# 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:** 112
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2224 "2018-08-29T02:12:18Z")
Today: A Bentley Bentayga SUV. I’m pretty sure I only imagined the neon “Fuck You” flashing across the back. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2225 "2018-08-31T19:08:57Z")
I saw a blue [Hot Wheels Camaro](https://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-life/hot-wheels-edition) on the back of an auto carrier-looked nice. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2226 "2018-09-01T01:52:12Z")
A 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner Superbird in bright yellow. Yowza! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2227 "2018-09-01T03:03:46Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > I just got back from Car Week in Monterey, not sure I can boil it down to one specific car. Maybe a Porsche 917 in Gulf livery or Andretti’s Lotus 77 in the John Player Special colors. The McLaren F1 GTR that Mika Häkkinen was driving? > > We saw so many recent model McLaren’s that I wondered if it was embarrassing for the owners. Not so special when there’s a couple dozen similar cars in the lot. They way outnumbered the Lamborghinis and Ferraris out and out. There’s an interesting data point there but I’m not entirely sure what to make of it. > > In terms of cars that I saw that I’d actually keep if I was given one, I saw numerous Alfa GTA/GTVs that I’d like, and a handful of series 1 Jaguar E-Types. And a Lotus Cortina. A field full of BMW CSL 3.0s. And a brand new BMW M2 that had me considering leasing, against my better judgement. The 917 would get my vote for sure. Come to Laguna Seca for Rennsport at the end of September. Porsches galore. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2228 "2018-09-01T03:27:54Z")
Yesterday at Pillar Point Harbor, a really clean-looking [1969 Ford Country Squire](https://photos.app.goo.gl/WfX1s7wYJeF1N5qB9). Back in the day it must have been a great road trip vehicle. At Fat Willy’s Antiques in Pacifc Grove today, a [1917 Buick D-45 Touring](https://photos.app.goo.gl/iFZsKGDnMzK78xLV6). Only $29,500, a real fixer-upper! ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2229 "2018-09-01T03:39:47Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > The 917 would get my vote for sure. Come to Laguna Seca for Rennsport at the end of September. Porsches galore. Good chance I’ll be there. It’s only a three hour trip and I have family in the area so there’s a free place to stay. Most interesting car I saw today? If Facebook counts, a friend just had a truckload of cars delivered that he purchased at auction in Monterey last week. I’d go for the medium blue series 1.5 E-Type convertible out of the lot. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2230 "2018-09-01T14:35:58Z")
Went to the museum, where they are running a display of (mostly) rare 1930s cars. There was a 1937 Delahaye convertible, a 1938 Talbot Lago teardrop coupe, a 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt hardtop convertible, a 1938 Graham “Shark Nose”, and my personal dream car, a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr. Drool. ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2231 "2018-09-04T03:32:56Z")
I saw a [96 year old car](https://s33.postimg.cc/4tksvz0sf/IMG_20180903_193455.jpg) on the road today. Terrible pic, but I was driving and didn’t want to mess with the phone for more than a few seconds. Vintage plates are legal in MA if the plates were issued in the vehicle’s year of manufacture. This car had 1922 plates. I think it was a [Willys Overland](http://wokr.org/gallery/O_101.htm). It had no roof, no windshield, no seat belts, no doors, no fenders, no turn signals, no brake lights, and seemingly no suspension. The driver was using bicycle hand signals. It was surprisingly quick off the line, though it couldn’t have weighed very much. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2232 "2018-09-04T20:09:02Z")
Walked thru a [Mustang show](http://granitestategrandnat.com/) on Sun; about 300 of 'em. This morning I saw a Studebaker Champ. I don’t think I knew they made a pick-up truck; but then they stopped making it before I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2233 "2018-09-04T21:02:05Z")
> [@goldmund](#): > > I saw a [96 year old car](https://s33.postimg.cc/4tksvz0sf/IMG_20180903_193455.jpg) on the road today. Terrible pic, but I was driving and didn’t want to mess with the phone for more than a few seconds. Vintage plates are legal in MA if the plates were issued in the vehicle’s year of manufacture. This car had 1922 plates. > > I think it was a [Willys Overland](http://wokr.org/gallery/O_101.htm). It had no roof, no windshield, no seat belts, no doors, no fenders, no turn signals, no brake lights, and seemingly no suspension. The driver was using bicycle hand signals. It was surprisingly quick off the line, though it couldn’t have weighed very much. That’s too cool! ---
**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:** [September 5, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2234 "2018-09-05T01:47:07Z")
A 1971 Datsun 240Z, looks like a daily driver in summer. ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2235 "2018-09-05T02:48:01Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A 1971 Datsun 240Z, looks like a daily driver in summer. 24 ouncers. That’s what we called them. A great car and I would love to have another. ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2236 "2018-09-05T02:50:41Z")
What I saw today were not cars, but horse trailers, several of them, all big, all heading east to Ontario and Maine. The RCMP Musical Ride. Catch it if you can. [http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/even/en/t/2/e](http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/even/en/t/2/e) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2237 "2018-09-05T03:03:05Z")
Yesterday on the 101, another clean Chevy station wagon, a [1962(?) Nova](https://photos.app.goo.gl/zFjLh5ZL525YbZfUA) ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2238 "2018-09-05T03:14:22Z")
1932 Mercedes Benz Roadster. Probably a replica. It was keeping up with traffic nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2239 "2018-09-06T09:23:09Z")
A 1979 Mercury Colony Park station wagon, a full size station wagon so popular and common before the minivan craze of the 1980s. Maybe not that interesting, but our family had a full sized station wagon, a 1967 Buick Sport Wagon, as did many other families. Full sized V-8 station wagons were all over the roads back then. And this 1979 Mercury Colony Park station wagon, compared to the other cars near it on the freeway, it looked HUUUUUUUGE! ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2240 "2018-09-06T23:49:54Z")
A C1 Corvette, not sure which year but by the body styling I think it was a 1958-60. Red, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2241 "2018-09-07T02:29:29Z")
I saw a nice restored (red) [Volvo P1800](https://dl4aex02brqj5.cloudfront.net/prod/media/ab9/9f9/2a0/ab99f92a06a7f7b64501e36439e368902915f4ca.png) today. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2242 "2018-09-07T05:15:21Z")
I’m seeing Teslas more and more often and I’ve even been seeing Maseratis from time to time. I think the last ‘interesting’ car I saw was a a Mclaren few months ago. I remember a few years back, seeing a car and thinking ‘what the hell is that’, as I passed it I could see that it was a Rolls Royce (real one, not a Chyrsler 300). I also see Excaliburs on a borderline regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2243 "2018-09-08T05:06:58Z")
I’ve been seeing a few interesting cars recently, but nothing worth posting about until this week. Saw a Chevrolet SSR and a Plymouth Prowler on consecutive days, in the same part of town. I don’t think I’ve seen either one of those in the wild, before. But this week, a [Nissan Figaro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Figaro); a deliberately retro design that was only sold for one year, and only in Japan. How it wound up 27 years later in Waltham, MA I have no idea. I had no idea what it was; would have guessed a small Italian make from the '60s, but it was right-hand-drive. > [@carnut](#): > > The 917 would get my vote for sure. Come to Laguna Seca for Rennsport at the end of September. Porsches galore. I went to a Porsche motorsport reunion at Lime Rock at least 10 years ago. Saw cars there I’d only ever heard of; I think there were five 917Ks, including their first Le Mans winner. I don’t remember a 936, which is about the only Porsche I haven’t seen. > [@Telemark](#): > > It was a 4 wheeler, the body was sort of bathtub shaped but tapered front and rear. My guess would have been 30’s race car but I really have no idea. There was a Ducati badge on the grill, other than that no markings that I could see. Are you sure it said Ducati and not Bugatti? 30s race car is a pretty good description of old Bugattis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=113)