# 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:** 269
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5367 "2023-06-10T21:47:04Z")
I didn’t even know these were made! [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/wKFrCdZ.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/6KehIiz) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5368 "2023-06-11T00:17:12Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Another nice Bel Air: That’s just a piece of artwork. there are so many production cars from that era that were a train wreck of chrome and no sense of style. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5369 "2023-06-11T00:21:33Z")
I saw a Merkur XR4Ti at a cruise-in that was in good condition and nicely modified under the hood. It was probably making about 350 hp in a vehicle that weighed under 3000 lbs. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5370 "2023-06-11T02:45:43Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > The VW Scirocco I have a buddy who’s a Sciroccohead; they just went on a multi-state drive w/ a couple of dozen others. As I was about to get back into my car at the gas station tonight, a TR6 pulled in. When he got out, I said that’s one of the few cars that makes mine look big. We had an impromptu conversation for a couple of minutes. He told me he was gassing up to go to a British car show tomorrow; there goes my day. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5371 "2023-06-11T12:08:42Z")
No idea what model this is, but it looked like a nice little car. I’m curious if it has a stock engine and exhaust based on the sound it made driving (normally) down the road. I don’t know the first thing about BMWs, but based on their website, I don’t think it’s from the current lineup. I’d WAG it’s two or three years old. [![](https://i.imgur.com/jXBKCWP.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/jXBKCWP.jpg) Also, another older BMW in front of it. [![](https://i.imgur.com/nEilEIR.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/nEilEIR.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:** [June 11, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5372 "2023-06-11T15:56:39Z")
Pretty sure that’s the M2. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5373 "2023-06-11T16:23:46Z")
On the way to the SF Dopefest yesterday, an early 60s Dodge: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yguNjGzAchyHQUhrMEU3BaXi-bfW4VizkWWGR-ffCX3A5rfQd1L-kTDAb4p1L5UnCNxvgdKCXi8Ro1gdEzY9mO0lCCZ7DhLftvCwQX5e6mBq9jw05rLT25h9rk35_2dtGVUhoYsUmTc=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Dave Carter") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/uVj4MMs6oBM1oBFo8) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5374 "2023-06-11T19:01:23Z")
Anybody catch what’s so unusual? Well, here is an interesting fire truck. Both vehicles were in Williams, AZ. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/X8BPUVu.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/mmBah06) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5375 "2023-06-11T23:33:00Z")
Subaru Justy. It was a base model and in good shape Those are pretty rare around here. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5376 "2023-06-11T23:52:45Z")
My buddy’s Rivian with our 2 Husky 300s in it in Pony MT. There’s an unusual sight! ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5377 "2023-06-12T00:00:42Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’m curious if it has a stock engine and exhaust based on the sound it made driving (normally) down the road. The various M models are BMW’s high performance models, so I would suspect the engine and exhaust were stock. > [@beowulff](#): > > Anybody catch what’s so unusual? Right hand drive. Although it took me like a day to notice that was the unusual thing. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5378 "2023-06-12T00:59:51Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Right hand drive. Although it took me like a day to notice that was the unusual thing. It was a rural post office vehicle. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5379 "2023-06-12T01:31:51Z")
That’s what I figured. Once I noticed it was right hand drive I remembered reading that Jeep offered a RHD version of the Cherokee for rural postal carriers. They still do actually, though now with the Wrangler. > **[Vintage Ad: RHD Jeep Cherokee – “All Right!”](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/uncategorized/vintage-ad-rhd-jeep-cherokee-all-right/)** > > I’m struggling to find an exact year when Subaru first started selling RHD versions of the Legacy in the US specifically for rural mail carriers, but I do know they \[…\] ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5380 "2023-06-12T01:40:03Z")
'56 Chevies had the gas cap hidden under the tail light, and '57s hid the cap under tail fin chrome. Car companies just don’t try clever stuff like that anymore. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5381 "2023-06-12T01:45:02Z")
2nd generation (1968-72) Buick Skylark convertible, with a driver and passenger enjoying the nice weather. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AJFCJaXh_jwRpYzj2ED6AfstwK1-2YwaL3OeBN8b6tGeWX0S8s14LzyPiNciE5WqXCwlvx8c1zpUNvtU7kO6w9YQl7ti1rrFybOmGkwJuve7iDTw1LjbJJuX=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/E62kfGoauBK4G3cs9) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5382 "2023-06-12T02:58:57Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > It was a rural post office vehicle. I went to college in a rural area where the carriers would drive their own cars from the passenger seat. Now, I know they make kits to turn a LHD car into a RHD car, for just this purpose, but that wasn’t the case here. You could clearly see them going back and forth between leaning out the window and then leaning the other way so they could reach the wheel/pedals. It didn’t look fun. What’s interesting is that the loophole that allows them to do that, could (IMO) be altered to just let them drive down the wrong side of the road. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5383 "2023-06-12T20:24:45Z")
I spotted a Volvo C40 Recharge SUV passing me on the highway the other day. The lack of a grill is a dead giveaway. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5384 "2023-06-12T20:53:34Z")
Speaking of EVs, last Friday I spotted a Cadillac Lyriq and a Volkswagen ID4. I don’t _think_ I’ve seen either one on the road before, but they both just look like pretty much every other crossover on the road, so I just might not have noticed them before. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5385 "2023-06-12T22:18:02Z")
I saw an ID4 pull over and park on my block. A guy got out and I stopped my bike to say “Hey, I’ve never seen an ID4 on the road.” _“'Scuse me, a what?”_ “Oh, sorry, but you’re driving a VW ID4, and I’ve been reading a lot about it.” _“Huh… really didn’t know what it was. Just bought it.”_ “How do you like it?” _“It’s okay… I guess.”_ Three days later, and I’m still baffled by this guy. Was he really that oblivious to cars, technology, and what he just spent good money on? Or did he steal 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:** [June 14, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5386 "2023-06-14T23:50:37Z")
Polestar 2: [![](https://i.imgur.com/2XBTXug.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/2XBTXug.png) Actually, a very un-inspired design, IMHO. It does say (in very small letters) 78KWH / 300kW which is something like 260 miles / 400 Horsepower. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=268) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=270)