[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by Hyperaboutmpg

0.5 mpg better fuel economy found with silver compact car with air conditioner in warm climate: Silver and white cars are cooler, says study

I am pretty sure that this has been discussed in another thread. But anyway, I decided not to do any painting in the end. The reason was the realization that once the car is moving the aerodynamic flow of air cools all the cars about equally. My car is black. Parked the roof gets wicked hot. Go for a drive and it cools down pretty fast. I doubt a while roof is a lot cooler when in motion. This means metalized or ceramic dark tint is your better cabin-cooling strategy, and I have already had that for four years (got lifetime warranty).