Originally Posted by tnsig

The thread about 'what color TCH you have' got me to thinking. Does a light colored car get better gas mileage, compared to a dark colored car, during the summer because it doesn't take as long to cool the car off and it's less difficult to keep the car cooled?

If so I wonder what kind of mileage difference we are talking about 1-2 MPG maybe?

I currently own a dark blue car with darker interior and a white car with light interior. I can tell you during the summer time the interior of the darker car is much hotter. I just don't know if cooling a darker car translates into a significant loss in MPG...