I'm with George. We've camped in very similar circumstances in Pastel White, Wolfram Grey and Bordeaux Red vans and the White wins hands down! The solar collecting ability of the dark roof on the Bordeaux Red one chased us out of the upper bunk at daybreak on Labour day weekend - no fun... Jake On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 7:19 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote: > >> What's wrong with Orly Blue? It's one of my favorites! << > > Awfully dark for a camper drivin' across country in the summertime. > I'm just sayin'...different strokes for different folks. > > Mine's Dove Blue Metallic, nice looking, dark enough. We drove > through Missouri one day in July a few years back with air temps > around a hundred. AC barely kept up, and the temp gauge sat at 3/4 up > the scale the whole time. > > Benny's Tornado Red Westy is a beauty, but he painted the top white, > which makes a lotta sense to me. > > George/ATL >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie' Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 |
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