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Thread #49893   Message #755048
Posted By: GUEST,Les B.
26-Jul-02 - 01:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Jinxed color ?
Subject: Jinxed color ?
I'm not normally superstitious, but I'm starting to lean that way!

Yesterday I went out after work and found a note on the window of my RAV4 (Toyota) which was new last fall. It said "I accidently backed into your car - here's my phone number, call me about insurance info". Well, of course, the bugger gave me a fictitious number. But that's not what I'm concerned about. This is the third fender bender I've had since I got the car. The last was a $7,000 catastrophe, this is about a $100 paint touch-up.

What I'm wondering is if the color - the new silver or platinum look - is a bad color for visibility ? I talked to my insurance agent and he said the color is too new for any evidence one way or the other. Do any of you have anecdotal evidence about car colors & accidents?

I've also talked to a couple of people who said they sold cars because they were having too many accidents and thought they were jinxed. Any experience there ?

I checked into re-painting a more visible color and the paint shop guy thought it would devalue the car too much, plus costing about $3,000, so that's not a viable opiton.