Explain to me...

[czechchick5]

Why are all Vanagons white?!

I'm looking to buy one and all I see is white and a couple blue or gold ones. Doesn't seem a very unique color when that's all I see whenever there's one on the freeway or street.


Do you all really like white that much?

[Rhinoculips]

They say white vehicles stay cooler on the inside. A beni when camping. What I would like to see is some actual tests of these claims.
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[PDXWesty]

Maybe you are thinking of Eurovan campers? They are mostly all white.
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[Sir Sam]

[0to60in6min]

white?

to solve color blind problem?

I personally hate the ugly orangish color...

[wavanagon]

[ewalt98]

Two tone Brown and Tan here;
Don't see many with this color scheme anymore, they probably get junked or repainted!
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[Dogpilot]

Well somebody fell asleep in Physics. I would most likely have fell asleep as well, if it was not for that girl with the fabulous legs that sat across the isle. Blackbody theory of radiation was the key. Lighter colors, like white reflect the light, white being across the wavelength of our visible spectrum. Black is absorbing all the wavelengths of our visible spectrum. So if your absorbing all that energy, it gets turned into something, well heat. In fact the black car would be re-radiating the light as IR spectrum. Unfortunately, metal being a good conductor, it is radiating the heat inside your car as well as out.

Well, you might say that a silver car would be superior! No so fast, it turns out that the carrier paint that holds the metallic silver is typically black. So the best would be a chrome car, burnished to a bright sheen. You kind of see this practical application a lot. Police cars, the "Black & Whites," used to be all black, but then some clever police guy or gal decided it might be more comfortable in the pre AC days to have the center cab white to keep the officers cool, whilst awaiting speeders in the side of the road. Conversely, police cars and most service vehicles in Alaska have black hoods to warm the engine and help keep the hood free of snow from the pathetic solar radiation available and re-radiate the heat of the engine.
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[Wildthings]

[randywebb]

long wave radiation is unaffected by the color of the paint (it's all black in the infrared)

metallic flakes in the paint, like a polished metal surface, WILL make a difference in the emissivity - until is gets tarnished


you guys may want to take a look at a thread I just posted on here

Bottom line = paint color is not that important

2nd - you need to think about the wavelength of the radiation involved

[cats_r_cute]

the original post is funny. YES WE ALL ONLY RIDE WHITE VANAGONS.

[S4VAGE]

Its the best... ney, ONLY color for appliances.

I can only dream that I could be so lucky as to have white. I was blessed with Savanna beige. We call her Ginger. She was an adult film star in the 80's, but now she is just a fat tired old van.

Cheers.

[240Gordy]

like I posted in the other thread, get a thermometer and go around checking the temps of various coloured panels in the sun. or put your hand near them. Yup, the dark coloured panels (and glass) are going to feel a lot warmer.
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[czechchick5]

haha Alright, not EVERYONES is white. But if you look around southern California the majority is white. It just seems boring, even if it is cooler. Throw a big decal on it or something.

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