# Car names that you can drive on

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 14, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533 "2019-06-14T23:52:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533/61 "2019-06-24T09:49:34Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> I assume that A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, and A7 all exist as roads in Great Britain. As well as the M2, M4, and M5. Are there roads that start with R, S, or Q?

All those A-roads and M-roads exist. In addition Audi sell an A1 (the longest road in Britain) and there is the BMW M1 from the late seventies/early eighties. And of course the BMW M3.

No R-roads in the UK but they do have them in the Republic of Ireland.

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533/62 "2019-06-24T10:32:12Z")

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I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a Buick Lacrosse in La Crosse, WI (ok with the space it isn’t spelled EXACTLY the same)

Brian

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533/63 "2019-06-24T15:24:43Z")

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While there’s no [Interstate 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_3) yet, BMW has the i3 ready for when it does get built.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533/64 "2019-06-24T17:49:10Z")

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Some Plymouth/Dodge models:

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[li]Cambridge[/li][li]Plaza[/li][li]Sapporo[/li][li]Aspen[/li][li]Mayfair[/li]  
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Some AMC models:  
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[li]AMC Concord[/li][li]Rambler Palm Beach[/li][li]Fargo trucks[/li][li]Graham Hollywood[/li][/ul]

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533/65 "2019-06-24T18:02:11Z")

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> [@Dead\_Cat](#):
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> All those A-roads and M-roads exist. In addition Audi sell an A1 (the longest road in Britain) and there is the BMW M1 from the late seventies/early eighties. And of course the BMW M3.
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> No R-roads in the UK but they do have them in the Republic of Ireland.

Along those lines, [in Wisconsin county roads are given letter designations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Trunk_Highways_(Wisconsin)), like County Road M, and such. They sometimes use double or triple letter designations. I’m sure there’s a County Road TT somewhere in Wisconsin (because I remember finding TT funny when I was a kid) on which you can drive an Audi TT.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533/66 "2019-06-24T21:36:42Z")

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Looks like it would be a bitch to drive up the steps in front of the Nikola Tesla museum. Best way is to walk in and get his ashes out.

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**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533/67 "2019-06-25T00:59:02Z")

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You could take your [Volkswagen Atlas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Atlas) to [North Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Mountains).

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**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-names-that-you-can-drive-on/835533/68 "2019-06-25T22:13:34Z")

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Outback in the outback, A Marina by the boat dock, and if you extended to motorcycles a Triumph Bonneville at Bonneville (or just take the Pontiac).

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