Tom Gardner wrote:
> On 23/09/16 08:20, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>> Tom Gardner wrote:
>>> On 22/09/16 18:04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>>>> krw wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have a problem.  Both of mine are ruby red.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Red is the most likely to be followed by a police car.  I couldn't
>>>> leave my
>>>> house in my red '66 GTO without the local cops following me to the
>>>> edge of their
>>>> territory. I've had officers tell me that the drivers of red cars were
>>>> more
>>>> likely to speed, or drive recklessly.
>>>
>>> In my experience the worst colours are "orange" and "BMW".
>>
>>
>>     The only thing I drove that was orange was a '68 GMC handivan.
>> Someone had
>> used acrylic paint over enamel, so I had orange paint with bad orange
>> peel. It
>> was a beater service truck that I used to service electronics at schools.
>
> Curiously a secretary where I worked also had an orange, orange-peel
> car. It was also the first car I saw that also ran on LPG (early 80s),
> thereby losing much of its boot space.

This was a 108" wheelbase van that the previous owner had shoehorned a 
Chevy 283 V8 into a body built for a straight six cylinder. That left 
almost no room to work on it. The GMC version had some galvanized parts 
in high rust ares, vs the Chevy version that was all cold rolled steel.

    Her is an example of the solid body version that I had. I bought it 
right after I finished my time in the U.S. Army to restart my repair 
business.

<https://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/10/1967GMCHandiVan_01_700.jpg>
-- 
Never piss off an Engineer!

They don't get mad.

They don't get even.

They go for over unity! ;-)

On 23/09/16 08:20, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> Tom Gardner wrote:
>> On 22/09/16 18:04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>>> krw wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't have a problem.  Both of mine are ruby red.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Red is the most likely to be followed by a police car.  I couldn't
>>> leave my
>>> house in my red '66 GTO without the local cops following me to the
>>> edge of their
>>> territory. I've had officers tell me that the drivers of red cars were
>>> more
>>> likely to speed, or drive recklessly.
>>
>> In my experience the worst colours are "orange" and "BMW".
>
>
>     The only thing I drove that was orange was a '68 GMC handivan. Someone had
> used acrylic paint over enamel, so I had orange paint with bad orange peel. It
> was a beater service truck that I used to service electronics at schools.

Curiously a secretary where I worked also had an orange, orange-peel
car. It was also the first car I saw that also ran on LPG (early 80s),
thereby losing much of its boot space.

Tom Gardner wrote:
> On 22/09/16 18:04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>> krw wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't have a problem.  Both of mine are ruby red.
>>
>>
>>     Red is the most likely to be followed by a police car.  I couldn't
>> leave my
>> house in my red '66 GTO without the local cops following me to the
>> edge of their
>> territory. I've had officers tell me that the drivers of red cars were
>> more
>> likely to speed, or drive recklessly.
>
> In my experience the worst colours are "orange" and "BMW".


    The only thing I drove that was orange was a '68 GMC handivan. 
Someone had used acrylic paint over enamel, so I had orange paint with 
bad orange peel. It was a beater service truck that I used to service 
electronics at schools.


-- 
Never piss off an Engineer!

They don't get mad.

They don't get even.

They go for over unity! ;-)

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:12:13 +0100, Tom Gardner
<spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>On 22/09/16 18:04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>> krw wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't have a problem.  Both of mine are ruby red.
>>
>>
>>     Red is the most likely to be followed by a police car.  I couldn't leave my
>> house in my red '66 GTO without the local cops following me to the edge of their
>> territory. I've had officers tell me that the drivers of red cars were more
>> likely to speed, or drive recklessly.
>
>In my experience the worst colours are "orange" and "BMW".

I agree.  They're both uglier than sin.

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:04:57 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

>krw wrote:
>>
>> I don't have a problem.  Both of mine are ruby red.
>
>
>    Red is the most likely to be followed by a police car.  I couldn't 
>leave my house in my red '66 GTO without the local cops following me to 
>the edge of their territory. I've had officers tell me that the drivers 
>of red cars were more likely to speed, or drive recklessly.
>
>   It was the same with the 'Chinese Red' '84 Toyota pickup truck.

I one got pulled over for speeding in the Mustang Convertible when we
were on the way back from a movie at midnight.  The cop thought he had
a drunk kid.  When he saw the white hair he calmed down a few notches
and just gave me a warning.  ;-)

Red has been known to attract cops but I don't think it's true
anymore.  As John said, the vast majority of cars are somewhere on the
black-silver line.

On 22/09/2016 18:04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

<snipped>

>    Red is the most likely to be followed by a police car.

http://www.exposedpolice.com/uk-traffic-police-playing-motorway-snooker/

Cheers
-- 
Syd

On 22/09/16 18:04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> krw wrote:
>>
>> I don't have a problem.  Both of mine are ruby red.
>
>
>     Red is the most likely to be followed by a police car.  I couldn't leave my
> house in my red '66 GTO without the local cops following me to the edge of their
> territory. I've had officers tell me that the drivers of red cars were more
> likely to speed, or drive recklessly.

In my experience the worst colours are "orange" and "BMW".

krw wrote:
>
> I don't have a problem.  Both of mine are ruby red.


    Red is the most likely to be followed by a police car.  I couldn't 
leave my house in my red '66 GTO without the local cops following me to 
the edge of their territory. I've had officers tell me that the drivers 
of red cars were more likely to speed, or drive recklessly.

   It was the same with the 'Chinese Red' '84 Toyota pickup truck.


-- 
Never piss off an Engineer!

They don't get mad.

They don't get even.

They go for over unity! ;-)

On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:39:33 -0700 (PDT), Phil Hobbs
<pcdhobbs@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>I agree that Dutchess isn't the same at all. &#4294967295;I've spent a fair amount 
>>>of time in Fishkill back in the day. 
>
>>We spent a fair amount of time in Westchester. &#4294967295;Didn't like it at all. 
>>Too crowded and the taxes are outrageous. &#4294967295;SWMBO was watching a HGTV 
>>show the other day. &#4294967295;They were looking at a $500K house and the taxes 
>>were $24K per year. &#4294967295;Ya' gotta be kidding! 
>
>Well, if you don't like the sticks, you're going to have more people around. 

Not really true.  I live in the "sticks" (small rural city) but there
are 4.5M people within 60-70 miles.  Everything is within easy driving
range (if there is such a thing in any city) but it's far enough away
that we avoid 99% of the problems.

>My property tax rate is about half of what you quote. Still on the high side, but at least it isn't Florida. 

And mine is a quarter of that.

>
>Phil Hobbs