# 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:** 114
**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 17, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2264 "2018-09-17T12:51:10Z")
Speaking of broken down on the side of the road, yesterday afternoon I spotted an AC Cobra stopped on the shoulder of the interstate. The owner/driver looked concerned, and I’m guessing he was having problems. Then, a few miles later on the same interstate there was an International Scout, circa 1963 or thereabouts. It was moving, not stopped. ---
**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, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2265 "2018-09-17T14:12:01Z")
This one was moving under its own power. 🙂 An original K5 Chevy Blazer (69-72) with the top off. People are definitely taking advantage of the warmer weather and driving their summer cars. ---
**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 17, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2266 "2018-09-17T14:31:41Z")
The first real, live McLaren I’ve ever seen in the wild! ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2267 "2018-09-18T08:07:24Z")
In Groveland, CA, I saw an old Willy’s pickup truck at a gas station, and spoke with the owner. It’s a ‘48, in very good condition. He bought it from a man whose father bought it new. It’s still a work truck, the bed full of stuff. ---
**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 18, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2268 "2018-09-18T12:41:18Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > In Groveland, CA, I saw an old Willy’s pickup truck at a gas station, and spoke with the owner. It’s a ‘48, in very good condition. He bought it from a man whose father bought it new. It’s still a work truck, the bed full of stuff. Groveland. Have a beer at the Iron Door Saloon! ---
**Author:** ![scarter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@scarter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarter)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2269 "2018-09-18T20:21:48Z")
I got to watch a buddy of mine replace the windshield in an oldschool Acura NSX a couple days ago. 🙂 [http://www.autoglass-atlanta.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Acura-NSX-Windshield-Replacement-in-Atlanta.jpg](http://www.autoglass-atlanta.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Acura-NSX-Windshield-Replacement-in-Atlanta.jpg) ---
**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 19, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2270 "2018-09-19T16:04:30Z")
Always on the lookout for “interesting” vehicles, I spotted these two recently: [Tito’s Vodka Truck ‘n’ Trailer](https://photos.app.goo.gl/EJgR92S8rAmXkP118) [Golden Python Van](https://photos.app.goo.gl/axiM37GbSuwbxYRs5) ---
**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 21, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2271 "2018-09-21T00:35:03Z")
Porsche 924 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2272 "2018-09-21T03:21:04Z")
My new one! An hour ago I bought a [2001 Honda Insight](https://www.crutchfield.com/S-MsgJCTtcg9h/learn/customcar/showroom/judd_insight.html). One of the first hybrids. Not the most practical… no back seat, can barely wedge a bike in (with its butt hanging out the back), and almost no storage. But it’s quirky! ---
**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 21, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2273 "2018-09-21T03:35:58Z")
Congrats **digs**! ---
**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 21, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2274 "2018-09-21T03:55:02Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Porsche 924 I used to have one of those. But I liked my 911 better. 😉 Speaking of 911s, there was one in the lane next to me today; a new one. White. I don’t know how interesting that is to most people, but 911s seem rarer up here than they did in L.A. And the 911 I used to have was white. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2275 "2018-09-21T04:37:53Z")
A couple of days ago, while waiting for a bus across from the hospital in Belleville, Ontario, I saw what must have been a hundred-year-old Model T or similar car. Skinny bicycle wheels and tires, replica licence plate alongside a regular Ontario plate (not an Ontario “historic vehicle” plate - I understand that those come with all sorts of [restrictions](https://performanceimprovements.com/blogs/news/ontario-historic-vehicle-plate-crackdown)), and chugging merrily along at about 40 km/h. Looking at pics of the Model T, it seems to be a more substantial car than the one I saw. So I don’t know what it was… ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2276 "2018-09-21T17:28:35Z")
Interesting for it’s details. Yesterday I was passed by a red C7 Corvette… with government plates… blasting “Dancing Queen” by ABBA. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2277 "2018-09-22T00:30:18Z")
Had the privilege of spotting a [1958 Ford Edsel Roundup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel_Roundup) in the wild the other day. According to Wiki, there was only 963 Roundups ever made. The one I saw was light yellow with black trim and had its original license plate. It wasn’t mint (the front passenger quarter panel was a slightly darker shade of yellow) but it looked in great shape. The cool thing is that not only was it made in the year I was born but the factory that turned it out was located only a few miles from our house near Detroit. One way or another, we both managed to migrate out to Tacoma, WA. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2278 "2018-09-22T02:20:07Z")
A mid-sixties Ford, maybe a Falcon. A hot rod, engine sounded really beefy, big tires on the back and little skinny ones up front. ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2279 "2018-09-22T05:08:20Z")
Triumph TR6 ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2280 "2018-09-23T08:22:48Z")
> [@digs](#): > > My new one! An hour ago I bought a [2001 Honda Insight](https://www.crutchfield.com/S-MsgJCTtcg9h/learn/customcar/showroom/judd_insight.html). One of the first hybrids. > > Not the most practical… no back seat, can barely wedge a bike in (with its butt hanging out the back), and almost no storage. > > But it’s quirky! Congrats; that’s a very cool car. I wanted one, badly. They possess a rare combination of characteristics: very high mpg, fun to drive, and available with a manual transmission. Unlike most Hondas, they were hand-assembled, alongside the NSX. I started looking for a good used one, but then Wife angrily pointed out that I’d have no car with a back seat, which we occasionally need. She was right, but the 2007 Fit I bought was not nearly as fun. ---
**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 25, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2281 "2018-09-25T07:32:13Z")
Porsche Boxster, but this one was white with its dark brown top up — looking very sharp. ---
**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 25, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2282 "2018-09-25T07:33:52Z")
1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1, black with red striping. Very sharp! ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2283 "2018-09-26T17:12:17Z")
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