# 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:** 263
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5247 "2023-05-04T01:46:50Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Beats me. > Although, I think there are golf clubs up top. Maybe he’s a caddy. Nope, he’s a Dodge, not a Caddie. 😜 Saw a parked silver over black Mercedes S550; it was long & just oozed well-heeled ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5248 "2023-05-04T11:18:02Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I’m thinking the wheels on that thing are awefully mundane. My initial thought upon reading the post was “the remote starter, and apparently the wheels, are probably factory installed”.\* I can only assume the owner is aware of how gaudy it is and is leaning into it. I wouldn’t be surprised if all the upgrades (including anything on the interior) were cosmetic. Lights and decals and that enormous bumper but nothing really beyond that. If this was 20 years ago there’d probably be 15 foot CB antenna mounted to the rear bumper. \*ETA, it even appears to still have the wheel locks on. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5249 "2023-05-04T12:14:45Z")
3 recent cars. [![](https://i.imgur.com/gS09WXV.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/gS09WXV.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/JnE4GXZ.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JnE4GXZ.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/tUpNmDn.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/tUpNmDn.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/jq2PAXU.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/jq2PAXU.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/CIM4aaG.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/CIM4aaG.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/KH4ZPDI.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KH4ZPDI.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/eTc75HJ.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eTc75HJ.jpeg) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5250 "2023-05-04T13:37:54Z")
What’s the curvy last one? 40’s Chevy? Modded? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5251 "2023-05-04T13:40:43Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > 40’s Chevy? Modded? Right on both counts. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5252 "2023-05-04T13:44:51Z")
FYI, I’m not that good at antique car ID, but Google Lens is. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5253 "2023-05-04T13:47:10Z")
Thanks. I wasn’t sure about it, other than definitely moved. I also took a few of its interior. I chuckled at the electric window lifts. And I like its split window. [![](https://i.imgur.com/CpQqjCz.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/CpQqjCz.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/yj9t7Ue.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/yj9t7Ue.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/mjPQ1AZ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/mjPQ1AZ.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5254 "2023-05-04T13:58:19Z")
Saw a Volvo P1800 pulling a teardrop trailer on I-90 this morning. Looked to be a late 60’s - early 70’s model. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5255 "2023-05-04T14:02:44Z")
I’m able to narrow down the suspects on my own but need Google Lens for confirmation. For example, I knew the red Ford is a mid-Sixties Galaxie 500 and Google Lens told me it’s a '66. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5256 "2023-05-05T23:50:06Z")
I am new to Google Lens and that’s what it’s giving me also: 1966 Ford Galaxie 500. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5257 "2023-05-06T00:07:35Z")
I ran a quick test on Google Lens on my 356. Many of you know that I have one. It returned some incorrect results but I think given time and usage it will improve. As an FYI and a check on the app, Google Lens returned these incorrect results, all cabriolets: 1963 Porsche 356B T-6 cabriolet — mine; pics follow. 1959 Porsche 356A 1600 Carrera GS 1962 Porsche 356B 1964-1965 Porsche 356C 1956-1957 Porsche 356A 1960 Porsche 356B And here is mine. This is what I fed it. [![](https://i.imgur.com/ooBUkDr.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ooBUkDr.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/FGjhiyJ.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/FGjhiyJ.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/vmx2E7l.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/vmx2E7l.jpeg) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5258 "2023-05-06T01:22:06Z")
A hot pink Audi A5, with a black hood; it just looked black & _not_ carbon but was hard to tell in traffic. It was ugly & impossible to get away with anything in that car. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5259 "2023-05-07T19:14:47Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > The shadows don’t make for a great photo, but my neighbor had his mid-1950s Chrysler 300 out of the garage today. I see it relatively frequently, but it’s usually in the garage so only the back is visible. It’s a 55 and is considered by some to be the first muscle car. It came with a 331 hemi and the 300 reflected the hp. Ask your neighbor if he would take a $1000 post dated check for it. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5260 "2023-05-08T02:16:40Z")
I drove one of those on a ski trip. The owners bought it - and didn’t know how to drive a manual transmission! So, I said I would drive. It was OK, but it had the only case of “brake fade” I ever experienced. We were going down “[Old Priest Grade rd](https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/9240-old-priest-grade-road.html).” near Yosemite, and the brakes started to fade. I had the transmission in the lowest gear I could without redlining, and I still couldn’t keep our speed down… The road ends in a “T” to a bigger highway, and I was really sweating it - worried about having to blow through the intersection. I was finally able to stop by pressing on the brake with both feet. I didn’t say anything while I was fighting the brakes, because I didn’t want to panic the passengers. I also didn’t let on to the owners that I thought the car was kind of a P.O.S. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5261 "2023-05-10T16:37:09Z")
A Jeep Wrangler done up as Sopwith Camel [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EOUU1Psk2aug-e3HbBbsRdgxEq_TahgrTW60enaKQWm5YrR6fn01QBHVIMgfM_T_W-9znko5g48XERZ1fyCeUGG23TrJ089Z8nc10RNQ21UIDws85H8Df8iAm-_N415Vk-sw58a8VIA=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Vfrn5c67KixQ3k9R7) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5262 "2023-05-10T17:28:40Z")
An early model red Lotus Esprit. In a Walmart parking lot. One of the first “wedge” cars. Totally angular, dude. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5263 "2023-05-11T12:38:16Z")
A Bentley GTC, not sure which of the 6 versions in the lineup. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/S3q2-1saVnHxwQX-0hozRAnGzRViklrlHtkxtXSNOG6GUyj1njs9rlm7nMFsVjGzM5Z0G5ww_YlcoaNaDXMTecifJlGIrhlX-IZuEGgbG6EiLyBvUm_vinUp_mz5PC8EricFuxkrZuM=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/bdUbE4BAc6NsHsbw8) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5264 "2023-05-12T11:37:00Z")
Unfortunately I did not get a picture of it but yesterday I saw a very bright BRIGHT green Corvette C8. That color really popped! ---
**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:** [May 13, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5265 "2023-05-13T23:20:23Z")
I actually took this picture a week ago and forgot to post it, but I did see it again today. It’s gotten a fresh coat of primer since last week, so someone’s clearly in the process of restoring it. '71 Dodge Charger, I believe. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52895956950_4601f08420_b.jpg "Dodge Charger") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52895956950/) ---
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I am starting to see those Amazon Rivian delivery vans. I couldn’t snap a pic so these are web photos. They look odd. [![](https://i.imgur.com/h5eSUC5.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/h5eSUC5.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/9mYH6nk.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9mYH6nk.jpeg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=264)