# 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:** 244
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4867 "2022-11-27T17:09:12Z")
Are you sure? (see posts November 17 ⬆) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4868 "2022-11-28T00:42:08Z")
I saw a newish Ford Mustang with a camo hood, the rest of the car was a solid gray. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4869 "2022-11-28T03:23:39Z")
Initially I misread that as a “Mustang with a Camaro hood”, and was trying to figure out a) how a hood from a Camaro could possibly fit on a Mustang, and b) how you could tell it was from a Camaro when it was separated from the rest of the car. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4870 "2022-11-28T06:34:59Z")
Any NFL history trivia fans here? This is the VPG MV-1. Built in Indiana at an AM General plant, VPG makes wheelchair-accessible taxicabs and vans. MV-1 stands for Mobility Vehicle-1. The first MV-1 rolled off the line in October 2011 and was delivered to disabled former American football player Marc Buoniconti. Marc is the son of Nick Buoniconti, a 2x Super Bowl champion and NFL Hall of Famer. Sadly, Marc was paralyzed from the shoulders down making a tackle against East Tennessee State in 1985. He was 19 and he played for The Citadel. Today he is 55 and fortunately he has outlived his prognosis. [![](https://i.imgur.com/XDKblcr.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/XDKblcr.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/Vph9yUm.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Vph9yUm.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/TyFAGDm.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TyFAGDm.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/YRoKuzj.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YRoKuzj.jpeg) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4871 "2022-11-28T12:23:34Z")
I still see a few MV-1s around here, and they usually make it into this thread. Very distinctive profile that makes them easy to spot. A local company that transported disabled passengers has a few that I still spot from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4872 "2022-11-28T14:21:41Z")
I was in Miami Beach last week. You see interesting cars everywhere you look. I walked to dinner and passed 3 McLarens. While I was waiting for the valet at my hotel, two matching Lamborghini Uruses pulled up and nobody batted an eye. However, a couple days before that, I was at Universal Orlando. Part of the theme park was shut down to be used as a filming location. Judging by some of the playback I heard, it sounded like a drug commercial, but I can’t remember for what. Parked in the closed-off area was this: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/V5yzTtylB24S845lQ7t9-lJ-8KL_dY_KUPLtn4RyEHtJRauH6EOe89EbfV8lqhopYzRq3lB-UcI7PkZiKidGpq7DtDBRFTbdG_QTJwfIW4C7Qo9gBiaKGHkI1obtOHpZBx_MuOycmQ=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Eric Waldow") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/4MUvxJfXLwt6c7AC8) That’s a Nissan Figaro. I assume it was being used in the commercial. I’ll be keeping an eye out for that, if it ever airs. Strangely, that’s not the first Figaro I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4873 "2022-11-28T14:53:08Z")
At my local garage when MoTing my car : a Noble M400, a Lancia Flaminia convertible under cover and a Pontiac Fiero ( v rare in Uk). ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4874 "2022-11-28T15:12:58Z")
That was the first one I’d ever seen. It was parked outside the complex where my friends from church live. They are quite elderly. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4875 "2022-11-28T15:43:39Z")
> [@nicky](#): > > a Lancia Flaminia convertible under cover I see all sorts of interesting silhouettes under car covers around here, especially as winter approaches. I want to pull them back and see what’s underneath, but modesty forbids; as well as potentially angry car owners wondering who is looking at their cars. Perhaps that would be a new thread - Identify the car under the cover based on silhouette and the bottom 3 inches of the tires. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4876 "2022-11-28T19:23:00Z")
I also ‘play that game’, trying to guess what’s under the cover. I suspect many car buffs do that. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4877 "2022-12-02T20:12:47Z")
I spotted this baby in my old neighborhood today. > **[Here’s the story behind that eye-catching ‘Pencil Truck’ in Somerville - The...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/here-s-the-story-behind-that-eye-catching-pencil-truck-in-somerville/ar-AAX0bLW?ocid=a2hs)** > > The unmistakable truck, with its nearly nine-foot pencil, was customized and created by Adam Zapotok, a digital fabrication teacher who makes and sells minimalistic illustrations and detailed 3D works known as “miniatures.” ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4878 "2022-12-02T21:45:08Z")
An Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4879 "2022-12-02T22:41:46Z")
A BMW Z4 drove by earlier today, still shiny wet from the car wash. I hope he was about to put it away because we are in for either snow or sleet this evening. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4880 "2022-12-05T20:52:28Z")
A new Rolls-Royce Wraith(?) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/11t-aDg_4d7nZL1yXfKtOVgifYP9Q3lxdCPsG24Ir3vIMVyQS4kbFvnaKbhvcpiMdGr_inzUmT8xXpH-44oTpOsaWkuBBmSt1QEdUqxmjSOKu3RzoDnPm1mAFZ5FCwqcJSG4ypupDRg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/kQeCKa379VeTKSwD8) ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4881 "2022-12-05T22:33:17Z")
Fun fact: Those RR emblems in the center of the wheels are weighted so that they’re always right side up while the car is moving. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4882 "2022-12-05T23:52:13Z")
Ha! I spent way less on my BMW [that also does that](https://imgur.com/a/Vsp44KR). ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4883 "2022-12-05T23:53:37Z")
Actually, doesn’t BMW own the Rolls Royce brand now? So I guess it’s not surprising that they share wheel logo right-side-upping technology. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4884 "2022-12-05T23:55:14Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I’d take a Supra if someone would hand me one… The Supra looks like one of those mated with a BMW Z3. You might not be surprised to find out that the Supra is essentially [just a reskinned BMW Z4](https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a31004604/2020-bmw-z4-m40i-vs-2020-toyota-gr-supra/). ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4885 "2022-12-05T23:56:53Z")
Actually, I am a bit surprised. I shouldn’t be, but wow! ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4886 "2022-12-06T00:05:30Z")
It’s become the general wisdom in the auto industry that because sports cars are relatively slow selling cars, you’d better partner with another car maker to share the development costs if you’re gonna build a sports car. Hence the Toyota 86 / Subaru BRZ, Mazda Miata / Fiat Spider, and Toyota Supra / BMW Z4. Nissan was kind of an outlier when they decided to go it alone when they designed the new Z. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=245)