After listening to S2000 owners pound their chests for three years about what's the best color to own - which of course to almost everyone is the color they bought - I thought it was time to provide the definitive reason for what color to select.

Tear around in a bright yellow car long enough, and you'll find out about one of the irrefutable laws of high-performance driving - that is, the brighter the color, the more visible you are to the cops. Now, over in Europe, where you see day-glow Porsches and all kinds of other shocking colors on high-performance cars - the idea is to be visible, for safety. I mean, if you're goin' 150 mph, and you're coming up on somebody's tail - you want to be visible. Which is eminently logical, when you think about it. I mean, that's why all of our fire trucks went yellow a while ago - for high visibility. But over here, where we have rovin' radar cowboys hidin' behind every bush with enough electronic firepower to launch an air-strike, and the consequences of tickets are horrendous insurance costs, not to mention court costs and legal fees - runnin' fast in a hot-colored car is an invitation to nothin' but trouble. It's all a big revenue-generating game to keep all of these local municipalities in the latest speed enforcement gear - and fund a big chunk of their operating budgets. Unfortunately, the enthusiast driver pays a dear price to play it. So, if you're gonna tear around - stealth is the way to go. I likethe gray/silver of silverstone, black, or dark blue cars for that reason - at any rate, you get the picture.

 

My car is the color of dirt. I blend quite well (:

 

I agree, Silverstone is the best color

 

FYI: Yellow is a color, Silverstone is a greyscale.

Poll: how many Yellow S owners have been pulled over because of the color of their car and how many of you feel radar is prejudice?

The only ticket I've gotten in the past 10 years was while driving a Silver RSX, but I bet if I was driving my S, I probably would have gotten a thumbs up and a warning.

Too many people driving silver and black cars out there, if it wasn't for the green trees and blue sky, we'd be this close to living in a black and white movie.

 

do you think white is highly visible to cops?

 

I have to agree. That's part of the reason why I went with Silverstone over Yellow.

-->Taco

 

i dig the chicks checking me out. it's even tough for me to notice a silver/silverstone/black s2000. the reds and yellows really stick out!

just don't plan on robbing any banks with yellow...

 

Where I live the police generally drive white or dark blue cars. I always spot the white ones much earlier. Using the reverse of this, to answer your question - yes but less so than yellow or red.

 

do NOT get white...it is a horrible color! Plus there are NO whites anywhere...who wants such a rare color anyways

 

Rare Not where I live - it's on all the delivery trucks, ice cream trucks, and senior citizen's mercury's. j/k White & tan is a traditional sports car color and always looks good.