Anybody got pics of the 150 series prado in charcoal with arb delux bar?
Submitted: Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 14:02
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Benjardamin
Hi all,
Just got approval to order a charcoal prado from the "department of ear and finance" and am keen on the arb delux colour coded bullbar.
If anybody has any pics with this combo it would be greatly appreciated.
Reply By: Kimba10 - Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 14:27
Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 14:27
Try pradopoint.com, more luck there i would reckon............
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Reply By: Ross M - Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 16:33
Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 16:33
Are you going to travel up north in it or use it on hot days? cos the charcoal colur is HOT, some even want Black for some unfathomable reason.
Everyday driving.
Charcoal, hard to see coming out of shadows on road, blends in with road surface colour, hard to see in fog/mist and can blend in with the colour of heavy vehicles so the other road users can't see you as
well. In twilight conditions people will begin to see your park lights before they see the vehcile and that is too close at 100kmh for you and the oncoming also at 100kmh.
Sorry, but I think looks are not the most important item to consider having taught traffic safety and worked part time for a wrecker with lots of dark cars in the yard.
Just an observation with dark cars.
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Member, SunCoast) - Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 17:27
Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 17:27
Quite frankly, I am surprised that the insurance companies don't charge a higher premium for cars with hard-to-see colours.
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Follow Up By: olcoolone - Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 08:12
Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 08:12
Not forgetting drivers over 60 and once or twice a year caravanner!
We have a charcoal coloured 4x4 but we always travel with our lights on..... It doesn't have to be a dark vehicle not to see it, we do a lot of interstate driving and the difference with lights on and off for any coloured vehicle is amazing.
But yes dark vehicles are harder to see.
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Member, SunCoast) - Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 08:44
Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 08:44
If drivers over 60 are an insurance problem, how come the insurance companies charge a premium for drivers under 25?
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 22:55
Friday, Mar 23, 2012 at 22:55
Charcoal is not a 150series colour - maybe ebony or graphite?.
Browse though the carsales.com.au pages:
here's a Sahara bar followed by a deluxe bar:
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Follow Up By: Benjardamin - Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 08:42
Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 08:42
Thanks Phil,
I will
check out carsales and it was the graphite colour that I am after.
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Follow Up By: lori - Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 13:15
Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 13:15
We have a Graphite 150 with colour coded ARB delux bar..... see if I can figure out how to post photos....
Anyway we like our car and dont find the heat to be any more of an issue than it is in my silver territory.
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Follow Up By: lori - Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 13:16
Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 13:16
Oops, just went to take a photo of it and realised my Hubby took it to the races, sorry.
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