SanDucerro
Gold Member
So... Bought a new truck in January of this year. It's a 2012 Dodge Ram 3500 Dual Cab Dually 4x4 with the 8 foot bed. LOVE the truck, except for one itsy bitsy detail - it's white.
Now, don't get me wrong - I really like white trucks and mine looks fantastic. However, white also seems to be the preferred restroom color for every horsefly in the county. They absolutely LOVE to drop a load on my clean white truck every chance they get - for that matter, they also love to take a dump when the truck is dirty as well. The smaller Dodge 1500 short and wide that sits next to the big white tour bus isn't getting the same love from our horsefly contingent, but then again the 1500 is red - as is the Ford Edge that sits under the car port. When the wife's dark silver (MGM) Pontiac G8 GT is here it's also ignored. So I'm left with little other choice than to conclude the white color of the big 3500 is attracting the flies.
Since I take pride in having a good looking vehicle, this is a serious issue (well - to me at any rate) - so much so that I'm thinking of trading in the truck just to change colors. Washing often isn't helping (who has time for that), and if I wait any time at all I'm having to compound the black spots off the truck - and that's no small task considering the truck's sheer size. With this in mind, are there any other colors to avoid? It seems the dark colors are ok, but what's everyone experience with say...light silver.
BTW - I don't have this problem "in the city", it's just at the farm where the flies are rather thick...
Now, don't get me wrong - I really like white trucks and mine looks fantastic. However, white also seems to be the preferred restroom color for every horsefly in the county. They absolutely LOVE to drop a load on my clean white truck every chance they get - for that matter, they also love to take a dump when the truck is dirty as well. The smaller Dodge 1500 short and wide that sits next to the big white tour bus isn't getting the same love from our horsefly contingent, but then again the 1500 is red - as is the Ford Edge that sits under the car port. When the wife's dark silver (MGM) Pontiac G8 GT is here it's also ignored. So I'm left with little other choice than to conclude the white color of the big 3500 is attracting the flies.
Since I take pride in having a good looking vehicle, this is a serious issue (well - to me at any rate) - so much so that I'm thinking of trading in the truck just to change colors. Washing often isn't helping (who has time for that), and if I wait any time at all I'm having to compound the black spots off the truck - and that's no small task considering the truck's sheer size. With this in mind, are there any other colors to avoid? It seems the dark colors are ok, but what's everyone experience with say...light silver.
BTW - I don't have this problem "in the city", it's just at the farm where the flies are rather thick...