Europe has made petrol twice as expensive as the US and it has not changed it from a gas driven transportation system to something else. Even when gas is made prohibitively expensive by taxes, or more recently demand outstripping supply, it has made no difference. The shocks of the 70s meant nothing as the modern Commodore is as big as the HQ Holden of years past. Petrol still gives the best energy bang for the buck. I do not think it is going to change. We may change how we interact with gas/petrol, but our transportation system will still be gas powered.

Now that's cute. I like red cars.

don't mind me. Just conforming to stereotype

Lyn, There was a study done in Florida where it was found that yellow and red cars were the most pulled over by the highway patrol, and dar green and blue cars the lease. IIRC the researchers put it down to the human vision and the eye being biased to seeing warm colours over cool/dark colours.

Basically yellow/red cars are cop bait ;)

cam (black car)

Cam, I knew red cars are cop bait but didn't know yellow ones were too. There are degrees of yellow though. I can't imagine them going to too much trouble over the baby pooh yellow station wagon. Let's face it, anything lairy is cop bait. With the possible exception of the expensive import, which puts me in mind of a beautiful gold Lamborghini seen today slumming it along the backwaters of the Gold Coast.

In my first year of uni one of our readings was a study that found anything driven by a male under 25 years old counted as cop bait. Even a pale blue automatic 3 cylinder Charade.

Is it true or is it not, Mr Cam Black Car, that black cars absorb heat? What are the visibility stats? And if one were to experience difficulties matching one's lipstick to one's car, could one safely assume that the black car is the accessorising equivalent of blue jeans, which everyone knows can be matched with anything? *said the non lipstick-wearing owner of a sun dulled red automatic 3 cylinder Swift*

Lyn, Yeh black car, with black leather seats in Arizona; what could possibly go wrong?

Arizona is so hot that even white and silver cats are 40C+ inside when you get in them. No way to escape the heat here (like in many parts of Au). Air conditioning is the best defence.

American car colors are dull and boring to the point of soporiphism. Apparently they dont like selling brightly coloured cars as fashion as it dates them and makes them hard to resell. probably because leasing is so prevalent here.

So Pimp My Ride gives a misleading impression of American traffic then? Or does lairism vary from state to state?

Lyn, Yeh wouldnt trust TV for who the average american lives ;) The car colors here are way more conservative than in Australia. No rich purples, chartreuse, oranges, blues, etc here. They are all very dour blacks, silvers, greys, charcoals with the occasional red and yellow. Very, very few green cars. Certainly none of the baby faeces yellow or lipstick purple cars that ford/holden sell in Au.

cam