# 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:** 237
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4727 "2022-10-05T03:03:39Z")
Me too. Sign me up for the Polestar 2. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4728 "2022-10-07T19:06:45Z")
A Buick Gran Sport (Skylark based), I’m guessing 1970 or 1971. I saw the nose poking out of a garage on my walk today, and when I came back it was in the driveway while the owner was cleaning the garage. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ijQ8n5I8f7Q3XATTU8sYWsPeu5JIwzuoNVHln5gx8Sa_b7S981FC0GkhRJnNkvkz5ogrB6K0A4QMc01kXfoUL3rwrh-qhy3USXHPWEuwf3-HQsIhrrS7IXNCP0M5ndz5dhFNBlllVY0=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/CsJ5V7DTebMM6M5D7) Also, a neighbor has a Rivian now. My neighborhood is apparently quite hip. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wOvqVM-yvVxWyxw3xX7i-tO3zqSFoMOPCDwYFvX6ccGUz9kJckLez1G-W9yMCUG6sCKu1xP6d0kGtfJtP79vYVra1HsDfuCDn64AVVQkUv0vCsaQcE1S5In_oXLuX9vn_X6N8wkEHso=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/RrNDe8xcTCPDNdfKA) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4729 "2022-10-07T21:12:16Z")
A red Comet convertible, no idea of the year. Sorry for the blurry shot, it’s a blow up from a quick snap I got while driving. It looks orange in this pic, but it was a bright red. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qDkSDHP5tFB82Isu65oml5CWmm_0pjwQbcBV83MM5YM1BjSz3yi3026Z3FFqd4aO38nywMUxTmMpAIBIA7hNBC4ywX-yx-FBPNbc0TQQplTaEZu7SAgwCGT3gIv0YQXETL8lMYvEQjA=w411-h268-p-k "New item by James Hyder") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZBBGb2xGr2vMiq2M9) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4730 "2022-10-08T04:00:12Z")
1965 Mercury Comet. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4731 "2022-10-08T04:13:35Z")
Thanks. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4732 "2022-10-08T15:22:46Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > 1965 Mercury Comet. Specifically a Comet Caliente, [the only version available as a convertible.](https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/1217/14/1965-mercury-comet-brochure-cyclone_1_1affc09830e533c1c69ffde5fee57612.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4733 "2022-10-08T19:57:55Z")
Thanks for that. But, I get a 403 Forbidden on that link. Here’s a 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente on Mecum: > **[1965 Mercury Comet Caliente Convertible | T143 | St. Charles 2009 | Mecum...](https://www.mecum.com/lots/CH1009-84466/1965-mercury-comet-caliente-convertible/)** > > 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente Convertible presented as Lot T143 at St. Charles, IL ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4734 "2022-10-10T00:46:43Z")
Looks like it has a broken spring. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4735 "2022-10-10T00:48:09Z")
Yeah, a bad list to the right. I couldn’t see the passenger, but I doubt she weighed enough to cause that. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4736 "2022-10-10T03:06:37Z")
Could be that some heavy person sat on that side so often that the spring wore out. “Wheeler Dealers” recently covered this phenomenon in a delivery van: worn spring on the driver’s side because virtually nobody ever sat on the passenger side. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h4WIwsymeQQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Ford Transit") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4WIwsymeQQ) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4737 "2022-10-10T22:25:23Z")
It’s clearly one of the last warm days out there as I have seen all the usual local suspects except for the Lotus. Somebody has a new, white Hyundai Elantra N and just switched to an obnoxious exhaust for it. I’m guessing this person is employed at the local tuner shop as the car has been back and forth outside my condo about 8 times today. So far. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4738 "2022-10-11T02:47:49Z")
I spotted my first Tesla Plaid in Beverly Hills on 9/04. Since then I’ve been looking for the Plaid. I checked hundreds of Teslas in the past month. Finally today I spotted one! 0-60 MPH in 1.99 seconds; 200 MPH top speed — the Tesla S Plaid. These are recognizable by the simple logo on the rear end. There aren’t too many out there. They cost about $130,000. [![](https://i.imgur.com/GaRDz59.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/GaRDz59.jpeg) [[Album] 0-60 MPH in 1.99 seconds; 200 MPH top speed — the Tesla S Plaid. These are... ![](https://i.imgur.com/lggF2ut.jpeg?fb "0-60 MPH in 1.99 seconds; 200 MPH top speed — the Tesla S Plaid. These are...") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/0OhDzwC) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4739 "2022-10-13T00:21:36Z")
Today I saw a 1989–1992 Ford Ranger (the facelifted first generation model). Old Rangers aren’t that uncommon, but this one was in really nice shape, at least cosmetically. It looked like it could have been brand new, not like a 30 year old pickup. I wish I could have gotten a picture, but I was driving at the time. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4740 "2022-10-13T02:31:25Z")
Spotted a second generation Pontiac GTO driving home from the mountains on Monday. And parked on a front lawn with a for sale sign was a Buick Grand National with a massive hood bulge that looked like this, only in grey. [https://www.vfnfiberglass.com/81%2087%20regal%20sunoco%20bubble%20hood%20vfn.jpg](https://www.vfnfiberglass.com/81%2087%20regal%20sunoco%20bubble%20hood%20vfn.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4741 "2022-10-13T02:44:38Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I saw the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile… That must’ve been cool. But… hope this doesn’t diminish your experience… but it wasn’t THE Weinermobile… my classroom looked out over a huge parking lot full of dozens of Oscar Mayer Weinermobiles! And one small one made from a Mini Cooper. Same color scheme, same weinie, but smaller. License plate said **LI** ’ **L LINK** eta: Found a pic! [![](https://mobile-cuisine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/wienermobile1.jpg) ](https://mobile-cuisine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/wienermobile1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4742 "2022-10-13T02:48:52Z")
> [@digs](#): > > That must’ve been cool. But… hope this doesn’t diminish your experience… but it wasn’t THE Weinermobile… my classroom looked out over a huge parking lot full of dozens of Oscar Mayer Weinermobiles! I actually knew that (I went to college in Madison, the home base of the Weinermobiles). I should ahve said, “I saw _ **a** _ Weinermobile.” 😃 ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4743 "2022-10-13T12:05:45Z")
I think I found the home of the Hyundai Equus that I’ve spotted out and about over the last few months. That hood ornament really screams “Take me seriously!” ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4744 "2022-10-13T23:08:08Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > That hood ornament really screams “Take me seriously!” It’s just a coat hook not place vertically. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4745 "2022-10-14T03:29:48Z")
I crawled out from under my rock and rode my motorcycle to The City today. Saw an Orange Lambo. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4746 "2022-10-14T05:01:27Z")
Two BMW R1250RTs for the San Jose Police this morning, where I was gassing up. The officers were looking for frequent right turn violators at a specific intersection where the right turn lane gets backed up badly. Those R1250RTs look sweet. I had an R1200RT for over 15 years and I sold it last year. I’m now without a bike for the first time in 38 years. I miss riding. [[Album] Two BMW R1250RTs for the San Jose Police ![](https://i.imgur.com/XcmC2UN.jpeg?fb "Two BMW R1250RTs for the San Jose Police") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/URDHg99) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=238)