Blue vs White Paint

[diamondkidult]

I have heard a lot of people on YouTube and Tiktok say to get the white paint to help with the heat of the car when it’s left outside in the sun. However, it seems like everyone in my town has a white Tesla so I was thinking about the blue paint. Does anyone know if the blue car gets just as hot as a black or gray car?

 

[AlexP]

I don't think the color of the car makes any difference in how hot it gets inside. I have a white MY in Floria, last weekend was very hot, 97f and the inside of my car was 145f as reported by the Tesla app.

 

[White dragon]

I go with @jhonnycnote, get the color you want. It all gets hot in the summer. I have a black MY that stay outside in FL.

Though,
Invest in a GOOD roof sunshade. That matters.
If you have the wood dash, keep it oiled with a good furniture polish.

Cheers!

Tesla just has a wood effect dash so maybe just use a disinfecting car spray or something like that.

 

[CyberShy]

ALL cars should be white

. . . with a tan interior

And you know those little balls on the end of the antenna to help you find your car?

Every car should have that!

 

[Hurricane4911]

Tesla just has a wood effect dash so maybe just use a disinfecting car spray or something like that.

It's a real, albeit very thin, wood veneer.

 

[rwiegand]

If "Baby Beluga" is your favorite song then definitely go for white.

 

[weiner-bus]

get the blue bro stunning !
Beauty of it is that in sunlight it looks like a deep ocean blue and in cloud or dusk it has a darker hue. 2 tone tbh.


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Looks nice.
I still have the 'Blue Honda Trauma' from back in the 90's where the dark-blue vehicles had clear-coat delamination within the first 3 years. That was just after the 'water-based' conversion of the painting process. I'm sure the chemistry is different, but still, the memory of your (still-under-payments for another 2 years) car starts looking like a refugee from demo-derby brings out feeling of trauma.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

Dark colored cars look really good right after you wash them. The other 364 days of the year they look like crap.

 

[Noflash]

Why not both?

I wouldn't pick the color based on cabin heat. Wife's white car had clear ceramic on the roof and I have a two-piece mesh shield on the blue. I feel the heat more only because I'm taller and my head is closer to the glass.

 

[diamondkidult]

Thank you to everyone who gave answers! I saw both of them in person and I went with the white one.