# What's the most interesting car you saw today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889 "2014-05-21T02:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/181 "2014-08-06T18:59:59Z")
A classic red Corvette convertible. I don’t know the exact year, but it had the shark gill slits. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/182 "2014-08-06T19:10:20Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I just saw a pale orange Bricklin parked in front of a plaza at Ritson and Taunton in Oshawa. 🙂 Neat. I’ve been a car geek, on and off, for much of my life, and i’d never even heard of Bricklin. Had to go read up about them. I drove up to Carlsbad, north of San Diego, yesterday for a dip in the ocean. Saw an Audi R8 coupe on the freeway, and a Ferrari 458 Italia on the Pacific Coast Highway. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/183 "2014-08-06T21:06:28Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Neat. I’ve been a car geek, on and off, for much of my life, and i’d never even heard of Bricklin. Had to go read up about them. You think you’re surprised? I had no idea any of them were still on the road! It actually looked pretty good, except for that awkward front bumper design. A little later, I saw it driving away, so I know it was running. Sadly, I didn’t see the driver getting into it, so I didn’t see the (powered gull-wing) door opening. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/184 "2014-08-07T00:06:07Z")
A Triumph TR-3, pretty much identical to [this one](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Triumph_TR3x.jpg). And it was running! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/185 "2014-08-07T14:07:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > A classic red Corvette convertible. I don’t know the exact year, but it had the shark gill slits. Likely a '68 or '69 Mako. A friend stores his Porsches in a warehouse he shares with a Porsche mechanic. Saw this [Speedster](https://dumpyourphoto.com/photo/hmCXjigwBY) in there last weekend. Darn nice little car. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/186 "2014-08-08T14:26:29Z")
Got passed by a cherry early mid 70s 735i with custom wheels and that really sharp looking sandy gold paint that only looks good on German cars for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/187 "2014-08-08T23:50:45Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > A [De Tomaso](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Tomaso)? That’s not it, unfortunately. It’s been kind of bugging me. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/188 "2014-08-09T00:51:53Z")
[Ferrari California.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0107_zps32ecbb1f.jpg) It’s growing on me day by day. I keep a couple of cars in a nearby warehouse, and we have a new tenant. A friend of mine let me and my son play with his [360 Modena](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0110_zps262ea587.jpg) for a bit today, and I [played](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0125_zpsbe69fa3a.jpg)[with](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0132_zps5ee5fe15.jpg)the [California](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0117_zps1ba4d356.jpg)while they [rode around.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0116_zps7b304c3d.jpg) Plus a [couple](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0100_zps1b9eaf70.jpg)of [things](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0103_zps8be4cd47.jpg)you don’t see [often](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0120_zps2b46935e.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/189 "2014-08-09T01:35:54Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > [Ferrari California.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0107_zps32ecbb1f.jpg) It’s growing on me day by day. > > I keep a couple of cars in a nearby warehouse, and we have a new tenant. > > A friend of mine let me and my son play with his [360 Modena](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0110_zps262ea587.jpg) for a bit today, and I [played](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0125_zpsbe69fa3a.jpg)[with](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0132_zps5ee5fe15.jpg)the [California](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0117_zps1ba4d356.jpg)while they [rode around.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0116_zps7b304c3d.jpg) > > Plus a [couple](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0100_zps1b9eaf70.jpg)of [things](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0103_zps8be4cd47.jpg)you don’t see [often](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/IMG_0120_zps2b46935e.jpg). Will you adopt me? I want to be your son. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/190 "2014-08-09T02:10:10Z")
Of course, it is summer here, and all the classic cars have come out to play, but I have been seeing some unusual ones. Yesterday I saw a classic VW beetle. Grey. The unusual part was that it had the split small rear window. It must have been an early one–I’ve never seen one like that; just read about them. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/191 "2014-08-09T03:18:15Z")
I saw one with an Alaska license plate. I’m in NJ. That was one serious out of state license plate! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/192 "2014-08-09T06:46:27Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Do you live in PSXer’s neighborhood? Saw that '71 BMW sailing down the road at near 100 mph tonight. Well, at least the top of the Momo… ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/193 "2014-08-09T13:53:17Z")
I saw the Wienermobile in Nevada > **[Wienermobile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wienermobile)** > > A fleet of motor vehicles shaped like a hot dog on a bun, called "Wienermobile", are used to promote and advertise Oscar Mayer products in the United States. The first Wienermobile was created by Oscar Mayer's nephew, Carl G. Mayer, in 1936. > The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has evolved from Carl Mayer's original 1936 vehicle to the vehicles seen on the road today. Although that first Wienermobile was scrapped for metal in the 1940s to aid the US Army during World War II, in the 1950s Oscar Mayer and... ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/194 "2014-08-09T14:32:16Z")
An early-80’s Chevy Citation that was actually still running! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/195 "2014-08-09T16:34:44Z")
a [1978 Chevy Chevette](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/14682037707/), with antique plates, door magnets & a grill badge from AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America). That car was laughable when it was _new_, it was pretty amazing to see one (in good shape) 36 years later. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/196 "2014-08-09T18:44:59Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > a [1978 Chevy Chevette](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/14682037707/), with antique plates, door magnets & a grill badge from AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America). > That car was laughable when it was _new_, it was pretty amazing to see one (in good shape) 36 years later. The Dominos Pizza I worked at had it’s own delivery vehicles (logoed out, of course) and one was a Chevette Diesel. We kids jokingly called it “the turbo” because it was hilariously slow. It was the only company car with a stereo (8 track, baby!). ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/197 "2014-08-09T19:21:37Z")
I live about half mile from Woodward, and it’s only a week till the dream cruise, So getting anywhere right now is a frustrating jam of somewhat interesting cars. The most interesting I saw while going to the next block to buy smokes was a split-window 'Vette. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/198 "2014-08-10T01:11:24Z")
Three cars I saw on my walk to the store and back this afternoon: [1940s Hudson, a 1966 Malibu convertible, and an Aston Martin Vantage](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LZioRoU12Us/U-bEvHgLvCI/AAAAAAAA2WU/T2N-xAJjaZg/s720/Aug%202014%20Misc.jpg). Which is the most interesting? You decide. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/199 "2014-08-10T01:23:36Z")
Chevettes are antiques now? :: sob :: I learned to drive in one (and the instructor’s Jeep), and I drove my mom’s Chevette all over the place. Today at the corner of Lansdowne and Ashburnham in Peterborough, I saw some kind of early-1970s Citroën. Mint-green, with that cool retro-futuristic look they had. I want to say that it was a [Citroën SM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_SM#Styling). but I am not certain. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/200 "2014-08-10T19:11:56Z")
This morning at the somewhat misnamed Supercar Sunday I saw the 1967 Triumph Herald Estate that was pictured on the Beatles Abbey Road album cover. The car is now owned by Jeff Dunham and has as they say a nice pantina. I had a 1967 Spitfire (same chassis sports car body) so this was very familiar stuff to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=11)