# 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:** 19
**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:** [December 8, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/362 "2014-12-08T12:52:01Z")
Saw a first generation Ford Mustang in dark green. Didn’t look like a restored show car, more like a well cared for daily driver. Must be getting ready to put it away for the winter this week. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/363 "2014-12-09T21:00:07Z")
A red [Ford LTD II](https://buthard.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ford-ltd-ii.jpg) at Home Depot! Not this one, but similar. I like them! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/364 "2014-12-09T21:11:49Z")
I saw a car that was in the shape of a giant green Snork go by a restaurant as I was dining at…and I don’t recall there being any parades in town 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:** [December 18, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/365 "2014-12-18T06:47:06Z")
1965 Ford Falcon sedan, powder blue, today in Mountain View, CA. Running well, sounded good, and looked pretty good and clean, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/366 "2014-12-18T14:32:03Z")
I saw a red, '76 Chevette the other day in the grocery store parking lot. It didnt look real compared to the cars surrounding 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:** [December 18, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/367 "2014-12-18T14:47:37Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I saw a red, '76 Chevette the other day in the grocery store parking lot. It didnt look real compared to the cars surrounding it. I still remember the commercial for the Chevette’s big unveiling in the mid-1970s, withe the jingle: \*Chevy Chevette, it’ll drive you happy Chevy Chevette, it’ll drive you happy \* It’s now an earworm I can’t shake. Thanks, **Ambivalid**. :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/368 "2014-12-19T01:08:54Z")
Chevy Citation. I understand they even have a club. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/369 "2014-12-19T05:10:31Z")
1964 Pontiac Tempest. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/370 "2014-12-19T18:12:13Z")
Saw a Tesla S in motion. Saw a Lancia sitting in a driveway, but don’t know the model. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/371 "2014-12-21T16:53:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Saw a Tesla S in motion. Saw a Lancia sitting in a driveway, but don’t know the model. When I was shopping for my first car I considered a 1979 Lancia Zagato (pics: [lancia zagato 1979 - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=lancia+zagato+1979&client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MfqWVIaBFMSlNtCUgpgH&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ)). What I got instead was a 1979 Fiat X1/9 - now _ **that** _ was a fun car! (pics: [lancia zagato 1979 - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=lancia+zagato+1979&client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MfqWVIaBFMSlNtCUgpgH&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=fiat+x1%2F9+1979)) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/372 "2014-12-21T17:02:38Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > What I got instead was a 1979 Fiat X1/9 - now _ **that** _ was a fun car! > (pics: [lancia zagato 1979 - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=lancia+zagato+1979&client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MfqWVIaBFMSlNtCUgpgH&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=fiat+x1%2F9+1979)) And while we’re on the subject of screaming metal death traps, just saw a nicely maintained [1975 Triumph Spitfire](https://www.google.com/search?q=1975+spitfire+image&rlz=1C1GPEA_enUS315US315&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=685&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=EPyWVKy8H8P-yQSuzYKgAw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg) in British racing green. Such great lines but I would never dare drive it in commuter traffic unless I had a death wish. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/373 "2014-12-21T18:21:38Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > When I was shopping for my first car I considered a 1979 Lancia Zagato (pics: [lancia zagato 1979 - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=lancia+zagato+1979&client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MfqWVIaBFMSlNtCUgpgH&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ)). > > What I got instead was a 1979 Fiat X1/9 - now _ **that** _ was a fun car! > (pics: [lancia zagato 1979 - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=lancia+zagato+1979&client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MfqWVIaBFMSlNtCUgpgH&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=fiat+x1%2F9+1979)) Very cool. I didn’t have my glasses on, but it looked like it said “Supra” on the front emblem. But that’s a Toyota brand. Hell, maybe it _was_ a Toyota; like I said: no glasses. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/374 "2014-12-21T19:17:10Z")
MGB in a parking garage in Harvard Square ---
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/375 "2014-12-22T07:42:16Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > And while we’re on the subject of screaming metal death traps, just saw a nicely maintained [1975 Triumph Spitfire](https://www.google.com/search?q=1975+spitfire+image&rlz=1C1GPEA_enUS315US315&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=685&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=EPyWVKy8H8P-yQSuzYKgAw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg) in British racing green. > > Such great lines but I would never dare drive it in commuter traffic unless I had a death wish. Well, there’s _passive_ safety, and then there’s _active_ safety: nimble and maneuverable enough to avoid the accidents. Then again, I ride motorcycles. Not much passive safety there. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/376 "2014-12-22T08:11:40Z")
Fiat 500 Abarth… ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/377 "2014-12-22T15:21:21Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > 1964 Pontiac Tempest. Were two youts driving it at the time? 😃 Winter here so all the pretty cars are asleep. All I’m seeing right now are lots and lots of [rig rockets](http://www.speednik.com/files/2014/03/Burym2.jpg)… Some with Lincoln welders in the back, some not. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/378 "2014-12-22T15:28:08Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Were two youts driving it at the time? 😃 [“Oh yeah, you blend.”](http://www.kissmygumbo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/1613.jpg) 😃 ---
**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:** [December 24, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/379 "2014-12-24T02:19:09Z")
The weather here has been pretty good the last few days, which is probably why the owner brought out his car: a Triumph TR3. I can’t recall when’s the last time I saw one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/380 "2014-12-24T03:38:33Z")
I’m gonna cheat, and mention [2 cars I saw on Jay Leno’s Garage.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo_zXe2UWKw) I want one of these so bad! ---
**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:** [December 24, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/381 "2014-12-24T17:37:22Z")
I’m in San Francisco for the holidays, so i see a Tesla about every ten minutes. Saw a Ferrari F430 Scuderia, with red body and black bonnet and trim, downtown yesterday afternoon, battling the Christmas traffic. The car stopped right in front of me and my wife as we were about to cross the street, and the driver’s side window was open. The driver was almost a parody of a Ferrari owner, with slicked-back hair, wearing Ferrari sunglasses and a Ferrari jacket. It was hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=20)