# 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:** 131
**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:** [June 3, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2605 "2019-06-03T03:45:48Z")
I never did make it to the Ford show, but I saw all kinds of Mustangs and 1960-early ‘70s muscle cars. The two most interesting are the 1969 Torino Super Cobra Jet and a perfectly replicated Starsky and Hutch Gran Torino. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2606 "2019-06-04T09:15:54Z")
Stretching the definition of “car” a bit, a [Ural motorcycle](https://vespaedwardsville.com/Motorcycles-Ural-Motorcycles-M70-2018-Edwardsville-IL-c366361e-6c12-46c7-a660-a8bf00bea31b)with sidecar. Way cool. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2607 "2019-06-05T16:21:27Z")
A late 1940s Studebaker, a 1947 according to the sticker in the rear window. That was their initial more conventional post-war design that predated the “bullet-nose” cars. But it did have their signature wrap-around rear window. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2608 "2019-06-05T22:22:26Z")
Finally saw a Tesla Roadster in person, while driving. ---
**Author:** ![neutro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@neutro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutro)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2609 "2019-06-05T22:35:58Z")
Koenigsegg Jesko has been running around here. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2610 "2019-06-06T03:51:43Z")
> [@neutro](#): > > Koenigsegg Jesko has been running around here. Dayum, I’d like to get a look at that. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2611 "2019-06-06T03:52:33Z")
Dude I see motorized tricycles all over the road now and I don’t even know what to make of it. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2612 "2019-06-06T16:22:18Z")
This morning I saw a beautiful, fully restored, yellow 1957 Thunderbird convertible. I admit I only know the year because the personalized license plate identified it. ---
**Author:** ![neutro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@neutro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutro)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2613 "2019-06-06T17:19:20Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Dayum, I’d like to get a look at that. Not the best video but this is from the tour to my town. They brought them over to Microsoft for the Forza guys to check out. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LpRfkf6LgTE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Brand New Koenigsegg Jesko is Coming to Forza!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpRfkf6LgTE) ---
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2614 "2019-06-07T01:49:38Z")
My minibus today briefly impeded the path of a [McClaren 570S](https://www.motorward.com/wp-content/images/2015/12/Storm-Grey-McLaren-570S-0.jpg), in Storm Grey like the photo. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2615 "2019-06-07T13:08:02Z")
A 1971 Chevy Chevelle SS convertible, cruising down the highway with the top down on a warm Boston morning. However the Suburban with the entire front end smashed in and all the deflated airbags sitting sideways across two lanes of rush hour traffic on 128 was pretty interesting too. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2616 "2019-06-08T03:03:50Z")
[quote=“neutro, post:2613, topic:688889”] Not the best video but this is from the tour to my town. They brought them over to Microsoft for the Forza guys to check out. [/QUOTE] That worked very well for me. Thank you for posting! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2617 "2019-06-08T05:16:13Z")
I was on the lookout for interesting cars today. On my morning commute I saw an orange second generation VW Bus (aka Type 2 if you’re a real VW aficionado). That was somewhat interesting, but they’re not all that uncommon. I was hoping to spot something more interesting on the way home, but I didn’t see anything more interesting than a 1980s VW Cabriolet, although it was in very good shape for a more than 30 year old car. Then I headed out to grab dinner from In-N-Out burger, as has become my Friday routine, and on the way there I finally spotted something really interesting – some sort of Ferrari. I’m not really up on all the latest exotics so I couldn’t tell you what model it was, but I definitely recognized the emblem with the horse rearing up on it’s hind legs, and it looked fairly new. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2618 "2019-06-08T17:18:32Z")
First generation Ford Mustang convertible; not in great shape but looked well loved. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2619 "2019-06-08T21:35:06Z")
I actually saw a first generation Mustang convertible last night on the way to In-N-Out burger as well, but I didn’t mention it in part because the Ferrari was much more interesting, but also because I don’t really old Mustangs all that interesting. They’re not really all that uncommon; I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that they’re the world’s most restored car. They certainly seem to be the most common classic car on the roads in the US. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2620 "2019-06-09T00:49:27Z")
Bright green, surely not original color, but beautifully restored 55 Chevy. With Cragar SS rims. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2621 "2019-06-09T01:00:55Z")
Today on the way home from the vet (see my other thread), I passed an Austin Healey 3000. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2622 "2019-06-09T01:49:21Z")
I took the MGB out for errands today. When I stopped at the intersection at the main road, a blue Triumph TR6 was stopping to my left. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2623 "2019-06-09T01:50:24Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Today on the way home from the vet (see my other thread), I passed an Austin Healey 3000. Today I was passing everybody in the MGB. I don’t think I went as fast as 90. (The speedometer is a bit sketchy.) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2624 "2019-06-09T02:21:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Today I was passing everybody in the MGB. I don’t think I went as fast as 90. (The speedometer is a bit sketchy.) I was in a Miata. Or I guess Mazda’s trying to rebrand it as the MX-5. But anyway, I’ve noticed that when you have a roadster everyone else with a roadster waves at you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=132)