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Fwiw, the explicit advice I got from my parents about cars/houses was to never choose a unique looking one. I was told odd-colored cars are more likely to be br
by YellOh 4y ago
Fwiw, the explicit advice I got from my parents about cars/houses was to never choose a unique looking one. I was told odd-colored cars are more likely to be broken into, and houses that draw attention (if placed in a neighborhood of otherwise very similar houses) are more likely to be robbed.
So even if my favorite color was an easy option when choosing a car, I'd probably go monochrome as long as that's what the majority of other cars are doing, almost entirely for property crime reasons.
On writing this out, I have absolutely 0 idea how factually-based this is, but it is at least a thing some middle-class Americans tell their kids.
- bumby 4y agoThere's an old thought that red/yellow sports cars are more likely to get tickets because they are more noticeable. No idea if that's just lore or if data bears it out.
- bandofthehawk 4y agoIt's very unlikely. Once you control for the type of car (minivan, sports car, etc) and type of person buying the car (young/old, male/female), red cars get similar amount of tickets to other colors. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/red-handed/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/red-handed/
- ensemblehq 4y agoThey generally have higher insurance rates although I'm not clear on what's driving the model.
- nicenewtemp84 4y agoPeople repeat this for decades... Apparently never noticing that they have never ever been asked for the color of their car when getting an insurance quote.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> They generally have higher insurance rates Because they are on average driven by people who rate higher risk for other reasons, not because color is part of the model. Otherwise, a popular hack would be to get insurance first, and then paint a car red/yellow if that’s what you wanted.