im just saying... ;-)

You know....I HATE those type of comments.
Do not consider what informatino says, if you are not also going to consider what it does not say.

Silver vs white vs black vs green does not make a car safer or not. It is just as likely, or more, that the mentality of people that buy brown cars is generally biased towards driving habits that are involved in the most amount of wrecks. Keep in mind it also says "involved", not "caused". Maybe the people that buy brown cars are more likely to come to a complete stop in the middle of the highway for no reason? Certainly injury criteria...

Connect color to owner choice/mentality first, THEN owner mentality to cause vs involved THEN cause to injury and involved to injury.

I wish someone would get it right once in a while.

in new zealand 98 to 99....
03 was first year of the 8...
the curse we are discussing is NOT silver cars in GENERAL, but SS RX-8s in particular.

Fair enough, cav, but I don't see any statistics bearing out the "curse" specifically, either. That site with RX-8 wrecks has been pointed out as contrary evidence to the curse. I think at one time I even totalled up all the different colors on that site and found no preponderance of silver. But even that cannot be taken as a true statistical sample. Many of the photos are of the same wreck and you have to try and remove the duplicates.

My own experience shows the exact opposite of the curse as well. In the approximately 3 years that I've been paying attention to such stuff, I've known of one silver to be totalled, but in that same time 3 blacks, 3 red, one white, one blue (which blue escapes me), and one yellow. There were more, of course, but I haven't heard of them.

And my own pristine silver- not one single door ding! Taken all together, it tells me that, like giant alligators living in the sewers, there is no silver curse.

The statistics just looked at the colors and numbers and won't tell you anything about the drivers. You can't really infer what it does not say, lol. That is called speculation, not statistics.

It was stated that the color might be tied to the driver's personality but the study didn't specifically address that, so it wouldn't be proper to make such a connection.

Don't be annoyed; conduct your own study and prove them wrong.

If one believes in curses, then they are not going to believe statistics anyway.

I'll post on behalf of the curse. I have wrecked mine twice in the last 2yrs. First the I spun out in the ice and ripped the entire back end off of the car. (1st pic) Then last night I got a coyote at 80mph coming home down the turnpike. I have also had 2 different people back into me in the parking lot. Even though my silver seems prone to damage. I think it is still the best looking color on the 8

ouch.....damn coyotes

THIS. Silver cars (any make and model) are difficult to see because they 'blend in' with the color of road surfaces and are essentially invisible.

Why has this thread magically resurfaced the day after I asked about it's existence...




I think I answered my own question.

Probably because a lot of people are curious like me.
We see a post that piques our interest, and actually search the forum for info.
I do it all the time, but I try not to revive old threads since it seems to annoy some people, even though I don't see the harm in it.

It was probably bumped because I linked it in the thread where it was most recently discussed.

Oh, excuse the %&^*&( out of me for posting. I forgot, this forum is 'post at your own risk'

Calm down, I don't see anyone trying to throw crap at you for bumping it.

Easy killer, I thought it was funny, I wasn't trying to say anything beyond that.

Since we resurrected this thread back to life I will go ahead and add some evidence for the curse I refuse to believe in...

This happened shortly after I first got the car:
http://imageshack.com/scaled/large/571/pjj4.jpg

P.S- Most forums are post at your own risk... This forum is post at your peril...:scatter:

What happened? Rugrat jumped on it?

Long story I don't care to repeat... lets just say it involved a lot of drinking.

Was the phrase, "Hey! Watch this!" uttered?:)

Unfortunately not so light hearted... Also the hood had to be replaced and the front bumper...

Ooh, ok, I think I see where this is going.
Sorry bro.:(

I can't say I believe in the curse, but my only accident I was involved in thus far was a test drive in a silver RX8. I didn't even drive the car for more then 10 min when I was hit. Over 10k in damages, and a 3 hour test drive waiting for cops to show up.

Wow... 10 minutes in the car, 10k damage, and even he doesn't believe...

Anyone else have any pictures of horrific Sunlight casualties?