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Old 05-17-2008, 05:08 PM
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I thought you guys might find this of interest, or at least good for a laugh. I know this data to be absolutely accurate, as just the other day I was thinking to myself, "I definitely feel 1.2% more confident than average driving a Titanium Silver car."

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/artic...out-Your-Psyche
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hmmmmmmmmmm. I'm average and driving a big tampon ................... okay !
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Whatever...

someone has too much time on their hands
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hahah...BS!
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Quote: "...And black cars, supposedly a sign of power and elegance, are driven by the most downbeat drivers of all",

"People whose car is: Black Have confidence that is: 14.6% below average"

I'm definitely changing mine to EMERALD GREEN
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Originally Posted by jbsapphire' post='582915' date='May 18 2008, 05:53 AM
Quote: "...And black cars, supposedly a sign of power and elegance, are driven by the most downbeat drivers of all",

"People whose car is: Black Have confidence that is: 14.6% below average"
That's the advantage of carbon black which is... blue, or black, or blue, or...
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='582833' date='May 18 2008, 05:08 AM
I thought you guys might find this of interest, or at least good for a laugh. I know this data to be absolutely accurate, as just the other day I was thinking to myself, "I definitely feel 1.2% more confident than average driving a Titanium Silver car."

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/artic...out-Your-Psyche
This is BS
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Originally Posted by Etienne' post='583119' date='May 18 2008, 08:18 AM
That's the advantage of carbon black which is... blue, or black, or blue, or...
Purple!
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Is this supposed to be an incentive from the author to drive 'greener' cars?
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Originally Posted by wees75' post='583122' date='May 18 2008, 10:42 AM
This is BS
You just proved the study correct. By driving a black car and being so downbeat about the study, your confidence must be at least 14.6% below average.


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