# 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:** 123
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2444 "2019-02-13T14:31:49Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I spotted an Eagle Summit this afternoon. Kind of a hatchback, not quite a minivan in red. > > (Honda City) > > With the fender mounted mirrors? Yep, and RHD to boot. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2445 "2019-02-16T00:38:58Z")
I live in Iowa, and this afternoon, I was at a gas station and a fire truck pulled in - decorated with a Canadian flag and “ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO” painted on both sides. 😕 I saw the driver filling it up and asked what the deal was, and he pointed at a small sign in the window advertising a company in Nebraska that he said built the truck, and he was delivering it. That was cool. My dad is a retired FF, and I’ll have to tell him about it. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2446 "2019-02-16T02:01:50Z")
The tumbledown gas station/repair shop up the street from me always has a collection of derelict vehicles around it. Yesterday I saw an old Land Rover of some kind. I don’t know anything about Land Rovers, but after skimming Wikipedia, I guess it was a Series II or III. It was a two-door, painted dull green, and the rear was a fully enclosed hard top (think, an old panel back pickup). It was very spartan, with just two skimpy vinyl seats and and empty cargo area. It was pretty cool! ---
**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:** [February 16, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2447 "2019-02-16T02:48:01Z")
Two convertibles in light metallic blue, with white tops, at separate times today; one a '66 Chevy Impala, that other a '71 or '72 Mustang. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2448 "2019-02-16T19:09:09Z")
A Chrysler “K car”, Plymouth Reliant. Looked to be pretty good shape, paint finish a bit dull though. Was a later version: While as boxy as all K-cars were, the corners were marginally more rounded than the early cars. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2449 "2019-02-17T02:54:04Z")
Went an antique store today to see about selling some of my family treasures that don’t fit modern life. They had a boatload of old Phillips 66 signs and one Gulf sign. If only I still had my own garage instead of a parking space below the condo… ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2451 "2019-02-21T13:42:23Z")
When picking up dinner last night, one of the delivery guys had a [Subaru X-90](https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/only-suzuki-x-90-sale-all-autotrader-265588). That was unexpected. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2452 "2019-02-21T15:49:41Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Went an antique store today to see about selling some of my family treasures that don’t fit modern life. They had a boatload of old Phillips 66 signs and one Gulf sign. If only I still had my own garage instead of a parking space below the condo… Drove past a Getty gas station this morning; don’t know if they’re updating the sign or changing the brand but a worker was standing there holding a red [Getty](https://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/2011/06/23/news/economy/spr_stimulus_oil_prices/getty-gas-cash-credit.jc.top.jpg) sign that came up to his neck. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2453 "2019-02-24T00:32:31Z")
> [@bartleby](#): > > When picking up dinner last night, one of the delivery guys had a [Subaru X-90](https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/only-suzuki-x-90-sale-all-autotrader-265588). That was unexpected. Suzuki, actually. Otherwise, carry on. Mine, today: the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile! Southbound on the Hardy Toll Road in Houston. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2454 "2019-02-28T03:54:17Z")
Hmm, snowplows, brining trucks, tow trucks. No great cars. It might be winter here. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2455 "2019-03-01T20:29:39Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Suzuki, actually. Otherwise, carry on Duh. sorry. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2456 "2019-03-02T02:05:47Z")
On Hiway 9 in Felton today, a 50s [Cadillac Fleetwood Imperial](https://photos.app.goo.gl/ggHgWRiw9dy3SbT89) And right around the corner, [The Mystery Machine](https://photos.app.goo.gl/kTDCHhHHmmgADhAR7)! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2457 "2019-03-02T05:36:27Z")
Nothing special. I think I just noticed an Oley hatchback for the first time. Such a nondescript car. You want to use it as a getaway vehicle. [Linky](http://chinaautoweb.com/car-models/faw-oley-hatchback/) ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2458 "2019-03-02T12:59:43Z")
A pickup I thought was a Dodge Ram was actually a Sterling Bullet. > **[What Was The Sterling Bullet?](https://blog.consumerguide.com/what-was-the-sterling-bullet/)** > > Between 2007 and 2009, commercial-truck manufacturer Sterling sold a rebadged Dodge Ram chassis cab as the Bullet. That, in a nutshell, answers the question: What was the Sterling Bullet? But the s… Powered by a Banks Turbo Hemi. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2459 "2019-03-03T01:45:04Z")
A rather decrepit Datsun 260Z. Had some shiny chrome pipes coming out the back, though. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2460 "2019-03-03T15:23:55Z")
Drove past a guy working on a Chevy Nomad (yes, a real two door Nomad) in his driveway. It was beautiful light blue on the bottom and white on the top. If I didn’t have to be somewhere I would have loved to turn around and chat with him. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2461 "2019-03-03T17:55:37Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Drove past a guy working on a Chevy Nomad (yes, a real two door Nomad) in his driveway. It was beautiful light blue on the bottom and white on the top. If I didn’t have to be somewhere I would have loved to turn around and chat with him. There’s a red one parked a few blocks away from me. Been there for years and looks roadworthy. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2462 "2019-03-03T19:10:38Z")
1971 Red Buick Skylark convertable. White interior. Had factory “mags” and looked great all the way around. Too bad it wasn’t a GS though… ---
**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:** [March 5, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2463 "2019-03-05T04:08:34Z")
A Cadillac Escalade towing a crappy, broken down old trailer loaded with scrap. Guess hauling junk pays better than I thought. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2464 "2019-03-05T05:20:26Z")
Chicago. Midnight. Dumb, and dumber. I did a double-take when I passed a[Mutt-Cutts van](https://hottytoddy.com/2018/04/27/graduate-hotel-brings-dumb-dumbers-mutt-cutts-van-to-double-decker/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=124)