# 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:** 191
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3806 "2021-07-23T19:11:52Z")
An El Camino SS, in orange with black hood stripes. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3807 "2021-07-23T23:14:56Z")
On my walk today I saw a nicely-restored, VW Beetle. What made it interesting was the vinyl legend under the rear window that said ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE. And I saw the guy in the Model A again. (He drives it around here a lot.) > [@Paintcharge](#): > > An El Camino SS, in orange with black hood stripes. I saw an orange El Camino (for sale) on the freeway around Mount Vernon, WA yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3808 "2021-07-24T00:33:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > On my walk today I saw a nicely-restored, VW Beetle. What made it interesting was the vinyl legend under the rear window that said ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE. There is a place that sells electric conversion kits. The ones for Porsches get expensive, but for simpler cars like the VW bug you can get a kit for less than $8000. SO tempting… ---
**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:** [July 24, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3809 "2021-07-24T01:13:34Z")
There is zero chance I’d have a Porsche converted to Electric. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3810 "2021-07-24T03:13:36Z")
No need. Buy one from the factory. > **[Porsche Taycan Turbo - Porsche USA](https://www.porsche.com/usa/models/taycan/taycan-models/taycan-turbo/)** ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3811 "2021-07-24T13:39:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There is zero chance I’d have a Porsche converted to Electric. According to the company, you’ll have a number of choices to buy electric Porsches in the model years to come. Probably true of almost every car make. Just like gas cars, there’ll be a wide range, from eCrappy to eCool. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3812 "2021-07-24T14:40:16Z")
> [@digs](#): > > According to the company, you’ll have a number of choices to buy electric Porsches in the model years to come. Except I want a 1979 to 1983 911SC or (better) a 1984 to 1989 911 Carrera. They don’t make those anymore, and it would be ‘wrong’ to make one electric. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3813 "2021-07-24T16:28:25Z")
I’ve seen a car mechanic show which centered around an electric conversion business, I think in the UK. Yeah, they did a Porsche episode; as I recall, somebody had destroyed the engine and the car’s current owner decided that going electric made more sense than trying to get it fixed. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3814 "2021-07-24T19:30:01Z")
More Saturday morning bike ride photos. This time a Honda N600. I’d actually seen this same car on the front lawn of that house years ago. I guess it must have been hidden away in a garage since then. And now it’s on a trailer. Being sold, I guess? Oh, and that truck in the background of the top photo is a 1950something GMC. It’s always parked there, so I don’t consider it interesting anymore and didn’t even notice I’d gotten it in the photo. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51333169304_68773dbfe6_b.jpg "Honda N600") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/51333169304/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51332655708_9568ffa7ca_b.jpg "Honda N600") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/51332655708/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51332446736_3ed04a9fac_b.jpg "Honda N600") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/51332446736/) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3815 "2021-07-24T20:50:10Z")
Old school Mini Cooper pick up truck. Undoubtedly more common in England back in the day. I don’t think I had ever seen one before. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3816 "2021-07-26T14:21:40Z")
My first Ford Mustang Mach-E in the wild. I thought it looked much better in person than in photos. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eyhqfhxk3cx3U2Af1hPxhV6x9GJQbd-Gl2_ul93oeuIJTORmJtUw2o42uBRxgactoefzrpiRNsroffH9sSDLzqOxmrg3CCufHkXCsAg5F6-HLl25p0_pMZaFHCHfNR73NHfbll5bUkk=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/wbjhoWsNV3MASaUa7) ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3817 "2021-07-27T03:34:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > On my walk today I saw a nicely-restored, VW Beetle. What made it interesting was the vinyl legend under the rear window that said ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE. Just saw this on Nextdoor. It’s for sale. > **[1974 Electric VW Super Beetle for $18000 in Blaine, WA | For Sale & Free ...](https://nextdoor.com/for_sale_and_free/99609cb9-eea3-49fe-a7c0-bae6cc094a3c/?init_source=newsfeed)** > > $18000 — 1974 Electric VW Super Beetle near the Birch Bay neighborhood in Blaine, WA. Find items in For Sale & Free on Nextdoor - all listings are local. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3818 "2021-07-27T06:21:27Z")
Lotus Evora GT [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/DNZXPaH.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Pv41sCe) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3819 "2021-07-27T14:41:37Z")
Not a car, but I saw a guy hauling an airboat on a trailer. What makes that unusual is that it was near Cayuga Lake in NY. It would be, ummm, unwise to take one out on that lake. Also, someone roared past my house in what looked like a Polaris [slingshot](https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a13990/polaris-slingshot-three-wheeler/). ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3820 "2021-07-27T15:17:35Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > It would be, ummm, unwise to take one out on that lake. Why would it be unwise? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3821 "2021-07-27T16:29:08Z")
On a relatively calm day the waves are 3-4’, and at the end of the lake where I saw it, the lake is well over a hundred feet deep. My understanding is those boats need flat water–they don’t have much in the way of sides. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3822 "2021-07-28T16:55:23Z")
A Toyota HiAce van, very much like [this one](https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1994-toyota-hiace-super-custom-limited/). It was right hand drive, so it was almost certainly imported from Japan. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3823 "2021-07-30T11:39:23Z")
1966 Plymouth Barracuda When I was about 10 years old, one of my first-ever toy Hot Wheels cars was a blue Barracuda just like this, except it was a 1967. I’m now 60 and I remember that little car. Holding it in my hands and racing it down the track was… magical. My other first Hot Wheels car was a green 1932 Ford Vicky. I got both cars at the same time, and I remember them both well, the first of many Hot Wheels (and Match Box cars). [[Album] 1966 Plymouth Barracuda ![](https://i.imgur.com/oUP96eK.jpeg?fb "1966 Plymouth Barracuda") ](https://imgur.com/a/uUBNjMe) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3824 "2021-07-30T22:10:27Z")
An classic MGB on the side of the road. There was a police car with its lights flashing parked behind it, so at first I assumed it had been pulled over, but as I passed it I realized there was no one in it. Apparently the driver had just left it there. There’s probably a joke about the reliability of British cars in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3825 "2021-07-30T23:29:27Z")
A new Chevy Silverado. The interesting thing was the paint job. It matched a “Road work ahead” sign. Orange with black letters. Not a good look. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=190) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=192)