large pickup trucks. All of them have their mirrors adjusted way too high up to see anything shorter than themselves. So I think the wrecked color stats are pretty much going to follow the color popularity stats. They can't see ANY of us...:sosad:

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I thought all the SUVs drove on the emergency lane and sidewalks. What are you doing up there with a Mustang?