# 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:** 277
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5527 "2023-08-04T14:13:50Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Reminds me of a test drive _Road & Track_ did as an April Fools’ joke one year. The only thing I recall about the test was the 0-60 time: NBL.\* > > \*Not Bloody Likely > [@Bullitt](#): > > LOL!! 🙂 Now that I thought about it some more, the NBL wasn’t for the vehicle being tested but rather a 0-60 comparison with some other vehicle. Which I don’t remember, either. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5528 "2023-08-05T00:11:18Z")
I saw the red Chevy pickup I posted last weekend actually being driven today. Given how slowly it pulled away from the stop sign, it must still have its original 92 hp “Thriftmaster” six cylinder engine. I may have found a vehicle slower than @Bullitt’s Vanagon! Of course, it’s from a completely different era, and I’m sure it was considered adequate for the time. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5529 "2023-08-05T01:02:31Z")
Not my picture, but someone posted a picture of their truck. [![](https://i.imgur.com/NQitGV9.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/NQitGV9.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:** [August 5, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5530 "2023-08-05T05:18:14Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I may have found a vehicle slower than @Bullitt’s Vanagon! That ain’t easy to 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:** [August 5, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5531 "2023-08-05T13:13:47Z")
Yesterday on my lunch time walk I was in Burlingame and spotted these cars. [![](https://i.imgur.com/wyaEwvR.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/wyaEwvR.jpeg) The license plate frame says, NOT MY DADDY’S OLDSMOBILE [![](https://i.imgur.com/lFrY81H.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lFrY81H.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/jzAVVRm.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/jzAVVRm.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/UZz0xIc.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/UZz0xIc.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/VccJqzs.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/VccJqzs.jpeg) Rambler Classic sedan 660. Looks like a 1964 [![](https://i.imgur.com/ADDfyR0.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ADDfyR0.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/WoxRNwB.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/WoxRNwB.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/G7Htr7e.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/G7Htr7e.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/KZWBLZl.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KZWBLZl.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/7yHrzTe.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/7yHrzTe.jpeg) Shouldn’t this say, LUV2GO? [![](https://i.imgur.com/FabsT4a.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/FabsT4a.jpeg) The Mercedes S580. MSRP around $250K. [![](https://i.imgur.com/eolgnJp.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eolgnJp.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/5z8P790.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/5z8P790.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/R3eiINF.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/R3eiINF.jpeg) 1st generation Jeep Grand Cherokee, the ZJ, manufactured 1993-1998. Very clean example. [![](https://i.imgur.com/LLl8i8I.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/LLl8i8I.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/Ib2HnBj.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Ib2HnBj.jpeg) VW Jetta, 3rd generation: manufactured 1992-1998. Pretty nice for 30 years old. [![](https://i.imgur.com/YDGza03.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YDGza03.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:** [August 5, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5532 "2023-08-05T14:04:41Z")
OWWWDEE But I think that’s one too many Ws 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5533 "2023-08-05T15:13:36Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/b7slJdn.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/b7slJdn.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5534 "2023-08-05T15:30:28Z")
Ooh, that '69 442. Be still my thumping heart. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5535 "2023-08-05T16:11:29Z")
Productive lunchtime. Did you get to eat? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5536 "2023-08-06T01:32:08Z")
That Jetta reminded me of my first car: I had a 1976 1.5l Diesel Golf once (handed down from my grandfather) … one of the first small diesel engines to be around. In the winter, for the first few minutes it would not go faster than 50 or 55 … km/h that is … And it was so damn loud inside you couldn’t really talk to the other passengers - you really had to yell at each other to carry a conversation… ohh… and it was beige 😉 - ## generic pic [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/8576/28616396646_dd83cff3ba_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/8576/28616396646_dd83cff3ba_b.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5537 "2023-08-06T03:19:10Z")
I saw this Mint-toothpaste-colored G-Wagon on my way to pick up dinner: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/luYO3r8.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/A5cGWpn) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5538 "2023-08-06T04:19:08Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > I had a 1976 1.5l Diesel Golf once (handed down from my grandfather) … one of the first small diesel engines to be around. > > In the winter, for the first few minutes it would not go faster than 50 or 55 My dad had a four-door with a four-speed from a few years later. He taught me how to drive that little car; tried to teach me how to parallel park, too. I remember a trip up to Illinois one Christmas, about a 16 hour drive from New Orleans. We spent the night somewhere around Cairo; even there, the VW was not liking the cold weather. Sounded like a tractor when Dad went to start it the next morning. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5539 "2023-08-06T11:33:28Z")
Saw this Ford Torino yesterday in a restaurant parking lot. [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53097161634_ef687611cf.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53097161634_ef687611cf.jpg) [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53096414297_942c967357.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53096414297_942c967357.jpg) [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53097466368_a108526f08.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53097466368_a108526f08.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5540 "2023-08-06T13:19:09Z")
I saw those pictures scrolling while through imgur yesterday and wondered if that account might belong to someone here. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5541 "2023-08-06T15:57:30Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > My dad had a four-door with a four-speed from a few years later. He taught me how to drive that little car; tried to teach me how to parallel park, too. > > I remember a trip up to Illinois one Christmas, about a 16 hour drive from New Orleans. We spent the night somewhere around Cairo; even there, the VW was not liking the cold weather. Sounded like a tractor when Dad went to start it the next morning. yes, 4 speed, lots of noise, shakey as hell, no power to speak of … might as well be a H-D… 😉 . odd thing I recalled when looking at pics of the dashboard: the mono-speaker under perforations in the co-pilot’s side of the dash … not that you’d hear much (but add “ugly” to “useless”) [https://superclassics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Carrosso-1980-Volkswagen-Golf-4-1200x750.jpg](https://superclassics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Carrosso-1980-Volkswagen-Golf-4-1200x750.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5542 "2023-08-06T19:42:35Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Saw this Ford Torino yesterday in a restaurant parking lot. Looks better than the one I saw a while back (which I think I already posted) [![](https://i.imgur.com/8kPPhfl.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/8kPPhfl.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:** [August 6, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5543 "2023-08-06T20:11:40Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I saw those pictures scrolling while through imgur yesterday and wondered if that account might belong to someone here. You found me! ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5544 "2023-08-06T20:15:01Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > > > Saw this Ford Torino yesterday in a restaurant parking lot. > > Looks better than the one I saw a while back (which I think I already posted) > [https://i.imgur.com/8kPPhfl.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/8kPPhfl.jpg) Hey! We spotted the same Torino in the same driveway on different days! Imgur says my post was from 4 months ago. I never forget a rusty car. Or a pretty face. [[Album] Old and ratty, but not very common. What is this? ![](https://i.imgur.com/nzmuegZ.jpeg?fb "Old and ratty, but not very common. What is this?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/HUdSTHA) ETA — I found my pictures on my phone of the same car in the same driveway. My pictures were taken back in March. @Joey_P please check your PMs. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5545 "2023-08-06T21:13:23Z")
[headsmack] Nope, Milwaukee. JFC, I just realized [it’s _your_ picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5115). Looking back, you were trying to ID it and I wanted to post a mirror image of it so it would be orientated the same as another picture I found. Looks like I uploaded it to my imgur account to repost it here. I run across the picture from time to time (in my imgur account) and remembered it when @Crafter_Man posted another Gran Torino. Apparently, in the 5 months since then, I just assumed it was a picture I took. FWIW, that’s at least the second time I’ve misremembered a previous post as one I made when it wasn’t. ![](https://media.tenor.com/gUCilp2rdaoAAAAC/justin-timberlake-jt.gif) (and that ‘nope, milwaukee’ was the beginning of my answer to the PM, didn’t mean to copy it here, but I wanted to post this ‘retraction’ in the main thread) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5546 "2023-08-06T21:24:24Z")
Okay cool. When I saw your Torino I immediately recognized it and thought that’d be pretty wild if that really happened. Which of course is possible. But then when I found it in my phone and saw its location, well, that led to my PM — thinking that we may cross paths from time to time. It’s all good. Don’t worry about it. I forget stuff all the time, as my wife reminds me. But less so with cars. I tell her that my brain remembers the important things! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=276) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=278)