# 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:** 178
**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:** [January 18, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3546 "2021-01-18T19:55:24Z")
3rd generation (1968-74) Chevy Nova, probably a 72 or so. Seen in a driveway while biking today. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YMB2X-Y9-pOqPbzsbHOraccyZRlhVVQJLnNFU-BfE5coxZcG6fcoW73rQevaIEjz_ljVt3RqZyv3BWY3Gmx_J8GAffZnVycZllI9CEAn4QJqFpGwuX0flcJEpEAy0SqYirREae1u0J0=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/VUK61bbaTqMVMKrj6) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3547 "2021-01-25T19:09:54Z")
A Daihatsu Hijet pickup, probably 7th or 8th generation so 1980s or 1990s. I occasionally see one around here used mostly by auto repair shops it seems. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3548 "2021-01-26T16:41:57Z")
Saw a Citroen yesterday, haven’t seen one in the wild in years. Looked to be in fairly decent condition too. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3549 "2021-01-26T20:07:34Z")
A Dodge Viper, in purple metallic, vanity plate Vipaah. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3550 "2021-01-26T20:48:55Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Saw a Citroen yesterday… A [2CV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV), or a [DS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV) (Or some other model)? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3551 "2021-01-26T21:18:10Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > A [2CV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV), or a [DS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV) (Or some other model)? It was a DS. Looking at some pictures online, it was likely an early 70’s model. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3552 "2021-01-26T22:15:11Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > A [2CV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV), or a [DS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV) (Or some other model)? Note: Both links go to the Wiki page for the 2CV. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3553 "2021-01-26T22:18:28Z")
D’oh! Oh well, it’s too late to edit now. Here’s the [DS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS) link if anyone wants to see what one looks like. I actually went to the DS page earlier and then went down the rabbit hole and ended up reading about Charles DeGaulle and then the OAS… ---
**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:** [January 31, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3554 "2021-01-31T00:08:47Z")
Yesterday, I followed an Alfa Giulia for a bit on the road. The car isn’t terribly interesting but they are still pretty rare in my sightings. This one had just been through the car wash. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3555 "2021-01-31T04:16:34Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Yesterday, I followed an Alfa Giulia for a bit on the road. There’s an Alfa/Maserati dealership close by, so I see lots of both types around here. ---
**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 5, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3556 "2021-02-05T03:36:54Z")
An early-'80s Volvo 240, the Swedish Shoebox. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3557 "2021-02-05T04:37:47Z")
For the past year or so, every time I dream of being in traffic, or in huge parking lots, all the cars arre 51-54 Fords. Mixed, all different body styles and colors. Usually – sometimes they are all 51-54 Chevs. Occasionally a Pontiac, which really stands out… ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3558 "2021-02-06T19:11:54Z")
A showroom-condition '48 Ford coupe, in black. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_W\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Richard\_W\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_W_1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3559 "2021-02-06T21:46:19Z")
> I parked next to **[THIS](https://www.google.com/search?q=1950+chevy+lowrider+truck&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=iOZPIQV7N930YM%252CClPiZAPRoM9KKM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTGUfsVOiinQsi5Pa5mbKJsHH0tMQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjFtcXD8NrsAhWEuVkKHYdjCkIQ9QF6BAgEEDg&biw=1518&bih=849#imgrc=iOZPIQV7N930YM)** at the Publix yesterday. I know it’s months after you posted, but the background of that shot reminds me a lot of the car park that the lowriders hung out in in GTA San Andreas… presumably based on somewhere in L.A. … Is that where it is in reality too, or just a coincidence? (Some of the less obvious locations in GTA games are still recognisable in real life - I saw the bowling alley from GTA V when I visited Manhattan…) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3560 "2021-02-07T00:15:11Z")
> [@Richard\_W\_1](#): > > I know it’s months after you posted, but the background of that shot reminds me a lot of the car park that the lowriders hung out in in GTA San Andreas… presumably based on somewhere in L.A. … Is that where it is in reality too, or just a coincidence? (Some of the less obvious locations in GTA games are still recognisable in real life - I saw the bowling alley from GTA V when I visited Manhattan…) Be kind to this old geezer, **Richard** ; not being a gamer, I didn’t know what **GTA** was at first 😲 (I figured it out, eventually.). I have no idea where that Google picture was taken, I saw the twin of that car in the parking lot of a Publix Supermarket on the south-east side of Ocala, Florida. I haven’t seen it since then, but now that you’ve jogged my memory, I’d bet it belongs to one of the guys working at the Advance Auto Parts store 300 yards further down the street, or maybe the O’Reilly Auto Parts in the opposite direction (there are many auto parts places within screaming distance of my residence.) The fellows that got in the car both had on uniform shirts/pants like you’d see at one of those joints. If I see the [Vehicle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq95nZBbNHI&ab_channel=TheIdesofMarch-Topic) (EARWORM!) again, I’ll try to get some fresh pix and hopefully talk to the owner. Stay tuned! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3561 "2021-02-13T23:23:41Z")
It’s been a while since I saw anything all that interesting, but there were a couple of noteworthy cars while I was running errands today: - An old BMW 2002, I think, although I saw it from a block away so it was hard to id. - A second generation Plymouth Voyager, in amazingly good condition for being almost 30 years old. - A classic air cooled Porsche 911, probably 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3562 "2021-02-14T00:12:45Z")
at dealer new Nissan Maxima in orange/gold. Probably will take a while to sell that one ---
**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:** [February 14, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3563 "2021-02-14T00:43:29Z")
My own car, covered in about a quarter inch of ice. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3564 "2021-02-15T02:33:19Z")
Jaguar F-Type coupe - a little unusual on a winter day in NH but there it was. Nice looking car. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3565 "2021-02-16T07:14:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > My own car, covered in about a quarter inch of ice. Ice?!?! That does not seem like a good weather day. Hope you’re doing okay. You’re not in Alaska are you? (Not to rub it in but) I’ve been in Palm Springs for a couple of days. Lots of nice cars around here, as you can imagine. One today was a nice BMW X3 M40i. MSRP starts at just under $60,000. For an X3. Not inexpensive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=179)