# 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:** 227
**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, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4527 "2022-08-22T02:33:35Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Perhaps a Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda? I saw one like that once. I think you’re right in that some people like to customize their Challengers to mimic the look of an early '70s Plymouth Barracuda. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4528 "2022-08-22T12:23:04Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > 2nd Generation (1968-70) Dodge Charger R/T in a beautiful deep blue. Parked on the street just up from our house. Oh man, what a ride. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > This may not count as super interesting, but it was the most interesting car I saw yesterday. It was a Tesla Model X. What made it interesting (to me) is that I had no idea they had **gull wing (rear) doors.** I was helping her out with some boxes and it was really nice not having to lean around a door to set some heavy boxes on the back seat. Is it just the rear doors??? ---
**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, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4529 "2022-08-22T12:41:18Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Is it just the rear doors??? Yes, the front doors are conventional swinging doors. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4530 "2022-08-22T13:45:55Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Yes, the front doors are conventional swinging doors. Huh. That kinda hurts the coolness factor. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4531 "2022-08-22T13:54:02Z")
Yeah, I never open my rear doors. So that’d be wasted on me… ---
**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:** [August 22, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4532 "2022-08-22T21:42:10Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The local news made a point of stating that Leno passed up the Pebble Beach event to attend the Woodward cruise. That’s cool. Pebble Beach is a seen and be seen affair. Woodward is actually about the cars. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4533 "2022-08-22T21:43:44Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > I gotta say it was pretty glorious Damn. I miss flagging race cars. Especially at Laguna. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4534 "2022-08-22T21:57:11Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > That’s cool. Pebble Beach is a seen and be seen affair. Woodward is actually about the cars. The actual Concours at Pebble Beach, maybe. But many of the other events over the weekend are not like that, especially the Reuinion at Laguna Seca. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4535 "2022-08-22T22:05:06Z")
You are correct. I realized that I should go back and correct it but was caught up in another communication. ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4536 "2022-08-23T02:51:42Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Oh man, what a ride. Which engine was in the 2nd Gen Charger R/T? Or did it depend on the year? ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4537 "2022-08-23T04:54:31Z")
The 2nd gen (1968-1970) R/T came with a 440. The 426 Hemi was optional. In 1970, the 440 6 Pack was also available. ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4538 "2022-08-23T16:07:10Z")
My father in law has one and those doors are cool. They work pretty well. As a user it takes a little while to get used to them, how to open and close them, how not to get bonked in the head when they close, and how to get in and out of them. ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4539 "2022-08-23T16:07:43Z")
1963 Pontiac Tempest. Not in great shape, but she’s running and that’s a good thing. [[Album] 1963 Pontiac Tempest ![](https://i.imgur.com/IMFLeRU.jpeg?fb "1963 Pontiac Tempest") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/THsIR2x) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4540 "2022-08-24T14:59:20Z")
This [“cool” bus](https://i.imgur.com/5YHQQXb.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4541 "2022-08-24T18:15:46Z")
It’d be a lot cooler with a flapstack… 😆 ---
**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:** [August 24, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4542 "2022-08-24T19:36:01Z")
Now that’s a creative solution. It reminds me of the time the muffler/tailpipe of my schoolbus came off one morning on the trip to school. The driver quickly and calmly donned gloves, retrieved it, and laid it in the aisle of the bus. He warned us all not to touch it because it would burn us. When we arrived at school, he donned the gloves again, removed it, and then allowed us off the bus. We could see what the residual heat had done to the plastic walkway cover. Or rather what was left of the walkway cover that wasn’t stuck to the tailpipe. Good lesson for kids to beware when adults say “Don’t touch it!” ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4543 "2022-08-24T23:15:58Z")
A swanky late model Bentley Silver Spur. The available W-12 engine makes 626hp and is rated 12mgp city, 20 highway. > **[2023 Bentley Flying Spur Review, Pricing, and Specs](https://www.caranddriver.com/bentley/flying-spur)** > > Even though it's built from the ground up to pamper its passengers, the 2023 Bentley Flying Spur also has an athletic chassis to entertain the driver. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4544 "2022-08-24T23:37:55Z")
Saw a 1947 Super Buick convertible today in the parking lot when I dropped by to get groceries. It was the color that was called Burgundy. Not in bad shape, but drivable and rough in the cabin. This was an interesting car that had a straight 8 motor. It was a very heavy car that was quite the ride in its day. Personally I would like a ride 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:** [August 25, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4545 "2022-08-25T00:21:20Z")
“F PETROL” on this Tesla’s license plate. Love it. The owner said he can’t believe he got away with it. He told the DMV that it means Free Petrol. It’s great! [[Album] “F PETROL” on this license plate. Love it! ![](https://i.imgur.com/UKlU34Q.jpeg?fb "“F PETROL” on this license plate. Love it!") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/qd3IECe) ---
**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, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4546 "2022-08-25T19:52:08Z")
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