Hard time choosing color; dark colored cars absorb more heat??

[Chaad32]

Silver doesn't show scratches as much and is the easiest to keep clean....but the blue just looks the best hands down. Why do you think that Toyota uses the blazing blue in most of it's comercials???? Because they want to sell cars, and the blue is definately the best color. Of course I have a blue one......but that doesn't effect my opinion at all.....

[makelikemorning]

Originally Posted by fantabulousbaby

Red is gorgeous, but dark, and red cars get pulled over the MOST.

Statistically, maybe, but I think it has to do more with the mentality of the people who typically choose red than the color itself. I have a red Echo that I've only been pulled over in once in the over five years I've owned it, and really, I had it coming doing 72 MPH in a construction zone with a 55 MPH speed limit. The thing is, I didn't buy red because I wanted it; I bought it because it was the only car the dealer had that met my specifications and it happened to be red. The same thing happened with my Yaris (well, really, there's a white one, too, but I think white looks a little underwhelming on the sedan... Fantastic on the liftback, though). I wouldn't let a little actuarial wisdom prevent you from getting red if it's what you really want.

[07WYarisRS]

Around here 90% of them are silver or blue

I've only seen two other white ones since May.

[featherz]

I really really wanted the blazing blue but they just didn't have any available with the options I wanted so I settled for Bayou Blue. Kinda happy I did as the bayou doesn't show dirt as much as my previous two darker blue cars.