# 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:** 194
**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:** [August 22, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3866 "2021-08-22T22:26:36Z")
I spent a bunch of time driving through rural upstate NY and VT this weekend. Saw a whole bunch of interesting cars parked on people’s front lawns. Unfortunately, I was driving past so couldn’t identify many of them, but there was an early 50’s Chevy sedan, and cool mid-50s IH pickup truck, a 60s panel van of undermined make, and a 1994-6 Mitsubishi Delica van. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3867 "2021-08-22T23:19:06Z")
I saw an Aston Martin Vantage parked on the street in my neighborhood today. On one hand I do live in a fairly affluent town, but on the other hand you don’t really expect to see a high end car like that in this neighborhood of modest mid-century tract homes. Maybe it belonged to the landlord. Or a house flipper (the house it was parked in front of just had some extensive renovations done). ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3868 "2021-08-24T01:18:12Z")
A Rivian pickup truck test mule in rather half-hearted camouflage (it looks a lot better in real life than it does in pictures). It was a little strange in that, as I took my phone out to take a picture, the two people inside it started staring at me like they were going to come over and kick my ass. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3869 "2021-08-25T13:53:04Z")
The Acura NSX, 1st generation, produced 1990-2005. The first all-aluminum body mass-produced car, per wiki. [[Album] Acura NSX ![](https://i.imgur.com/CQuYiVX.jpeg?fb "Acura NSX") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/6VMtSD9) ---
**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:** [August 25, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3870 "2021-08-25T14:18:19Z")
I drove past a red VW Squareback parked on someone’s front lawn. It looked like it was driven regularly, but wasn’t in great shape. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3871 "2021-08-25T14:44:39Z")
Yesterday I saw a train car on the freeway. Well, in reality it was a locomotive engine. It was on a flatbed trailer. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3872 "2021-08-26T04:40:30Z")
Q — What has 1,340 HP? A — two cars, a Mercedes and an Audi. Spotted this morning. That’s my white JGC parked behind them. A Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series Coupe 720HP, top speed = 202 mph Yours for only about $350,000. [[Album] Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series Coupe ![](https://i.imgur.com/BzybRvo.jpeg?fb "Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series Coupe") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/3qsmCgx) An Audi R8 Razor V10 Spyder GTR, by PPI Speed Design 620HP, top speed = 208 mph [[Album] Audi R8 Razor V10 Spyder GTR, by PPI Speed Design ![](https://i.imgur.com/iEMotrx.jpeg?fb "Audi R8 Razor V10 Spyder GTR, by PPI Speed Design") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/GHERB3g) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3873 "2021-08-28T01:13:59Z")
This is kind of cheating in that I saw this on reddit, but somebody got a pic of Jay Leno driving his Bentley Speed 6 on the freeway in LA [![](https://i.redd.it/6zt7uff67xj71.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/6zt7uff67xj71.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3874 "2021-08-28T01:32:16Z")
At lunch time I saw someone driving a mid-1950s Plymouth. On my way home I was behind someone riding a classic Vespa, that looked kind of like [this one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa#/media/File:Light_blue_Vespa_GL,_front.jpg). It sounded and smelled like a two stroke. It was actually keeping up with traffic reasonably well on a street with 45-50 mph speed limits. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3875 "2021-08-28T04:38:47Z")
Quite rare, spotted this morning — an ISO Rivolta GTZ. Only 19 have ever been made, per wiki. [[Album] Quite rare — an ISO Rivolta GTZ. Only 19 have ever been made, per wiki. ![](https://i.imgur.com/xrxg14k.jpeg?fb "Quite rare — an ISO Rivolta GTZ. Only 19 have ever been made, per wiki.") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/6IFFgp5) ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3876 "2021-08-28T14:13:00Z")
With a name like Rivolta, I can see why! 😛 ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3877 "2021-08-28T16:58:52Z")
Yeah I did wonder about that too. If you remember the ISO Grifo, it’s from the same company. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3878 "2021-08-28T17:00:13Z")
I don’t, but I do remember the Yamaha TDM. Who names a bike ‘Tedium’? (And then there’s the Toyota Turd package, spelled TRD.) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3879 "2021-08-28T21:37:27Z")
I saw Corvettes today. Dozens of them. The Corvette show is in town. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3880 "2021-08-28T23:31:00Z")
A robot for food deliveries? Yes, from an Estonian company that’s headquartered in San Francisco, Starship, www.starship.xyz. I spotted this a couple of hours ago in downtown Mountain View CA. [[Album] Robot food deliveries, www.starship.xyz - Album on Imgur ![](https://i.imgur.com/yINO5OI.jpeg?fb "Robot food deliveries, www.starship.xyz - Album on Imgur") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/ysIpcoF) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3881 "2021-08-29T13:34:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > (And then there’s the Toyota Turd package, spelled TRD.) Yea. I have one, but it isn’t a turd. Good SUV. Marketing strikes again! ---
**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:** [August 29, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3882 "2021-08-29T13:37:53Z")
Of course it isn’t a turd. It’s a Toyota. And the TDM looked like a good bike. (Of course it was. It was a Yamaha.) It’s just that there are nutjobs out there who insist on reading abbreviations phonetically, reading things backwards, treating words as anagrams… TRD and TDM are just too tempting. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3883 "2021-08-30T02:43:22Z")
A 1st generation Mustang, but I’m not great at identifying models. I’m guessing it’s post 1969, and maybe the Boss 302? [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wgCpvhd6LB4pIHVzX2zLFC7qzz4IdzCFmsZ688EbmexANZ_Sx9S8Zoeuh0ydh8a41X14fhoEyotVF5CVZAPsUiLCtfyhy0dziO9zEf4xKm998Cv5cLaX-wJ_oeNJUG2l1BgYmTXYfls=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/WWjv1hsEgtHfBLdv5) ---
**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:** [August 30, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3884 "2021-08-30T03:12:37Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I’m guessing it’s post 1969 Definitely at least a '71 and a base model, given the lack of 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:** [August 30, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/3885 "2021-08-30T03:18:27Z")
Saw that Old English White Jaguar XK150 again today. Twice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=193) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=195)