haha, yours is yellow !

Published on September 6, 2004 By mignuna In Misc

I hate yellow cars, and it seems I am not alone !.

Initially, I had no colour preference for a car. I was 16. I just wanted one that moved. My Toyota Corolla was sunshine yellow. Bright, bilious, happy, sick-making yellow. I loved it. For three days. Then a drunk guy smashed into it. It got repaired, but it happened again.

The thing was like a magnet. It was the most obviously bright object in any given setting. I think it made angry people even angrier. It was like driving a moving target. The sunshine and cheerfulness of the neon yellow had a far less than calming effect on the (then emerging) phenomenon of road-rage.

(Actually, I fear perhaps it may have contributed to the problem. Caused it, even. The last thing anybody likes is being faced with some dozy bollocks who insists on being stupidly happy when their own world is going to hell, and I think my car was the vehicular equivalent of the cheery idealistic idiot).

I sold it soon after to a friend who knew it's history and thought I was just being paranoid. It met its' untimate end via a ramming from a little man with a big car and an even bigger problem with the world (which he had attempted to drown via a liquid lunch before weaving unsteadily all over the road for a few miles, then gave into and targeted 'the driving banana').

Luckily, the new owner was unhurt, but I can't say the same for the car. When she phoned to give me the news that the smiley-on-wheels had breathed its' last, I admit that, despite its' good intentions, I was rather glad to know it was out of circulation. I mean, imagine if I was still driving it now ?.

Comments

The Crusaders

on Sep 06, 2004

Note to self...don't buy yellow car...

mignuna

on Sep 06, 2004

Note to self...don't buy yellow car...

hehe, good idea, the crusaders. say no to yellow cars !

vanessa/mig XX

The Crusaders

on Sep 06, 2004

Actually.... I used to have a little banana yellow mazda 323.....it was passed down the family from my Granddad who had won it with a 20c ticket at a shopping malls years earlier.......hmmmm....it ended up getting rolled ....there were a lot of dings and scratches by the end if my memory serves me correctly....and it's final resting place was at the local wreckers stacked ungracefully inbetween two other cars.....

YEAH ... I say "No More to Yellow Cars....We will not rest until they stop their production!!!!" (Laugh)

crimson

on Sep 06, 2004

After owning many different cars in varying shades, I can confirm that my brown Camaro got splattered by shit more often than any of the other ones. Just thought I'd let you know.
Nic.

KarmaGirl

on Sep 07, 2004

My husband has a Yellow Camaro that was once brown. (Does that mean that it is the worst of both worlds?) It's his race car, though, so I doubt anyone will have a chance to get mad at it.

I have a little yellow Karmann Ghia- who could get mad at that? Of course, it's not that bright yellow, it's a really light yellow. It's a happy little car, though.

mignuna

on Sep 08, 2004

YEAH ... I say "No More to Yellow Cars....We will not rest until they stop their production!!!!" (Laugh

yes, crusaders, yes !. we must put and end to these vile beasts !

After owning many different cars in varying shades, I can confirm that my brown Camaro got splattered by shit more often than any of the other ones. Just thought I'd let you know.

nic, despite the shit splattering, i think it's so funky that you had a camaro. they are so rare here, any colour is cool. i think you can get away with brown or yellow if the car itself is cool hehe

My husband has a Yellow Camaro that was once brown. (Does that mean that it is the worst of both worlds?) It's his race car, though, so I doubt anyone will have a chance to get mad at it.

hehe like i was just saying to nic, karma, i think you can get away with having a yellow car if the car itself is cool enough to carry it off. mine was just annoying.

I have a little yellow Karmann Ghia- who could get mad at that? Of course, it's not that bright yellow, it's a really light yellow. It's a happy little car, though.

yes, it sounds cute and happy. mine was the kind of yellow that you'd call acid-bright-eyeball-melting. not a good look !.

vanessa/mig XX

Theophilus Thistler

on Sep 08, 2004

I had a yellow shirt once... I nearly got hit by a car while wearing it and never wore it again!

I've always loved black and red cars. I had a gold one that I drove into the ground, then I got a black one but i've painted it cherry black now

KarmaGirl

on Sep 08, 2004

hehe like i was just saying to nic, karma, i think you can get away with having a yellow car if the car itself is cool enough to carry it off. mine was just annoying.

Yeah, there are a few of those around. Yellow Ford Focuses make me mad. They are that bright yellow like the color of the yellow paint on the roads. Never thought of yellow as an angry color, but I guess it can be

stevendedalus

on Sep 09, 2004

Not even bright yellow could be as bad as the commercial where one owns a sick lime Volks and the buyer goes ape over it when he discovers it on the internet while sitting in his sickly lime colored room!

The Crusaders

on Sep 09, 2004

Mignuna,

We had a White Datsun Homer Truck at one stage.....we did it up....painted it black.....then drove it to Queensland during summer......
The worst bit was driving across the Hay Plains...it overheated many, many times!!.Why did we have to Paint it Black!!! D'oh!!

mignuna

on Sep 09, 2004

I had a yellow shirt once... I nearly got hit by a car while wearing it and never wore it again!

ooooh theophilus, perhaps it's an australian thing. yellow items are danger !

I've always loved black and red cars. I had a gold one that I drove into the ground, then I got a black one but i've painted it cherry black now

cherry black sounds lovely. i have a huge blue old banger of a volkswagen kombi. it's not much on style, but there's no denying it's memorable ! hehe

yes, karma, yesssss !. those are the ones !. those acid yellow ones. i always liked yellow too, until my car became a magnet ! hehe

true, stevendedalus. i too reserve a special brand of nausea for that particularly puke-induing shade of green. luckily we don't have that ad in australia (yet !), but i'm certain it can't be far off. i really like soft greens, but the new range of bilious-frog-green cars are beginning to scare me.

we did it up....painted it black.....then drove it to Queensland during summer......

crusaders, i can already feel the oppressive heat just reading this !

The worst bit was driving across the Hay Plains...it overheated many, many times!!.Why did we have to Paint it Black!!! D'oh!!

perhaps black isn't the best colour, but at least it wasn't yellow !

vanessa/mig XX

stevendedalus

on Sep 09, 2004

As a kid I admired in the neighborhood a blue '36 Ford convertible with yellow spoke wheels--what a great combination.

mignuna

on Sep 10, 2004

As a kid I admired in the neighborhood a blue '36 Ford convertible with yellow spoke wheels--what a great combination.

ah stevendedalus, the classic-clash of blue and yellow. i endure it daily in this 'seaside' area. ugh !. it should be a crime to paint every house in a street either yellow and green or blue and green

vanessa/mig XX

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