White attracts them too! I went upstate a few weeks ago in my white Miata
and when I got back it was as if I went through the "Valley of Insects"
The government doesn't need pesticides, just brightly painted cars :)
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>
To: "Datsun Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; "Terry and Donna
Cost" <tcost@vvm.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: fastest colors
> On 6/5/2001 "Terry and Donna Cost" <tcost@vvm.com> wrote:
>
> >The fastest roadster I owned was painted in four different colors of
> >primer. Two grays, one white, and one yellowish-orange, all from
> >Tractor Supply (TSC). I called it "Frank". One of my friends has
> >Frank now, and he's painting it a real color with real paint. It will
> >not be as fast.
> >
> >Leisure Suit Terry
>
> Terry,
>
> Primer does feel like it's faster. I drove my daily driver '70 1600
Blondie
> for 1-1/2 years with 3 different shades of red/brown/orange primer. After
> painting it yellow it doesn't feel quite as fast. Maybe it's the bugs
> attracted to the yellow that are slowing it down, quite a few hitch a
ride.
> Before, a bug wouldn't be caught dead on the primer.
>
> Fred - So.SF
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