# 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:** 26
**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:** [April 16, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/502 "2015-04-16T11:59:52Z")
Saw a few on the way home last night. A Bentley Continental cruising along slowly in the right hand lane on Rt 128, I almost didn’t notice it. The car in grey just blends into the crowd from the back. Then a Maserati Ghibli headed the opposite way, weaving through traffic. Finally, and probably my favorite of the day, a late 70’s Ford F150 pickup that showed just how far pickup styling has come in the past 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/503 "2015-04-16T22:10:13Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Can you say first day of vacation? Yup, see post #498. Mazda 6 hatchback - Euro version (2013). Unfortunately no longer in production. I had a 2006 US one & loved it! The only notable exterior difference was the hatch had a rear wiper. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/504 "2015-04-21T01:06:11Z")
A 1958 Chevrolet Viking medium-duty truck, I’d never even heard of this model until I looked it up. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/505 "2015-04-21T15:47:12Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Saw a new Alfa Romeo 4c in front of the Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown Atlanta. I walk past that hotel everyday and it is always an auto enthisiast treat. Teslas, Porsches, even Ferraris are common, but the 4c stood out. That is a damn sexy car. . I just saw one here in Orlando. I didn’t even know Alfa was back in the US market. When did that happen? Does that mean I can buy a [1990s GTV](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Alfa_Romeo_GTV_916.jpg) and get parts and stuff here? ---
**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:** [April 21, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/506 "2015-04-21T16:33:32Z")
I saw a 1993-4 Chevy Caprice Classic Wagon (the rounded model that looked like whale) painted matte black with bright orange and yellow flames painted around the front wheel wells. That catches your eye, for sure. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/507 "2015-04-23T03:02:20Z")
Today, none. But over the weekend, many. McLarens, Mercedes, Ferraris, all manner of Corvettes… I was at the Long Beach Grand Prix. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/508 "2015-04-23T03:25:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I just saw one here in Orlando. I didn’t even know Alfa was back in the US market. When did that happen? Does that mean I can buy a [1990s GTV](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Alfa_Romeo_GTV_916.jpg) and get parts and stuff here? Stuff like a truck full of money to follow you around for when it breaks down. And I saw my first F Type Jaguar in the wild today: pretty enough car, but I can’t shake the feeling that it looks like a Honda S2000. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/509 "2015-04-27T12:20:52Z")
Saturday was a good day. I saw a 1964 Pontiac Tempest convertible, and then also a 1971 Dodge Polara vintage police car. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/510 "2015-04-27T14:26:22Z")
I saw a black Ford GT driving. I believe it’s the first time I saw one on the road. IMO, it looks like it was pancaked in a car crusher. Also saw a (modern) Mustang. It was blue, not dark green, but the plate gave me a chuckle: STEVE MCQ. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/511 "2015-04-27T18:01:38Z")
Not a car, per se, but three cars in a line at the stop light: A white Fiat 500 Pop, red Jaguar XF, and a silver Jeep Rubicon. I was bemused at the idea of three vehicles all basically doing the same job but in so manifestly different ways. That XF is a pretty beast, to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/512 "2015-04-28T21:54:12Z")
Good day for car spotting on my way home from work today. I followed a '98 Corvette Pace Car for several miles, while doing so a Ferrari with the top down passed us in the other direction (couldn’t tell the model that quick from the front). Next was an i8… beautiful car and finally a 6 series BMW convertible. All that in under 30 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/513 "2015-04-28T22:52:53Z")
Day of the Porsche sightings here. One Porsche Cayenne at the grocery store, then one 911 and one Boxter on the drive home. I am staying in a fairly well-to-do area right now. People drive everything from Priuses to Porsches. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/514 "2015-04-29T00:15:22Z")
I was behind a BMW on my commute today and eventually I noticed the badge, it was a M235i. I didn’t even know the 2-series existed until today. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/515 "2015-04-29T00:31:59Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I was behind a BMW on my commute today and eventually I noticed the badge, it was a M235i. I didn’t even know the 2-series existed until today. I believe there is even a 1 series available in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/516 "2015-04-29T00:49:15Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I was behind a BMW on my commute today and eventually I noticed the badge, it was a M235i. I didn’t even know the 2-series existed until today. They’ve been around a little while now, but i’ve only seen a few on the road. They get really good reviews for fun and performance, and they are nice because they’re considerably smaller than the 3-series, which has gotten too big and bloated for my liking over the past four or five years. > [@Spud](#): > > I believe there is even a 1 series available in Europe. Actually, BMW have been selling the 1-series in the US for a while. I’ve seen heaps of them here in San Diego. The latest version of the 1-series, however, is apparently not coming to the US, at least according to BMW’s current plans. It’s a shame, because it gets rave reviews. I saw my first BMW 4-series on the road a few weeks ago. It’s basically a 3-series coupe, but instead of having a 3-series coupe and sedan, the company decided recently to use different number designations for the two body types. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/517 "2015-04-29T00:53:47Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I believe there is even a 1 series available in Europe. The 1-series is available in the US, I’ve even seen the 4-series here. I’ve just never seen a 2-series 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:** [April 29, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/518 "2015-04-29T01:09:28Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > The 1-series is available in the US, I’ve even seen the 4-series here. I’ve just never seen a 2-series here. BMW did one of their periodic numbering adjustments which they’ll screw up in short order. Odd numbers are sedans and even numbers are coupes/convertibles. Thus the 1 series as sold here in the states is now with the latest refresh a 2 series. That leaves the 1 series no longer brought here (it’s a hatchback in Europe) as the outlier. Eta: or, on reflection, what **mhendo** said. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/519 "2015-04-29T03:06:38Z")
I saw a row of five Tesla recharging stations at the Culvers in Mauston, Wi. Evidently, Tesla drivers like ButterBurgers. Saw one Tesla and three Corvette C7s, one of which was in the process of becoming a race car (installing safety gear, etc.) over the weekend. Today, the most interesting vehicles viewed were those that are in the process of tearing up my residential street. Enduring two months of awkward mess for twenty years of good access seems like a fair trade. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/520 "2015-04-29T03:33:50Z")
I live in Carlisle, PA and this is car show season, so I see tons of unusual cars all the time. Even when it’s not car show season we have lots of fairly exotic cars around here. Within 10 minutes of where I am right now off the top of my head I can see a Bricklin SV1 and a Citroen SM, a collection of International Harvester Scouts and Travelalls, a few late-'60s Impalas, and at least one Ferrari. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/521 "2015-04-29T20:11:50Z")
Immaculate black Porsche 928 with what appeared to be Rinspeed wheels. Similar to[this](http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/coolest_rims_01.jpg). Drool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=27)