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Is thinking of taking White Solid instead of Metallic blue....
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Henrik
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Personal preference likely will be most important however here are some tidbits about white compared metallic blue.

Car might stand out less against the snow but this will be less relevant when there is buildings etc. White shows lines of car more (gap for bonnet etc) which can change car appearance.

White likely cheaper to buy originally and to repair. Less expensive-looking.

Car might be less easy to warm as darker colors attract heat.

Insects more visible if front of car hits. Mud more noticeable. Other materials like pollen or road dust or salt less noticeable. Less bird poop as birds may prefer blue, like the sea, to poop on. Check the appearance of white and blue cars in your area to see what is relevant?

Influencer Kris Rifa drives around Norway and seems to prefer white.

I'd be interested which color and reasoning you end up with or if you choose differently
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More esoterically, and might not be relevant to you, but when I was choosing a colour myself I wanted to know which colours tend to attract tailgaters more. I failed to find any information on this. So checking myself while driving every day I did notice, anecdotally, that shiny clean cars or vivid colours like red and blue or with advertising signage did on SOME occasions seem to attract closer tailgating than expected. I could be completely wrong. Other factors like appearing to be driving slower than flow of traffic or stereotypically slow car models are likely more relevant anyway. I avoid tailgating as I think it is slightly dangerous especially following cars with powerful brakes
More esoterically, and might not be relevant to you, but when I was choosing a colour myself I wanted to know which colours tend to attract tailgaters more. I failed to find any information on this. So checking myself while driving every day I did notice, anecdotally, that shiny clean cars or vivid colours like red and blue or with advertising signage did on SOME occasions seem to attract closer tailgating than expected. I could be completely wrong. Other factors like appearing to be driving slower than flow of traffic or stereotypically slow car models are likely more relevant anyway. I avoid tailgating as I think it is slightly dangerous especially following cars with powerful brakes
Thanx! I did go for blue. But its difficult to choose. I choose dark red for my former car (Nissan leaf 40). And it was almost always dirty-brownish.... not so good.
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