# 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:** 133
**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 13, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2645 "2019-06-13T01:55:19Z")
A pair of British icons, once again being transported on flatbeds (at separate times and going in different directions): a white Rolls-Royce Ghost and a long-wheelbase Land Rover Defender. ---
**Author:** ![neutro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@neutro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutro)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2646 "2019-06-13T03:04:07Z")
Went on a drive today with a McLaren Senna. We had quite a few cars including my 812, a 488 spyder, 458 speciale, porsche gt3 and more. ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2647 "2019-06-13T16:11:26Z")
A 1982 Datsun 200SX. For purposes of this thread I really appreciate when people with old cars put the model year on their personalized plates, because once again I only knew it was an '82 because the license plate said “82 DTSN”. ---
**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 15, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2648 "2019-06-15T18:33:36Z")
I forgot to post it yesterday – a dune buggy. I don’t know enough about them to say who made the body, but it definitely sounded like it started out life as a VW Beetle. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2649 "2019-06-15T19:19:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s really, really mundane, but it was interesting to me just to find out how much it cost. > > I took the Prius to the Seattle dealership today to have some sounds checked out. While I was waiting for the shuttle driver to take me to work, I looked at a Camry. It was all black, black wheels, black badges, etc. It had paddle shifters on the steering wheel. It looked very nice inside. Actually, it looked nice on the outside too. I looked at the sticker, and it was about $27,500. With a couple of rebates, it was about $24,500. I would have guessed over $30,000. But then, the last time I bought a new car was when I bought my Cherokee in 1999. I know that paddle shifters are becoming common on higher end sports cars, but I could not believe that a Camry had paddle shifters, so I looked it up and sure enough, it’s true. The same search also yielded this [article](https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/07/drivers-almost-never-use-paddle-shifters-paddle-shifters-everywhere/) claiming that despite the increasing presence of paddle shifters, most drivers rarely actually use them. I never liked the things myself, mostly because the whole appeal of a manual transmission to me is that it’s physical, mechanical control over the car. Your hands and feet are literally a physical component of the car’s operation. It’s not just that you’re changing gears by hand, you’re also regulating the friction of the clutch with a mechanical lever (pedal) that provides physical feedback. I mean, if someone wanted to give me a free Ferrari tomorrow that had paddle shifters, I wouldn’t turn it down - but it’s not a feature that I’d actively choose. ---
**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 15, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2650 "2019-06-15T19:56:08Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > I never liked the things myself, mostly because the whole appeal of a manual transmission to me is that it’s physical, mechanical control over the car. Your hands and feet are literally a physical component of the car’s operation. It’s not just that you’re changing gears by hand, you’re also regulating the friction of the clutch with a mechanical lever (pedal) that provides physical feedback. I mean, if someone wanted to give me a free Ferrari tomorrow that had paddle shifters, I wouldn’t turn it down - but it’s not a feature that I’d actively choose. We’re going out in the MGB shortly. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 15, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2651 "2019-06-15T20:33:03Z")
Note to Bay Area car enthusiasts: next Saturday 6/22 is “Woodies on The Wharf” in Santa Cruz. There are supposed to be something like 200 “wood-bodied cars”. Should be pretty cool. ---
**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 15, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2652 "2019-06-15T22:46:00Z")
While driving the MGB back from a new seafood restaurant, we saw a Ford Model-something and a burgundy MG Midget. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2653 "2019-06-15T23:47:31Z")
Saw a late 60s [Datsun 2000](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=datsun+sports+car+convertible&chips=q:datsun+sports+car+convertible,online_chips:datsun+2000&usg=AI4_-kTHIrDs4mKE_pIBeAk7TaeULcSbKQ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8xe_N1eziAhWBv54KHdeiA1EQ4lYIMCgF&biw=1920&bih=969&dpr=1) convertible. Also saw a couple of 1930s vintage coupes that had been souped up and restored. ---
**Author:** ![neutro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@neutro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2654 "2019-06-15T23:49:35Z")
Saw a LaFerrari today at the exotics@RTC show in Redmond. That was probably the coolest car there, although there were plenty of others. ---
**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 16, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2655 "2019-06-16T04:14:59Z")
A 1972 Dodge Dart sedan, base model, light metallic blue, bone stock. The quintessential generic car of the period; I have a weird affection for those late '60s-early '70s squaremobiles. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2656 "2019-06-16T15:58:00Z")
Walking through the parking lot this morning, I saw my boss’s boss has a new Haval H-6 with the deepest tinted windows I have ever seen. [Here](https://auto.ironhorse.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/H6-Coupe.jpg) is an older model. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2657 "2019-06-16T18:13:35Z")
I saw a Bandit Trans Am yesterday. Looked showroom new. T tops were off and the only thing that didn’t match was the driver wasn’t Burt Reynolds. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2658 "2019-06-17T00:33:04Z")
Walking through the parking lot towards Tim Hortons on Dundas St E in Belleville, Ontario, I saw a white mid-1980s 5-litre Ford Mustang convertible. More evidence that Belleville is at least partially a time portal to the 1980s… ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2659 "2019-06-17T10:47:28Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > More evidence that Belleville is at least partially a time portal to the 1980s… But the 80s didn’t get to Canada until around 1993… \*Robin Sparkles reference ---
**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 17, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2660 "2019-06-17T12:36:51Z")
A '57 Chevy Bel Air, filling up with gas at a NH rest area, in green and white which I think are the best looking colors for that car. Absolutely gorgeous. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2661 "2019-06-17T12:54:02Z")
Yesterday my wife and I were in Hermann, MO for a little getaway. Hermann is a tiny town surrounded by wineries and (currently) flood waters. Parked in front of one of the slightly dilapidated shops was a new Bentley Continental convertible. I’ve seen a couple Bentleys in the past few months. They look really heavy and lumbering to me. I know they have lots of power and the Continental GT is quick. They still look like bricks to me ---
**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:** [June 17, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2662 "2019-06-17T12:54:10Z")
Finally got to meet the property owner/landlord next to her house. (He owns the house & two-car detached garage but rents it to others.) I knew there was a Lambo in the garage; now I got to see that it’s an orange Gallardo Spyder, with matching orange powder-coated rims. Unfortunately, I got to see it as he was putting it back after driving, but I was promised a ride in some future weekend. He also has a Maserati Gran Turismo that’s more of an everyday driver that was in the other bay. ---
**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 17, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2663 "2019-06-17T15:43:09Z")
On this morning’s commute I saw either a Sunbeam Alpine or Tiger. I don’t know of any way to distinguish the two visually without looking at the badges. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2664 "2019-06-18T02:52:04Z")
In my hometown I have occasionally noticed a Chevy with what I thought was optional fastback rear glass. It is a Monte Carlo Aero Coupe…one of only 200 made. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nWD-_j66JkM/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nWD-_j66JkM/maxresdefault.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=134)