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black car owners
- Thread starter Laura
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I've had two.
Personally I'd say never again, but they always looked stunning when clean
Personally I'd say never again, but they always looked stunning when clean
megane
im on me 2nd black 1
megane an a clio b4 that
id defo get another black car
wen its clean its sumthin to look proud of, plus a neigbour was askin me for tips on how to get it that clean b4
shame his is silver though
megane an a clio b4 that
id defo get another black car
wen its clean its sumthin to look proud of, plus a neigbour was askin me for tips on how to get it that clean b4
shame his is silver though
Leon Cupra R 225
I got a test drive on the new 240ps Seat Leon Cupra next week lol.
Leon Cupra R 225
Mine's getting mapped to 265(approx), Revo stage 2 soon, and hoping to get a KO4 hybrid turbo early next year and get it to 300!!! :evil:
new leon is too mpv! don't do it!! :S
Leon Cupra R 225
fair play!!! might be joining you in doing so soon, just to see how daft I'd look driving one
Its the only Seat I've ever like the look of though.
I won't lie I don't like your model one Sorry but just never done it for me.
I won't lie I don't like your model one
Sorry but just never done it for me.
Leon Cupra R 225
Its the only Seat I've ever like the look of though.
I won't lie I don't like your model one
Not everyone can have taste I guess..
Jokeee!
Although there was one on pistonheads with the wheels done black and black windows. I have to admit I did go, hmm I could live with that LOL.
Leon Cupra R 225
lol, I'm tempted by a white respray with the wheels done in black....
hmmmmmmm :evil:
I got mine knowing full well they're hot in summer (I'm in Australia), and impossible to keep clean (remember, I'm in Australia, we have lots of dust and not much rain to wash it off) and you're more likely to get run into because people are less likely to see you (yes, true, black cars are hit more often, the insurance company stats say so).
I got it because police are less likely to notice a black car speeding, and can't get a reading off it until a lot closer with a laser speed gun.
The human eye and brain estimate speed at a distance by rate of change of size. But a black car stands out less, so it is a lot closer before the brain registers that it might be speeding. And because less light is reflected off a dark coloured car it has to be almost twice as close before a laser speed gun can get a reading. So in a black car you've got a lot more chance of seeing the cop in the distance before he sees you, suspects you might be speeding, raises his laser gun, and gets a reading.
This probably doesn't matter in a tiny little place like Britain, but here the distances are huge, the speeds you want to travel at to not take forever to get where you're going are necessarily higher than the safety nazis want to allow you to go, the speeding enforcement is actually a lot tougher**, and they can hide in the bushes way off in the distance and see you coming.
** In the state of Victoria, which fortunately I'm not in, the speed cameras, red light cameras and the police between them collect an average of 100 pounds per licenced driver per year in revenue, and book one in three drivers per year. That's the equivalent of 3 billion pounds a year in speeding and red light fines in Britain. You guys, for all your whingeing, get it easy.
I got it because police are less likely to notice a black car speeding, and can't get a reading off it until a lot closer with a laser speed gun.
The human eye and brain estimate speed at a distance by rate of change of size. But a black car stands out less, so it is a lot closer before the brain registers that it might be speeding. And because less light is reflected off a dark coloured car it has to be almost twice as close before a laser speed gun can get a reading. So in a black car you've got a lot more chance of seeing the cop in the distance before he sees you, suspects you might be speeding, raises his laser gun, and gets a reading.
This probably doesn't matter in a tiny little place like Britain, but here the distances are huge, the speeds you want to travel at to not take forever to get where you're going are necessarily higher than the safety nazis want to allow you to go, the speeding enforcement is actually a lot tougher**, and they can hide in the bushes way off in the distance and see you coming.
** In the state of Victoria, which fortunately I'm not in, the speed cameras, red light cameras and the police between them collect an average of 100 pounds per licenced driver per year in revenue, and book one in three drivers per year. That's the equivalent of 3 billion pounds a year in speeding and red light fines in Britain. You guys, for all your whingeing, get it easy.
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The black gold looks stunning when clean ( mean and moody ) , you spend all morning cleaning it nip out to Tesco, half hour later it look's manky!
The wife's just bought a TT 225 coupe in black , her's looks cleaner than mine after a week than mine does in a day!
Must be the gold/crap paint!
leon
The wife's just bought a TT 225 coupe in black , her's looks cleaner than mine after a week than mine does in a day!
Must be the gold/crap paint!
leon
