Does the fact that black and white are my two favorite colors for cars suggest something about my labile mood? While I’ve always admired black cars (as long as they were pristine and had nice wheels), I’ve never had one. Maybe the idea of owning one would have reminded me too much of my father’s black Fairlane torture chamber. So I’ve gravitated to white, repeatedly; pretty much all of my cars have been so. Maybe it’s therapeutic. Anyway, the obvious solution is to have one of each, like this fellow, who’s keeping both of them clean machines. Cover all the contingencies (and moods).
I guess you could do worse with a B/W pair of Range Rovers as your family vehicles. These would be a bit more comfortable as a family vehicle than a stripped Fairlane wagon, I think. Ought to make long distance family outing that much more pleasant. No chance of burnt thighs! No chance of being looked down by the neighbors as well. Of course the fella keep them pristine and clean, after all he got some $150,000 invested in those pairs of family vehicles. Though the home itself seem a bit humble for such an extravagant pair of vehicles?
That was my thought. Priorities: Some men have them…
That was my first thought as well. One of the games I play on my rounds as a sanitation engineer is spot the cars worth more than the house they are in front of.
When I saw this photo the first thing I thought was “someone won’t be able to resist dissing on this dude.” First comment though, wow. On the internet, it’s always nothing more than your superior judgment that separates you from people with nice things. Haters gonna hate.
Actually, he’s a pro detailer. Or at least on the weekend. But seeing two RRs was a curious coincidence.
Ah, that explains the spotless and pristine RRs.
BTW I’m merely making an observation, not dissing the guy. As a car lover myself, as far as I know he has his priorities correct, if the RRs are indeed his.
I’ve had two black cars, simultaneously for awhile. Never again. Shows every flaw and looks dirty unless washed with an OCD-level attention to detail. I’m far too lazy to wash my car more than once a month, let alone the near-daily washes those black cars required.
mmmm mmmm
Out of all the colors I’ve owned over the years, white would win, but only by a slight margin. I had an ’82 Cavalier that came to me in dark charcoal, which I repainted white. Some years later, I drove a black ’64 Beetle for six years, which was succeeded by a white ’00 TDI New Beetle (photo).
Still driving the NB eleven-plus years and 205,000 miles later, and am finally restoring the ’62 Sunroof Beetle in the photo which will be L87 Perl Weiss when completed.
I sold the ’64 not long after acquiring the NB, but before Eeyore went to a new home, I shot a comparison of the two cars which can be viewed here.
Here is the Houston area, white cars with tinted windows mean survival when your air conditioning goes out. Black is only if you like heat stroke. Of course I could keep the AC in good condition but what fun would that be?
Black and white. Clean, basic colors…right?
Maybe not so much for automobiles. I had a black one, twice…an Escort and a Toyota Echo. The Escort, was a desperation car: I had a new job; a good job; and I needed something more reliable than my DJ5-C mail truck. So…I bought the black Escort; the only two-door on the lot with a manual transmission. Built in the spirit of Paul’s father’s Falcon.
The black paint didn’t hold up. I was younger in those days and could deal with the heat in that car; but leaving it in the parking lot during hot summers…obvious oxidation started in less than a year. A sort of veiled-rainbow effect, with blue and purple finding its way through the black coat.
After three years it was badly burned.
The Echo…probably would have held up better. There was sixteen years between that and the Escort; paint technologies are better. But I bought a house and needed a truck; and boy, did I hate that Echo. It went; only sixteen months old.
Had a couple of white cars, too…a Datsun pickup and a Geo Metro. The white paint showed dirt. It showed ingrained dirt and staining. It showed rust…oh, how it showed rust. And a white car more than six months old, looks like hell unless it’s detailed once a month. At least.
No…I’ll take a dark red or a deep blue car…