# 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:** 113
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2244 "2018-09-08T20:45:50Z")
A 1934 MG K3 - supercharged to boot. ---
**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 8, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2245 "2018-09-08T20:54:39Z")
A Bentley convertible. Full of toffee-nosed gits, no doubt. ---
**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 8, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2246 "2018-09-08T22:46:19Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Are you sure it said Ducati and not Bugatti? 30s race car is a pretty good description of old Bugattis. Yup, I think that’s it. My wife read the badge as we passed and I’m guessing she got them mixed up. It appears to be a 1925 type 35 or something similar. The bathtub shape is dead on, the wheels I’ve found online aren’t an exact match but close enough. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2247 "2018-09-09T01:03:55Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Yup, I think that’s it. My wife read the badge as we passed and I’m guessing she got them mixed up. It appears to be a 1925 type 35 or something similar. The bathtub shape is dead on, the wheels I’ve found online aren’t an exact match but close enough. Odds are it was a Pur Sang replica but a very, very cool car. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2016-12-30/driving-a-pur-sang-type-35-bugatti](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2016-12-30/driving-a-pur-sang-type-35-bugatti) ---
**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 9, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2248 "2018-09-09T02:30:38Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Odds are it was a Pur Sang replica but a very, very cool car. I saw that when I searched. I don’t remember the wheels looking quite like that one, but it was at highway speed. That still seems more likely than an original. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2249 "2018-09-09T06:34:39Z")
I have read that those lucky enough to own a real 35c use Pur Sang parts and even swap out their original engine for a repro engine for ‘normal’ driving. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2250 "2018-09-09T22:31:14Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > I have read that those lucky enough to own a real 35c use Pur Sang parts and even swap out their original engine for a repro engine for ‘normal’ driving. I can’t imagine why. If you do that you’re still risking the frame and the rest that make the car valuable while costing yourself a fortune to have everything changed over. It would be easier and cheaper to simply get a reproduction and drive it. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2251 "2018-09-11T02:26:20Z")
A 1959 Impala, with a beautiful repaint job, sitting next to a 1960 Impala with original paint. I needed a drool rag. I talked to the owner of the 1960, who had just last month bought it from the original owner. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2252 "2018-09-11T02:46:41Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > I can’t imagine why. If you do that you’re still risking the frame and the rest that make the car valuable while costing yourself a fortune to have everything changed over. It would be easier and cheaper to simply get a reproduction and drive it. I’m sure a repro engine is a lot less than a full car. Also, a repaired body/frame is not as big a hit on valuation as a non-original engine so preserving the original engine makes sense. IIRC, the Pur Sang cars and parts are made from original blueprints (but probably with better materials/tolerances). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2253 "2018-09-11T05:00:18Z")
You know, I never have had an opportunity to participate in this thread and always felt somewhat cheated. That is, until the last 2 weeks (I kept meaning to come and post, but it just got away from me). Anyway, in last two weeks I have seen: [ol] [li]A Delica. Here’s the[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Delica) (I had to look it up), the one I saw looked like [this one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Delica#/media/File:Mitsubishi_Delica_Star_Wagon_303.JPG). I saw this in a driveway in my neighborhood. [/li][li] A Corvair Truck like [this](https://www.chevymall.com/Chevrolet-1963-Corvair-Spyder-Show-Truck-Art-Poster/productinfo/53219164/). I drove past it on the interstate where somebody was hauling it on a flatbed. It was beautiful and looked pretty pristine. I did not see if was a rampside (or all of them rampside?).[/li][\*] I found out that on of my daughter’s friends father has a unamog, an old one. Very cool.[/ol] ---
**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 12, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2254 "2018-09-12T05:44:40Z")
Alfa Romeo 4C. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2255 "2018-09-12T23:56:46Z")
A Nissan Murano convertible. A crossover convertible. It has none of the sporty performance you would hope for in a convertible, none of the storage from a crossover… but you have to admit they are interesting. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2256 "2018-09-13T00:11:21Z")
A Lexus LC500 coupe. I think it’s the first one I’ve seen on the road. The reviews ding it for being heavy and somewhat cumbersome—more of a grand tourer than a sports car—but it certainly looks the part. ---
**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 13, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2257 "2018-09-13T02:07:36Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > A Nissan Murano convertible. A crossover convertible. It has none of the sporty performance you would hope for in a convertible, none of the storage from a crossover… but you have to admit they are interesting. I go back and forth between really liking and hating those. A big, chunky convertible is just odd. But also awesome. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2258 "2018-09-13T02:26:17Z")
[Mint-condition 1971 Mercury Cougar](https://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/75142/75142_Front_3-4_Web.jpg), similar to the pictured car but in burnt orange. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2259 "2018-09-13T03:59:20Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > A Nissan Murano convertible. A crossover convertible. It has none of the sporty performance you would hope for in a convertible, none of the storage from a crossover… but you have to admit they are interesting. The chunkiness reminds me a little of the New Beetle convertible, which it vaguely resembles and which indeed has many of the same issues. Either one would be a fun second car but not as primary transportation, IMHO. I’ve never driven a Murano but the latest incarnation of the New Beetle is a fun car to drive with sporty handling. ---
**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 14, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2260 "2018-09-14T16:48:33Z")
An Audi R8 Coupe, which I almost mistook for a BMW i8. The V10 badge was a dead giveaway. ---
**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 14, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2261 "2018-09-14T16:50:33Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > A Nissan Murano convertible. A crossover convertible. It has none of the sporty performance you would hope for in a convertible, none of the storage from a crossover… but you have to admit they are interesting. At one point it was the lowest selling model of any car in the US by a major manufacturer. ---
**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 17, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2262 "2018-09-17T01:41:01Z")
I saw a few interesting vehicles driving home today but the top two were a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere and an early 60s Ford Galaxie. Unfortunately the Galaxie was broken down on the side of the road. ---
**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 17, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2263 "2018-09-17T02:03:34Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Unfortunately the Galaxie was broken down on the side of the road. So… **F** ound **O** n **R** oad **D** ead? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=114)