# 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:** 118
**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:** [November 3, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2344 "2018-11-03T16:51:11Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Thanks! Every time I pass someone now I have this big, stupid grin on my face (Well, no stupider than usual anyway! 😃 ) > > I was in Edmonton this weekend and saw a beautifully restored '59 Corvette convertible in yellow on white. I suspect it’ll be under covers soon as we’re getting snow this week… Ha! Edmonton already got snow because I’ve seen pics. I know Castrol Raceway is done for the season. I wonder if that was a friend’s Corvette. He left it out late. We do that here too. Gotta take advantage of snowless roads when we can. Enjoy it Swampspruce. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2345 "2018-11-03T17:08:33Z")
I got to drive a friend’s Porsche 998. Just wow! It’s a good thing it was just a trip around the neighborhood because I have a lead foot. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2346 "2018-11-05T12:55:26Z")
I found the green electric car from a few days ago. It’s a [CommutaCar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar) version of the Citicar, a 1970’s early EV. I found pictures online of the exact car I spotted (the license plates match) but they won’t post correctly. What an odd little (very little) car. But perfectly at home in my hipster town. ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2347 "2018-11-05T14:34:41Z")
Yesterday afternoon I saw a car that I had never seen before. The grill logo was a lion. I thought it was a Peugeot, which would be incredibly strange since as far as I know, Peugeots are unavailable in the US. After looking it up online, I’m pretty sure it was a Holden Commodore. I don’t know how or why someone shipped a Holden Commodore to rural Alabama, but there it was. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2348 "2018-11-06T03:01:25Z")
A 1973 or so [International Travelall](https://barnfinds.com/huge-hauler-1973-international-travelall/), on a trailer if that makes any difference. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2349 "2018-11-06T15:16:57Z")
An orange Chevy Avalanche with a dealer sticker from Arizona. Also a regular old Foton Supporter. [http://www.imvesa.hn/foton/images/modelos/van-low-roof/galeria/2.jpg](http://www.imvesa.hn/foton/images/modelos/van-low-roof/galeria/2.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2350 "2018-11-06T22:52:37Z")
This probably doesn’t count, as I didn’t actually see it on the road, but rather in the series _The Man in the High Castle_: A beautiful [Kaiser Darrin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Darrin). ---
**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:** [November 7, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2351 "2018-11-07T03:23:30Z")
> [@EscAlaMike](#): > > Yesterday afternoon I saw a car that I had never seen before. The grill logo was a lion. I thought it was a Peugeot, which would be incredibly strange since as far as I know, Peugeots are unavailable in the US. > > After looking it up online, I’m pretty sure it was a Holden Commodore. > > I don’t know how or why someone shipped a Holden Commodore to rural Alabama, but there it was. Peugeot is planning to come back to the U.S. and a couple of recent models have been spotted by a well-versed friend in CA and NV. Who knows? Maybe they are casing the country. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2352 "2018-11-07T04:42:36Z")
> [@EscAlaMike](#): > > Yesterday afternoon I saw a car that I had never seen before. The grill logo was a lion. I thought it was a Peugeot, which would be incredibly strange since as far as I know, Peugeots are unavailable in the US. > > After looking it up online, I’m pretty sure it was a Holden Commodore. > > I don’t know how or why someone shipped a Holden Commodore to rural Alabama, but there it was. Could it have been a Buick Regal with a badge-swap? That’s what the platform is called in the US. A real Commodore would be RHD… A small percentage of drivers like swapping parts to make their cars look European. The Saturn Sky was sometimes re-badged as Vauxhall Lightning, and the Dodge Dart can be redone as a Fiat pretty easily. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2353 "2018-11-07T05:23:36Z")
A Mazda Cosmo ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2354 "2018-11-07T05:25:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > So are MGBs. Well, they’re nearly 13 feet long; but they’re low. I parked between a couple of modern subcompact cars and the MG looked tiny by comparison. Short enough for reduced fare on WA State Ferries. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2355 "2018-11-07T14:18:36Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Short enough for reduced fare on WA State Ferries. Really? I didn’t know that. (But I don’t use the ferries because I don’t know what there is to do on the islands. Might though, if we ever go to the peninsula.) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2356 "2018-11-07T16:41:22Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Really? I didn’t know that. > > (But I don’t use the ferries because I don’t know what there is to do on the islands. Might though, if we ever go to the peninsula.) Anything under 14’ - they measure then you get a little green sticker on the windscreen. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2357 "2018-11-08T02:32:55Z")
An [Avanti II](https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-avanti-avanti/), in white. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2358 "2018-11-08T03:28:42Z")
In Los Gatos, a nice 1958(?) [Ford Ranchero](https://photos.app.goo.gl/3AUH9hfLzWaTpiFy8) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2359 "2018-11-08T03:30:44Z")
I saw a car (don’t as me what model) that was covered all over in random stickers. Everywhere but the lights and windows. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2360 "2018-11-08T03:33:32Z")
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a cream and red 1936 Ford delivery sedan. Managed to get 3 pictures before they drove off. [This album](https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10218440277337031&type=1&l=6bbed0421a) \*should \*be public. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2361 "2018-11-08T03:41:01Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > A couple of weeks ago, I saw a cream and red 1936 Ford delivery sedan. Managed to get 3 pictures before they drove off. [This album](https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10218440277337031&type=1&l=6bbed0421a) \*should \*be public. Well, I already posted about it. Steel-trap memory, that’s me. But this time, pictures! ---
**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:** [November 8, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2362 "2018-11-08T04:06:09Z")
A rare RAV4 — a 1st-gen 3-door soft top convertible. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2363 "2018-11-08T16:27:10Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I found the green electric car from a few days ago. It’s a [CommutaCar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar) version of the Citicar, a 1970’s early EV. I found pictures online of the exact car I spotted (the license plates match) but they won’t post correctly. What an odd little (very little) car. But perfectly at home in my hipster town. There’s a second one, just down the street from the first. Although this one has the battery bumper extensions. I wonder if someone just loves these or needed a parts car? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=119)