Show me your car and I will show you your Car Personality
The car or motorbike that we buy reflects our personality as much as the clothes we wear. I have often considered this, but little did I know that great studies have been done to determine who buys what type and make and colour of motorised transport. You and I are completely unaware of the knowledge that the car salesman already has about us before we walk into the showroom. Today I would like to focus solely on colours:
CarInsurance.com reports in their article, “What your car says about your personality” that the choice of colour of your car broadcasts your personality very loudly, whether you realise it or not. My favourite colour is blue, a calming colour, and when it’s properties are described it reflects who I am perfectly. I am someone who likes to think I am a steady person ;who thinks things through before acting. I’m an accountant, so I am supposed to be a blue person. However, having had the option of buying a blue car I decided against it because blue is not who I am as a driver.
I chose instead a Burgundy colour for my Volvo 850. Good Heavens! Burgundy? It doesn’t even show up on the list of car colours. For my second car, a Jaguar XK Sovereign my choice colour is black. That is very interesting, because it suggests that I am an aggressive, possibly dangerous driver, (I'm definitely not!) and a great and competent conductor. A shiny black car with tinted windows also suggests menacing power and mystery.
Perhaps you’ve noticed that secret government agencies are always depicted as driving large black shiny 4x4 vehicles. They are definitely trying to tell us something. But, black is good to give an impression of seriousness.
I once hired a rental car that was small and bright yellow. I had so much fun with that. It really did something for my driving mood. I felt like I was driving around in a yellow canary and I almost felt like singing. Supposedly people who would deliberately buy this colour are generally happy individuals with a light attitude towards life. I say more power to them.
Silver is a curious colour on a car. It seemed the world suddenly went wild for silver, and some of the drivers are said to be somewhat snooty. However, in my view that colour only works if it is highly polished. In that state I am drawn towards it and I give the driver credit for being cool, but, when the shine dulls and it becomes scratched, dented and dirty there is nothing worse.
British Racing Green as a colour does work for me, but not on every make of car. A long while ago I owned a green Jaguar XK120 convertible that I was so very proud of. It was a lovely classic car that I was never sure whether it was the colour or the car that gave me the greatest pleasure. Recently I owned a Chrysler Voyager seven-seater mini-van that had tinted windows. The problem was that I had to keep it clean and shiny because it was in the league of a black car of similar design.
It was such a good-looking car some cretin stole it and set it ablaze. I suppose jealousy had something to do with that.
There are lots of other colours, some of which are shades like pink (for a girl), cream, orange, etc, but two colours stand out and grab for the attention. One is white, which works really well on a large Rolls Royce or Bentley. When we see one of those coming our way it usually suggests someone of wealth and importance, such as a rock star or captain of industry. This is a Statement Car that announces the owner as a person not to be ignored. The Pope drives around in his white PopeMobile I suppose to display a sign of purity and cleanliness, but that would not necessarily be true of all owners of white cars.
The other colour is bright Candy Red. The colour of Ferreri says it all. This tells us that this is flash, hot, very fast, very powerful, and very, very expensive. If you have to ask “How Much?” then you simply are not in the league to own one.
The most rare colour on the street is brown. If you think brown, you should be thinking UPS. Who would drive a brown car? Ithink I would want to follow such a person around to observe what kind of personality would want a brown car. They would probably want a brown Lada.
The car or motorbike that we buy reflects our personality as much as the clothes we wear. I have often considered this, but little did I know that great studies have been done to determine who buys what type and make and colour of motorised transport. You and I are completely unaware of the knowledge that the car salesman already has about us before we walk into the showroom. Today I would like to focus solely on colours:
CarInsurance.com reports in their article, “What your car says about your personality” that the choice of colour of your car broadcasts your personality very loudly, whether you realise it or not. My favourite colour is blue, a calming colour, and when it’s properties are described it reflects who I am perfectly. I am someone who likes to think I am a steady person ;who thinks things through before acting. I’m an accountant, so I am supposed to be a blue person. However, having had the option of buying a blue car I decided against it because blue is not who I am as a driver.
I chose instead a Burgundy colour for my Volvo 850. Good Heavens! Burgundy? It doesn’t even show up on the list of car colours. For my second car, a Jaguar XK Sovereign my choice colour is black. That is very interesting, because it suggests that I am an aggressive, possibly dangerous driver, (I'm definitely not!) and a great and competent conductor. A shiny black car with tinted windows also suggests menacing power and mystery.
Perhaps you’ve noticed that secret government agencies are always depicted as driving large black shiny 4x4 vehicles. They are definitely trying to tell us something. But, black is good to give an impression of seriousness.
I once hired a rental car that was small and bright yellow. I had so much fun with that. It really did something for my driving mood. I felt like I was driving around in a yellow canary and I almost felt like singing. Supposedly people who would deliberately buy this colour are generally happy individuals with a light attitude towards life. I say more power to them.
Silver is a curious colour on a car. It seemed the world suddenly went wild for silver, and some of the drivers are said to be somewhat snooty. However, in my view that colour only works if it is highly polished. In that state I am drawn towards it and I give the driver credit for being cool, but, when the shine dulls and it becomes scratched, dented and dirty there is nothing worse.
British Racing Green as a colour does work for me, but not on every make of car. A long while ago I owned a green Jaguar XK120 convertible that I was so very proud of. It was a lovely classic car that I was never sure whether it was the colour or the car that gave me the greatest pleasure. Recently I owned a Chrysler Voyager seven-seater mini-van that had tinted windows. The problem was that I had to keep it clean and shiny because it was in the league of a black car of similar design.
It was such a good-looking car some cretin stole it and set it ablaze. I suppose jealousy had something to do with that.
There are lots of other colours, some of which are shades like pink (for a girl), cream, orange, etc, but two colours stand out and grab for the attention. One is white, which works really well on a large Rolls Royce or Bentley. When we see one of those coming our way it usually suggests someone of wealth and importance, such as a rock star or captain of industry. This is a Statement Car that announces the owner as a person not to be ignored. The Pope drives around in his white PopeMobile I suppose to display a sign of purity and cleanliness, but that would not necessarily be true of all owners of white cars.
The other colour is bright Candy Red. The colour of Ferreri says it all. This tells us that this is flash, hot, very fast, very powerful, and very, very expensive. If you have to ask “How Much?” then you simply are not in the league to own one.
The most rare colour on the street is brown. If you think brown, you should be thinking UPS. Who would drive a brown car? Ithink I would want to follow such a person around to observe what kind of personality would want a brown car. They would probably want a brown Lada.
My Goodness Gracious Me!
Copyright © 2010 Eugene Carmichael
Copyright © 2010 Eugene Carmichael
