"Curse of the Silver: The True Story"
12-14-2005, 07:37 AM
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"Curse of the Silver: The True Story"
Enough with all this nonsense about the curse of the silver. Technically, for it to be a curse—a real curse—doesn't there need to be a bit of folklore behind it? Some little-known incident that occured once-upon-a-time, way back when (ok, in 2003) that would explain how the color came to be cursed?
No story? No curse. Thank you.
No story? No curse. Thank you.
12-14-2005, 07:53 AM
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Well there is....it started with the first Silver RX8 being made in Hiroshima plant. The car was pulled off for inspection, that day 2 employees were found missing. Later that week, the vehicle was given to one of the company execs. On his first drive the engine seized and the car was soon totalled by millions of bike riders. When tearing the engine down, they found the two missing employees heads being used as the rotors in the rotor housing. Until this day, those two headless employees see to it that all Silver RX8 drivers fall victim to...
TEH SILVUH KURS3
TEH SILVUH KURS3
12-14-2005, 08:26 AM
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Insanely Yellow
Actually, there is something to the silver curse and accident rates - silver cars are proven by highway studies to be harder to see.
"says the driver of a Lightning Yellow RX-8"
"says the driver of a Lightning Yellow RX-8"
12-14-2005, 08:51 AM
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Does anyone have any objective data - i.e. statistical proof - indicating that the silver cars, generally, or the sunlight silver RX-8, specifically, is/are involved in more collisions than other colors?
If so, please bring it.
(I have a vested interest since my *** rides in a sunlight silver).
If so, please bring it.
(I have a vested interest since my *** rides in a sunlight silver).
12-14-2005, 10:13 AM
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Insanely Yellow
I remember seeing some data published - I think it was in the Chicago Tribune - about how the color of the car affects visibility of the car and the two hardest colors to see in all conditions were silver and Titanium. Black is hard to see at night, but stands out in daytime. And red, surprisingly was not a color that was considered "easy to see". Then they took that to accident rates and showed how it bore out.
I'll have to do some fairly major googling to find this.
I'll have to do some fairly major googling to find this.
12-14-2005, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Three37ny
Technically, for it to be a curse—a real curse—doesn't there need to be a bit of folklore behind it?
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...0&page=1&pp=15
12-15-2005, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by brothervoodoo
Simple.. the curse was laid upon by an irate Voodoo Priest over 2 years ago......
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...0&page=1&pp=15
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...0&page=1&pp=15
Yes....and don't forget those "French Titanium Silver" cars either.
