# 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:** 17
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/322 "2014-11-03T17:51:00Z")
I saw a Lamborghini on the 404 today. ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/323 "2014-11-03T17:54:45Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Going to St Albert Saturday saw a brand spanking new [Maserati Gran Turismo](http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallcarznews.com%2Fbrands%2Fmaserati.html&ei=HZlXVKK0HoqtogSwnIHwDA&bvm=bv.78677474,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNE5tlOVN5SrQEFD_xaVCFGS5FRxLQ&ust=1415113311452484) in silver. Damn, but that is one pretty, pretty car. [Images: silver Maserati Granturismo.](https://www.google.com/search?q=silver+Maserati+Granturismo&client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=qMBXVPvzM8O1oQTdjYHgCw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ) Yes - beautiful! ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/324 "2014-11-03T17:57:52Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I saw a Lamborghini on the 404 today. Where is the 404 you refer to? ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/325 "2014-11-03T18:02:32Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I see lots and lots of Fiat 500’s everywhere. But not very many Abarths. Was behind one at a light and when it turned green the guy stepped on it a bit and the exhaust noise was very aggressive and very Italian. Saw another one, the next day and it had the same exhaust note. So that’s standard sound track for an Abarth. Which is way cool. 🙂 They are way cool, yes. The first car I ever owned was a Fiat, a 1979 X1/9, so I have a soft spot for the cars from Turin. And the 500 commercials are nice, too. [Images: ‘Catrinel Menghia Fiat 500 Abarth commercial’ – **CAUTION, some results NSFW**.](https://www.google.com/search?q=Catrinel+Menghia+Fiat&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=pcFXVK_ZBI3loATNlYLoDg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=648#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=Catrinel+Menghia+Fiat+500+Abarth+commercial) Interesting tidbit about that model, Catrinel Menghia: she is Romanian and not Italian. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/326 "2014-11-04T00:16:25Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Where is the 404 you refer to? Comes down from the northern suburbs into east-central Toronto. I was on a bus and I happened to look down and there it was, in dark silvery grey. I’m not sure what model it was. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/327 "2014-11-06T00:26:48Z")
And today, I saw a Rolls-Royce parked in front of a bank in Port Credit, Ontario. ---
**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 6, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/328 "2014-11-06T01:06:17Z")
[Maserati Ghilbli Q4](http://cars-desktop.com/walls/white_maserati_ghibli_q4_2013_desktop_wallpaper-normal.jpg) in white. Followed it in traffic on the way home, sweet looking car, I’ve seen a few around here but I think most weren’t Q4 models. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/329 "2014-11-06T02:25:56Z")
An Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire, blue, with all the chrome missing. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/330 "2014-11-06T05:26:04Z")
Saw my first Texas car with a license number beginning with F. Must have been from out of town, people were staggering out of all four doors, and doing stretching exercises with relief in the WalMart parking lot. ---
**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 6, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/331 "2014-11-06T07:23:04Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Comes down from the northern suburbs into east-central Toronto. > > I was on a bus and I happened to look down and there it was, in dark silvery grey. I’m not sure what model it was. Thanks, was just curious. This afternoon in Palo Alto, an orange BMW 2002tii in excellent condition. ETA: It was driving past me, oncoming, and so I only got a brief glance at it. The tii was clear on the rear deck lid as it went past. It was a very clean car, I wish it was parked and I could oggle at it some more. ---
**Author:** ![therealyankey27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@therealyankey27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealyankey27)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/332 "2014-11-08T20:19:54Z")
I saw a black Ferrari, didn’t get a close/long enough look to get the model. Weird seeing those in Northwest PA ---
**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 8, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/333 "2014-11-08T22:11:23Z")
A restored 30s-vintage pickup truck. Didn’t catch the make. ---
**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 10, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/334 "2014-11-10T21:33:00Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > > [@swampspruce](#): > > > > going to st albert saturday saw a brand spanking new [maserati gran turismo](http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0cacqjrw&url=http%3a%2f%2fallcarznews.com%2fbrands%2fmaserati.html&ei=hzlxvkk0hoqtogswnihwda&bvm=bv.78677474,d.cgu&psig=afqjcne5tlovn5srqefd_xavcfgs5frxlq&ust=1415113311452484) in silver. Damn, but that is one pretty, pretty car. > > [images: Silver maserati granturismo.](https://www.google.com/search?q=silver+maserati+granturismo&client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=x&ei=qmbxvpvzm8o1oqtdjyhgcw&ved=0cayq_auoaq) yes - beautiful! Yesterday in Shanghai I saw one, an ivory Granturismo. Beautiful, curvaceous, stylish. Also spotted in Shanghai: Buicks are popular here, there are many. I also saw a couple of Chevys, but for GM that was about it. Several Audis, a couple of Porsche Cayennes, exactly one 911 and so far no other Porsches. Many Hyundais. And many Mercedes-Benzes and VWs too. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/335 "2014-11-11T04:49:50Z")
Saw a [Plymouth Belvedere](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Belvedere) wagon in the parking lot of a diner that I stopped at for lunch yesterday. That was unusual. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/336 "2014-11-11T16:19:08Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > We followed behind the Aztek for a while. It looks like it has decent interior space in a not-too-big platform. Wikipedia says you can put a full 4’ X 8’ sheet of plywood inside it, and they’re either FWD or AWD. Just looked at the Wiki. I would be stunned if it really could take a 4x8 sheet of plywood. Certainly not laying flat with the hatch down. Hatch open maybe? Plywood on an angle? ---
**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 11, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/337 "2014-11-11T16:25:37Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Just looked at the Wiki. I would be stunned if it really could take a 4x8 sheet of plywood. Certainly not laying flat with the hatch down. > > Hatch open maybe? Plywood on an angle? [http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/pontiac-aztek-gt-road-test](http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/pontiac-aztek-gt-road-test) > [@](#): > > With the rear seats removed, a sheet of plywood (48 by 96 inches) will lie flat on the floor if you leave the tailgate down. [http://images.blog.autoshopper.com/2912\_pontiac\_Aztek-manu-2003\_hr-i03-800.jpg](http://images.blog.autoshopper.com/2912_pontiac_Aztek-manu-2003_hr-i03-800.jpg) I guess that means you need to leave the lower part of the tailgate down to get enough length. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/338 "2014-11-11T16:44:59Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > [http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/pontiac-aztek-gt-road-test](http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/pontiac-aztek-gt-road-test) > [http://images.blog.autoshopper.com/2912\_pontiac\_Aztek-manu-2003\_hr-i03-800.jpg](http://images.blog.autoshopper.com/2912_pontiac_Aztek-manu-2003_hr-i03-800.jpg) > > I guess that means you need to leave the lower part of the tailgate down to get enough length. Huh. That’s kind of impressive. The Jeep Grand or my Pathfinder does not have a full 4 feet between the inside wheel wells. Not to lay flat anyway. ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/339 "2014-11-11T17:15:51Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Huh. That’s kind of impressive. The Jeep Grand or my Pathfinder does not have a full 4 feet between the inside wheel wells. Not to lay flat anyway. It was a really neat feature for a car like that. Older minivans used to be able to do this as well, but I guess it wasn’t as valuable to customers as other creature comforts. ---
**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 11, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/340 "2014-11-11T18:17:23Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Just looked at the Wiki. I would be stunned if it really could take a 4x8 sheet of plywood. Certainly not laying flat with the hatch down. > > Hatch open maybe? Plywood on an angle? **FoieGrasIsEvil** might chime in and tell us if that’s true or not. He owns one, and what’s more, he publicly admits it. 😃 ---
**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 11, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/341 "2014-11-11T18:58:59Z")
Almost forgot to enter this one: yesterday, in Shanghal, an MG hatchback called the MG3. Living in the USA, the only MGs I’ve seen there are 1970s and 1980s MGBs, and then older MGs. MG still makes cars now, and in searching a little they also make the MG6. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=18)