# 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:** 203
**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 11, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4046 "2021-12-11T22:34:39Z")
I was recently in the town of Julian CA, up in the mountains above 4,000’, and parked in someone’s side driveway tucked beside the house was a vehicle you don’t see often these days. I didn’t have my camera for it: a stagecoach, nicely painted. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4047 "2021-12-11T23:54:21Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I was recently in the town of Julian CA ♫ Julian has clean air, but it’s too far to go Now I just want to get back to the only place I know… ♫ ---
**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 12, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4049 "2021-12-12T11:35:09Z")
Hi, I’m not familiar with that. I searched and did not find it. What is it, where’s it from? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4050 "2021-12-12T16:08:12Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > What is it, where’s it from? [_(Fly in My Soup) Back to El Cajon Boulevard_](http://www.kgbhomegrown.com/MP3/HG1/KGB_HG109.mp3), Steve Blake, KGB Radio’s [Home Grown](http://www.kgbhomegrown.com/?page_id=2) album (1973). ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4051 "2021-12-12T16:29:52Z")
Cool. I spotted a nice BMW Z3 M Coupé, with 3.0L I-6 engine. With the roadster, beginning in 1995 these were the first mass-produced Z Series car. This body style is also called “shooting brake” — a car body style which originated in the 1890s as a horse-drawn wagon used to transport shooting parties with their equipment and game. Who knew? I looked that up. ETA — The term shooting brake has evolved to describe cars combining elements of both station wagon and coupé body styles, with or without reference to the historical usage for shooting parties. (quoted from wiki) [[Album] BMW Z3 M Coupé ![](https://i.imgur.com/WDhUBSE.jpeg?fb "BMW Z3 M Coupé") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/cqEHi2J) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4052 "2021-12-13T20:04:22Z")
An Oldsmobile Eighty Eight. Didn’t see the driver, but probably a 100 year old man. ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4053 "2021-12-14T13:42:57Z")
A 2021 Kia Niro EV - not that common around here yet but I’ve heard fairly good reviews of 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 14, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4054 "2021-12-14T20:29:58Z")
A Rolls Royce Phantom. Florida license plates (maybe for tax purposes?) This will set you back almost half a million dollars. Just now on US-101 in Mountain View. Let me say that again: a half million dollars. MSRP? A cool $455,000. Whew! My ears are popping and my nose is bleeding. 🙂 [[Album] Rolls Royce Phantom. Starting at $455,000. ![](https://i.imgur.com/gZ2Dr0z.jpeg?fb "Rolls Royce Phantom. Starting at $455,000.") ](https://imgur.com/a/39l7yM5) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4055 "2021-12-14T21:19:02Z")
I’m cheating, but you know how I love to see MGBs. The other day we were watching Cruel Gun Story, a 1964 Japanese heist/revenge movie, and it had a white MGB in it. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4056 "2021-12-14T23:27:50Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Didn’t see the driver, but probably a 100 year old man Probably my brother, who drives like one. 🤭 ---
**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:** [December 14, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4057 "2021-12-14T23:29:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m cheating, but you know how I love to see MGBs. The other day we were watching Cruel Gun Story, a 1964 Japanese heist/revenge movie, and it had a white MGB in it. It’s good. I watch the original _The Italian Job_ just for the Minis. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4058 "2021-12-15T01:37:46Z")
I had one of those as my first car in 1984! Rocket 454 engine if I recall correctly, making all of 200 HP. Bought for $150. Could put my 10 speed in the trunk with the wheels on, and 7 teenagers in the cab Danger, Will Robinson! ---
**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 15, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4059 "2021-12-15T05:01:13Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > I’m cheating, but you know how I love to see MGBs. The other day we were watching Cruel Gun Story, a 1964 Japanese heist/revenge movie, and it had a white MGB in it. > > It’s good. I watch the original _The Italian Job_ just for the Minis. And I watch Gumball Rally for the Ferrari Daytona, the Cobra, and the Porsche 911. And the women. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4060 "2021-12-15T05:02:24Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I watch the original _The Italian Job_ just for the Minis. Yep. And the Fiat 500s. And The Self-Preservation Society. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4061 "2021-12-15T13:28:34Z")
> [@Tride](#): > > I had one of those as my first car in 1984! Rocket 454 engine if I recall correctly, making all of 200 HP. Bought for $150. Could put my 10 speed in the trunk with the wheels on, and 7 teenagers in the cab Danger, Will Robinson! Yeah. My first car was a '62 Olds 98. Ten speed in the trunk was fine. Once, I took my dirt bike (Yamaha 250) on a 1000 mile road trip. It was in the trunk of my Olds 98. In that case I did have to take the wheels off. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4062 "2021-12-18T00:26:31Z")
Last night while driving home, I saw what looked like a late model SUV front end in my rear view mirror passing my on the left. It disappeared from my view in the front like 2 seconds later but I could swear it had a little pickup truck bed in the back. I described it to a coworker that keeps up with new cars better than I do and he said it was the new Hyundai Santa Cruz. [Sure enough](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Santa_Cruz), new for the 2022 model year. ---
**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, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4063 "2021-12-18T05:57:17Z")
A Rivian R1T pickup truck, my first Rivian spotted in the wild. [[Album] Rivian R1T ![](https://i.imgur.com/I0g2lKb.jpeg?fb "Rivian R1T") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/nEpfcbq) ---
**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:** [December 18, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4064 "2021-12-18T07:35:26Z")
I like the looks of the R1T, except for one glaring thing: those vertical pill-shaped headlamps! They clash with the rest of the design. The front end would look great with the horizontal band and lack of busy design, if only the headlamps were within the horizontal band. ---
**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, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4065 "2021-12-18T08:56:19Z")
Fully agree. The R1T looks great except for that front end. Those lights look like just plain weird. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4066 "2021-12-19T15:39:18Z")
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