# 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:** 234
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4667 "2022-09-20T22:33:13Z")
I vaguely remember reading someplace that matte paint finishes require special treatment when washing the car. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4668 "2022-09-20T23:32:24Z")
Most matte cars you see (or at least _I_ see) are not painted but wrapped. That’s the new craze down here. And if I were a few (more than a few) years younger than the crotchety old man than I am now, I’d think it’s pretty cool. There’s a guy I’ve seen recently that has a new Camaro. Looking at it from where I was standing, it was a totally murdered-out, matte black car. He turned the corner, and the other half of the car, the part I couldn’t see at first, was a very glossy, very hot pink. A+ for effort. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4669 "2022-09-21T11:21:38Z")
So is it a left/right split, or front/back? Either sounds a bit weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4670 "2022-09-21T13:05:18Z")
I saw a Honda Street Racoon here in southern NJ. Right hand steering. I’ve never seen or heard of one and just had to do a little zooming to catch up and see just what it was. > **[1995 Honda Acty Street Raccoon](https://jdmsportclassics.com/inventory/1995-honda-acty-street-raccoon/)** > > \[vc\_row\]\[vc\_column el\_class=”stm-vc-single-car-content-left” offset=”vc\_col-lg-9″\]\[stm\_single\_car\_title\]\[stm\_single\_car\_actions\]\[stm\_single\_car\_gallery\]\[vc\_tabs\]\[vc\_tab title=”Vehicle overview” tab\_id=”90676444-d4f2-8″\]\[vc\_column\_text\] 67,280... ---
**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:** [September 21, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4671 "2022-09-21T13:39:28Z")
Like this… [![](https://i.imgur.com/cxM3zib.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/cxM3zib.jpg) It’s starting to become a trend down here. I’ve seen several variations on this theme this summer. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4672 "2022-09-21T13:42:23Z")
That’s a new one on me. Haven’t seen any up here on the North Shore of Boston, but I don’t get out as much as the rest of the posters to this thread. Where’s “down here”? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4673 "2022-09-21T13:44:15Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Where’s “down here”? SoCal. Where automotive subtlety goes to die. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4674 "2022-09-21T13:51:22Z")
SoCal. Say no more. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4675 "2022-09-21T13:58:48Z")
Yesterday on the northbound 5 in Seattle, I saw an '80s Mitsubishi fire truck like [this one](https://cdn3.mecum.com/auctions/fl0118/fl0118-310969/images/5-1509545059240.jpg?1515183754000). ETA: This is a different one from the Toyota I saw in West Seattle a three years ago. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4676 "2022-09-21T14:38:55Z")
The Mercedes Benz EQS 580, all electric. Introduced to the US less than a year ago, at 0.20 it has the lowest Cd\* of any production car when it was introduced. It starts at about $125,000. - — drag coefficient [![](https://i.imgur.com/afu4Y2D.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/afu4Y2D.jpeg) More — [Mercedes Benz EQS 580 - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/qStLndp) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4677 "2022-09-21T16:11:43Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > It’s starting to become a trend down here. I saw a half & half Tesla a couple weeks ago here in Chicagoland. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4678 "2022-09-21T22:18:58Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > It’s starting to become a trend down here. I’ve seen several variations on this theme this summer. I would love to see that in hot pink and matte black! ---
**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:** [September 22, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4679 "2022-09-22T00:32:36Z")
I assume I’ll see that car again; it’s pretty hard to miss. I’ll try to get a pic next time! ---
**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:** [September 22, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4680 "2022-09-22T21:07:44Z")
Ooh, excited. What’s funny is that I’m not a particularly “pink” person. But I love bright colors and, while I’d dislike the whole thing to be hot pink, the half/half sounds perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_W\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Richard\_W\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_W_1)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4681 "2022-09-23T20:08:18Z")
The matt grey / black paint is meant to look like carbon fibre, isn’t it? When you see it on a high-end supercar it might actually be carbon fibre. I saw an excellent 3rd-generation Corvette Stingray parked outside my office a couple of days ago. That’s always been one of my favourite Corvettes. Other than that, I went to Munich for Oktoberfest again. A lot of Porsche / Audi / BMW / Mercedes obviously! (Even more than here). Other than that the only thing that stood out was a Ferrari F8 Tributo. There were a few nice-looking things parked in the airport carpark as we walked to my friend’s car on the way back, but the only one I got a proper look at was a Lotus Exige. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_W\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Richard\_W\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_W_1)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4682 "2022-09-23T20:10:48Z")
Oh, also I found this article in The Guardian about rising supercar sales in the UK, and the top 3 places where they’re registered include Buckinghamshire, where I live, and the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where I used to work - which explains why I see so many of them! I currently work in Southwark, but the posh hotel in the Shard just by my office accounts for a lot of the rest… > **[Supercar sales accelerate in the UK](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/25/supercar-sales-accelerate-in-the-uk)** > > Low-cost finance and a ‘you only live once’ attitude behind 19% rise in the likes of Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Maseratis, say market analysts ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4683 "2022-09-23T20:38:56Z")
> [@Richard\_W\_1](#): > > The matt grey / black paint is meant to look like carbon fibre, isn’t it? I don’t think so. There’s carbon-fiber-look wrap separate from the matte black wrap. Grey and black matte finishes are their own aesthetic. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4684 "2022-09-23T20:51:07Z")
> [@Richard\_W\_1](#): > > The matt grey / black paint is meant to look like carbon fibre, isn’t it? I don’t think so. Carbon fibre has a certain depth to it due to the texture, that a matte color cannot replicate. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4685 "2022-09-23T21:35:28Z")
I wish they’d stop making black cars with all the badging matte black. It’s a silly look. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4686 "2022-09-24T01:17:49Z")
I didn’t get a great look at it but what appeared to be a 1989 Pontiac Trans-Am Indianapolis 500 Pace Car, one of 1555 made. It seemed in good condition. > **[1989 PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM INDY PACE CAR - Barrett-Jackson Auction Company...](https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1989-PONTIAC-FIREBIRD-TRANS-AM-INDY-PACE-CAR-222922)** > > Sold\* at Las Vegas 2018 - Lot #117 1989 PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM INDY PACE CAR [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=235)