Car Colors: Your 3 Favorite & Least Favorite

[Fleet 500]

Would the Viper and Corvette be a muscle car then? They offer great performance, but many still refer to them as muscle cars.

I've always considered Vipers and Corvettes to be high-performance sports cars. "Muscle car" is usually described as a four-seater.
And muscle cars are usually moderately priced- Vipers are much more expensive than a typical muscle car.

[Fleet 500]

Buy Toyota.

I also like a car that is fun and pleasing to look at. I might as well buy a bar of soap (same "styling") than own a Toy(ota).

[Fleet 500]

I'll take a black Charger á la Bullitt, thank you.

I did think of that. One reason why black muscle cars would be a last choice for me is because many of them didn't have a/c. And a black car (especially with a black interior) can get very hot without a/c.

[Kitdy]

I did think of that. One reason why black muscle cars would be a last choice for me is because many of them didn't have a/c. And a black car (especially with a black interior) can get very hot without a/c.

In the San Fernando Valley, yes, in Toronto, no.

Toyotas have the styling of soap yes, I am just egging you on.

Anyways, British Racing Green is another solid colour but I have already made my choices.

[Fleet 500]

In the San Fernando Valley, yes, in Toronto, no.

Yes, in a cooler climate- black muscle muscle cars much less of a problem!

Toyotas have the styling of soap yes, I am just egging you on.

The new ones look more like an egg than a bar of soap. Maybe it's an "advancement of styling?"

Anyways, British Racing Green is another solid colour but I have already made my choices.

Yeah, too late. You already answered the poll.

[Kitdy]

Yes, in a cooler climate- black muscle muscle cars much less of a problem!

But you can't drive them in the winter and it is cold.

The new ones look more like an egg than a bar of soap. Maybe it's an "advancement of styling?"

At least Honda can make somewhat interesting cars - this by no means meeans that I approve of current American car design - they (except like the reborn muscle cars) are just (or slightly less) as crap or in the case of Pontiac, far worse.

Yeah, too late. You already answered the poll.

Check your PM's!

[Fleet 500]

But you can't drive them in the winter and it is cold.

Well, they all had heaters (except the 11-second L-88 Corvette). But you're right... a lot of owners in the northeast U.S. store them during the winter months.

Check your PM's!

Okay, I did!

[Kitdy]

Well, they all had heaters (except the 11-second L-88 Corvette). But you're right... a lot of owners in the northeast U.S. store them during the winter months.

I am a fan of Corvettes with 7-odd litre engines in them. What exactly did they run on the quarter mile?

[Fleet 500]

I am a fan of Corvettes with 7-odd litre engines in them. What exactly did they run on the quarter mile?

The fastest were the rare '69 L-88 'Vettes. The had over 500 horsepower (the exact figure was not advertised or it would scare away insurance companies). They ran in the 11s for the 1/4 mile.

A '66 427/425 hp 'Vette, as tested by Car & Driver, did a 12.8 sec @ 112 mph 1/4 mile.
Motor Trend tested a '67 427 'Vette which did 5.5 secs to 60 mph and a 13.8 1/4 mile.
And Car Life recorded a 13.48 sec @ 109 mph 1/4 mile with a '68 427.

[jcp123]

In the San Fernando Valley, yes, in Toronto, no.

I drove my '68 Mustang sans a/c in the San Francisco Bay Area for three years with a black vinyl interior. Worked just fine, and if I ever moved back to California, I wouldn't have any particular need for a/c, either...

[jcp123]

I've always considered Vipers and Corvettes to be high-performance sports cars. "Muscle car" is usually described as a four-seater.
And muscle cars are usually moderately priced- Vipers are much more expensive than a typical muscle car.

Hit that definition right on the nose! I regard both as sportscars brought up with muscle car influence - kind of how raising a daughter with 7 boys might make her a tomboy, but she'd still be a girl!

Been reading up at Musclecarclub.com?

[Kitdy]

I drove my '68 Mustang sans a/c in the San Francisco Bay Area for three years with a black vinyl interior. Worked just fine, and if I ever moved back to California, I wouldn't have any particular need for a/c, either...

Air-con has no place in classic cars anyways. It must have been some kind of hot in that 'stang in the summer I bet!

[Fleet 500]

I drove my '68 Mustang sans a/c in the San Francisco Bay Area for three years with a black vinyl interior. Worked just fine, and if I ever moved back to California, I wouldn't have any particular need for a/c, either...

Well, the average daily maximum temperature in July where I live is about 93 degrees. A/c does help a lot and I'm glad it is in working condition on all three of my cars.

Still, if I ever bought the muscle car I like best ('69 Dodge Coronet R/T 440-Magnum) and the one I was looking at didn't have a/c, I would still buy it!

[Fleet 500]

Hit that definition right on the nose! I regard both as sportscars brought up with muscle car influence - kind of how raising a daughter with 7 boys might make her a tomboy, but she'd still be a girl!

Been reading up at Musclecarclub.com?

No, I've been to that site but only a few times.
My definition is based on personal analysis and what I've read in '60s car magazines (also the '80s/'90s muscle cars mags).

[Ferrer]

Toyotas have the styling of soap yes, I am just egging you on.

If you want a japanese car with modern and different styling, buy a Honda. Especially the new Civic. (But you don't get the hatch, do you?)