# 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:** 240
**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 25, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4787 "2022-10-25T22:01:47Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’m scheduling a test drive. And you’ll post your impressions here, I hope. Interesting vehicle. I wonder how it would do in our snowy winters. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4788 "2022-10-25T22:02:20Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > totes adorbs. I quite agree. I’d love to have one. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4789 "2022-10-26T17:36:54Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > I’m scheduling a test drive. > > And you’ll post your impressions here, I hope. Interesting vehicle. I wonder how it would do in our snowy winters. Will do. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4790 "2022-10-26T17:38:32Z")
When Mustangs were real. 1965. [![](https://i.imgur.com/qVERuHK.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qVERuHK.jpeg) . [![](https://i.imgur.com/nQwqYqO.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/nQwqYqO.jpeg) ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4791 "2022-10-26T21:14:21Z")
A bright yellow Corvette C6. [![](https://i.imgur.com/KVttMOW.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KVttMOW.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4792 "2022-10-28T02:05:55Z")
Guess who’s back? That’s right, Pepto Wideeyed-Longfenders! Parked in exactly the same way, I saw it yesterday and again today. It was parked there for over a month in August. > [@What's the most interesting car you saw today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4484): > > This magnificent ride: [[Imgur] ](https://imgur.com/udcJZpY) It’s been parked in this restaurant/hotel parking lot since late last week and I finally remembered to turn into the lot for a photo because it’s too late to make the turn once you see the car. It’s not in excellent condition. The paint is particularly cloudy and dull. Can anyone identify it and the underlying chassis? [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/udcJZpY.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/udcJZpY) ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4793 "2022-10-29T01:29:58Z")
Hey, the car blog Curbside Classic used my Chrysler photo (I had added it to their Flickr group). > **[Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: 1955 Chrysler 300 – The Legend Begins Here](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-cohort/cohort-pick-of-the-day-2-1955-chrysler-300-the-legend-begins-here/)** > > Matt Wilda caught this superb ’55 Chrysler catching a few rays. It’s one of those milestone cars that we’ve unfortunately never covered here at CC yet, and today is not \[…\] ---
**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 29, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4794 "2022-10-29T17:05:59Z")
Very cool @WildaBeast ! ---
**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 29, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4795 "2022-10-29T17:42:41Z")
A Volvo 122; a 1966 I believe. A pretty nice one. [![](https://i.imgur.com/ClUxgZD.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ClUxgZD.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/CuetljM.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/CuetljM.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4796 "2022-10-29T18:44:40Z")
I was startled by a boat bodied automobile. Not a sleek vintage boat tailed speedster, but a car with a boat hull for a body. It didn’t look like a roadable boat. It was a car with a deck at the windshield level and open cockpit seating. Looked expensive and professional, like a classic Chris-Craft with wheels. ---
**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 29, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4797 "2022-10-29T18:55:01Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > It was a car with a deck at the windshield level and open cockpit seating. That leaves out this [Fiat.](https://imcdb.org/vehicle_494681-Fiat-1100-Boat-Car-103-1953.html) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4798 "2022-10-29T18:58:14Z")
Yeah, and it’s odd somebody could drive a thing like that on the street - lights, license, visibility and such. ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4799 "2022-10-29T20:34:48Z")
I drove down to the Bay Area today. On the freeway I passed either an AMC Javelin or AMX. I’m not sure how to visually differentiate the two without seeing the badges. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4800 "2022-10-29T20:55:30Z")
I was passed by a Lambo Urus the other day. It was… underwhelming. I saw it approaching in the mirror, wondered what brand this Japanese/Korean crossover was, as I didn’t recognize it. When reading the back my thought was; Huh? A McLaren, a Ferrari or an ordinary Lambo has this _presence_ on the road. Not this. ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4801 "2022-10-29T23:57:18Z")
I spent the day in San Francisco today, which seems to be a hotbed of interesting cars. In a one single block of the North Beach neighborhood I saw: An old Renault. Looking at Wikipedia I think it was a [Renault 16](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_16). Unfortunately it drove by before I could pull out my phone. But then this classic Rolls drove by just a few cars behind it. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52463400271_1bfc9fac2c_b.jpg "Rolls Royce") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52463400271/) And this hippie bus was parked in the same block. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52463948433_19026c240f_b.jpg "Hippie bus") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52463948433/) And then walking back up the same block a little while later I saw a Polestar 2, I think the first one I’ve seen in person. ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4802 "2022-10-31T20:42:08Z")
Some fancy Bimmer EV in the gym parking lot: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/DeG54rt.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/6EaIaFx) My Bronco is in the background. ---
**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 31, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4803 "2022-10-31T21:39:11Z")
Now I’m interested in what that model is. It looks like a modified i4, perhaps. But nope, that’s not right either. Hmm. ---
**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 31, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4804 "2022-10-31T21:49:20Z")
I took a photo from the back, but didn’t post it. It says “i8." ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4805 "2022-10-31T22:32:57Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > It says “i8." Thanks, the front end doesn’t completely match anything on the website. ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4806 "2022-10-31T23:26:56Z")
Looks the same to me. (From [Edmunds.com](http://Edmunds.com).) [![](https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/bmw/i8/2019/oem/2019_bmw_i8_convertible_base_fq_oem_4_1280x855.jpg) ](https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/bmw/i8/2019/oem/2019_bmw_i8_convertible_base_fq_oem_4_1280x855.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=241)