# 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:** 158
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3146 "2020-03-01T22:37:58Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I think your Ford is the legendary Retractable, where the whole roof folds itself into the trunk automatically. The giveaway is the joint in the roof about eight inches aft of the front edge. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNp8jmZ3OQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNp8jmZ3OQ) I hadn’t noticed the joint in the roof, but I thought it might be just based on the vanity plate 59POPUP. I assumed “pop up” was probably a reference to the retractable top. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3147 "2020-03-02T03:34:44Z")
2019 Alfa 4C Spyder. It got almost warm today with temps in the upper 40s. Everyone came out to play. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3148 "2020-03-02T04:51:42Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I think your Ford is the legendary Retractable, where the whole roof folds itself into the trunk automatically. The giveaway is the joint in the roof about eight inches aft of the front edge. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNp8jmZ3OQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNp8jmZ3OQ) I remember seeing one at a car show years ago and my dad saying something like “it has about 11,000 moving parts”. He wasn’t a fan 🙂 I saw a McLaren of some kind yesterday. I don’t know those cars well. It looked brand new; wasn’t a convertible; it had a popup rear spoiler. Beyond that, I have no clue as to what model it was. A few weeks ago I saw a good old fashioned dune buggy: rear engine, probably a VW chassis, welded tube cage for a body. The day I saw it was pretty cold and i remember thinking the driver was being silly or overly optimistic. In either case, it was a cool vehicle. I have all new materials for the interior of my Spitfire. I hope to get them installed over the next few weeks and get the paint done shortly after. Can’t wait to take it out this summer! ---
**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, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3149 "2020-03-02T14:57:51Z")
A Karma Revero [https://www.motor1.com/news/383268/karma-revero-gts-debuts/](https://www.motor1.com/news/383268/karma-revero-gts-debuts/) ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3150 "2020-03-02T15:02:26Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > A Karma Revero Ooh, pretty. Last week I saw a Mazda Miata (older model with pop-up headlights) with the top down. In February, in Boston. And it really wasn’t that warm out, probably in the 30’s. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3151 "2020-03-03T18:32:23Z")
A beautifully restored first generation Mustang being driven by a little white haired old lady, with a handicapped placard hanging from the mirror. Cue up “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena”. I wonder if there’s a story there, like she bought that car as a young woman 55 years ago, held onto it all this time, and just recently got it restored. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3152 "2020-03-04T03:24:06Z")
And on the way home, an equally beautiful yellow C2 Corvette. ---
**Author:** ![FJRQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FJRQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FJRQ)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3153 "2020-03-05T05:48:14Z")
A black Tesla in this Podunk town it is odd. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3154 "2020-03-05T20:50:56Z")
Not interesting cars, but a trivia question about interesting cars. I play in a weekly trivia night with a friend at our local pub. The last question of the night is a sort of “Final Jeopardy”-type question where you can wager up to 15 points to win or lose on the answer. It nearly always requires you to put four items in some sort of order. Last night, we rocketed from 6th to 2nd place (and into the money - $15 off our bar bill) by being one of only two teams to get this question right: Arrange the following cars in order of their year of first manufacture, from earliest to latest: AMC Hornet Dodge Super Bee Plymouth Barracuda Porsche 550 Spyder ---
**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:** [March 9, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3155 "2020-03-09T23:33:52Z")
A Ferrari Roma, never seen one in the wild before. Must be spring. Also a Bentley Continental convertible driving on our street, pretty unusual for a warren of one way streets that don’t go anywhere. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3156 "2020-03-10T12:23:24Z")
This morning, a Rolls Royce Phantom coming out of my office. The new owners, perhaps? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3157 "2020-03-10T15:52:18Z")
This morning, a Volvo P1800, with old blue California plates. ---
**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 10, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3158 "2020-03-10T21:24:30Z")
This morning, in the Costco parking lot: a black Ferrari 458 Spider. :eek: ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3159 "2020-03-11T19:04:14Z")
A late 40’s Packard Super Eight, based on the front bumper I think it was a 1947. It has seen better days, but was out driving on a warm Sunday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3160 "2020-03-11T20:25:47Z")
On the way on to work, a bright orange Lotus, of some sort. A quick Google image search suggests it was an Evora. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3161 "2020-03-11T21:54:59Z")
Dupe. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3162 "2020-03-16T01:17:38Z")
A blue Maserati Ghibli, slowing down in front of me for an eyeful as we both passed the Tesla dealership. There was nothing there that I don’t see every day on my way to work. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3163 "2020-03-16T02:56:07Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > On the way on to work, a bright orange Lotus, of some sort. A quick Google image search suggests it was an Evora. I saw an orange Evora on Memorial Drive in Cambridge MA this weekend. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3164 "2020-03-16T03:34:07Z")
I test drove a Tesla Model 3 Friday. The lease is up on my Bolt in August and I’m starting to plan for what to do. I drove the Performance version. It was _awesome_. I don’t think I’m going to go for a Model 3, though. It’s a little small, and even though we can afford it, it’s still hard to justify the expense. I might look at a used Model S. But I’ll probably either buy my current Bolt or lease a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3165 "2020-03-16T12:02:13Z")
6:45 a.m. Sat, silver new Corvette Stingray w/ dealer plates, driving slowly in the right lane of the Eisenhower Expresswaty towards downtown Chicago. Had no idea what it was until I googled later. From the outside, driver looked a little cramped. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=159)