# 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:** 21
**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 19, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/402 "2015-01-19T21:57:01Z")
In the Woodlands, TX on Saturday, an [Aston Martin DB2](http://www.boldride.com/ride/1956/aston-martin-db24), same color as the one in the linked photo. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/403 "2015-01-20T06:56:09Z")
I live in Qatar, and so I often see pretty spectacular cars. (Today, there was a Bentley in the school drop-off lane.) But the other day, when my daughter and I were getting Subway sammiches, I saw something that was pretty spectacular even for Doha. Parked at the strip mall, all in a row: Mercedes\*, Maserati, Porsche, Maserati, Ferrari, Mercedes SUV\*\*. I took a picture, but I can’t figure out how to get the damned thing off my phone. (I must be the last person in the world who doesn’t have a smart phone, and the thing doesn’t have a USB port.) - Not just some run-of-the-mill Mercedes, but one of the AMG coupes, the kind with 500+hp. \*\* Either a G63 or G65–you know, the ones that cost as much as my house. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2015, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/404 "2015-01-20T07:12:40Z")
Nice. Yesterday in downtown Mountain View, California: a Citroën 2CV - the “Ugly Duckling.” Brown and yellow, with the fabric roll-back sunroof. It was quite nice. Today, in Sunnyvale: “The VW Thing” - the Type 181, in desert camouflage color. Rare sightings, these. I see these about every 2 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/405 "2015-01-20T14:23:34Z")
I just found out that the owner of my wife’s favorite antiques shop has a yellow 2CV with black trim. I believe if you told me as a kid (when I lived in the UK and they were all over) that I would be excited to see a 2CV, I would have laughed at you. But it was so. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/406 "2015-01-23T16:29:46Z")
Saw my first BMW i3 on the road yesterday on the way to work. Funny-looking little beast. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/407 "2015-01-23T22:39:24Z")
An older Jeep Wrangler. Painted in a camo finish. With a tow hitch mounted on the front bumper. And a ladder rack and two ladders on the roof. And it was lowered, with low-profile small wheels and maybe six inches of ground clearance (and we have snow on the ground.) It looked very strange and wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/408 "2015-01-23T23:40:32Z")
I was behind an immaculate [Austin Healey 3000](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Austin-Healey_3000_Mk1.jpg), in a very similar colour scheme of blue and cream. Still probably my Lotto car. ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/409 "2015-01-26T02:37:39Z")
I was passed by a Volkswagen Phaeton, almost missed it since it really doesn’t look like much. I was also following what I think was a 1970 or 1971 Plymouth Sport Fury GT. Again, I was surprised that someone would be driving that on the winter streets of Boston. ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/410 "2015-01-26T02:55:06Z")
It’s winter here. All the interesting cars are in their garages or hanging out well south of here. I saw a unique paint job on a Mini today. It wasn’t a good one, but it was unique. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/411 "2015-01-26T03:26:54Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > It’s winter here. All the interesting cars are in their garages or hanging out well south of here. Or the mall. I was in the mall & one of the ‘stores’ is a Tesla showroom. Not a couple of cars on display in the lobby/common area, but a regular rented-for-months store. The walls have accessories & hats/t-shirts. Though the best part is it’s next to a store called ‘[Diesel](http://www.diesel.com/)’. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/412 "2015-01-26T05:04:28Z")
I attended the AGM for the local chapter of the BMW M Club on Saturday (for work) - so yeah, just a few nice cars… All day long kept hearing the wonderful burble of V8s, And the Lamborghini showroom is adjacent, so a couple of Howling V10s also… ---
**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 27, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/413 "2015-01-27T03:55:37Z")
Today, there was a genuine Willys Jeep in the parking ramp at work. Now that was interesting. ---
**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 1, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/414 "2015-02-01T06:06:16Z")
A 1962 BMW 2002 - it’s one tiny car. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/415 "2015-02-02T00:00:57Z")
Maybe a '68 2002? BMW made them from '68 through '75 or '76. A really fun car to drive, despite the uncomfortable, horsehair stuffed seats. Nothing interesting today. Being it is Super Bowl Sunday, the surburban street I live on looks like a festival of SUVs, but I don’t find them interesting. ---
**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 2, 2015, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/416 "2015-02-02T07:18:36Z")
Maybe, or maybe it was a 1602. It had 2 doors and was very small. I did not see any markings on it. I passed it on the interstate so I didn’t get a really good look at 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:** [February 2, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/417 "2015-02-02T23:17:54Z")
That’s another fun-to-drive car. I’m guessing this is what you saw. They are quite small. Today’s interesting car was a MX5 (Miata) soft top. Why interesting? Because we don’t often see nice-looking convertable cruising around here in below zero (F) weather. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/418 "2015-02-03T03:58:51Z")
Stepping out of Trader Joe’s in Huntington Beach today, I waited on a squarish, Seventies-looking sedan to cross in front of me - then did a double take when I spotted the trident on the grill. It was a Maserati Quattroporte, and it looked a lot like [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/36640154@N04/6371842291/). ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/419 "2015-02-03T04:32:24Z")
I saw an awesome [Nash Metropolitan](http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Nash/58-Nash_Metropolitan_Coupe-DV_08_RMM-01.jpg) in yellow and white: tiny, especially for an American car from the 50s, but ridiculously cute. ---
**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 3, 2015, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/420 "2015-02-03T07:37:52Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Today’s interesting car was a MX5 (Miata) soft top. Why interesting? Because we don’t often see nice-looking convertable cruising around here in below zero (F) weather. One winter I was visiting Manhattan. I rented a Mustang convertible, and early on a Sunday morning I put the top down, buttoned me up really well, and took in the skyscraper sights as I drove the near-empty streets. People looked at me sideways funny, thinking I must be nuts (and maybe I was!) but it was a great and COLD way to see the city. ---
**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 4, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/421 "2015-02-04T04:05:40Z")
Probably one of the coolest things I’ve seen driving around on city streets: a 1953 Dodge M37, a military 4X4 ¾-ton truck. It had a California historical vehicle license plate. It was parked at the hardware store, and was loud when it was driven away. Here’s a site of someone’s build, although it’s from Wisconsin and is OD green while the one I saw was tan and without any tac markings: [http://m37.crwdesigns.com/](http://m37.crwdesigns.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=22)