# 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:** 282
**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 26, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5627 "2023-08-26T19:30:18Z")
weren’t those notorious for weak/fading brakes? … or was this just a Gen1 thing? … very classic design - that has aged very well ---
**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:** [August 26, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5628 "2023-08-26T20:15:08Z")
I couldn’t tell you about the brakes on the 240/280/300 Z cars. The Brembos on the Track model 350Z were just fine for [my purposes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-high-performance-driving-instructor/354791). As far as the design, I love the look of the 240 and 280, but the 350Z only retained a few hints of the previous generations. Primarily the slope of the rear end, IMO. Otherwise it’s a much beefier, more muscular look. And TIL that there’s a seventh-gen Z, the 400Z. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9bOKlOX0Aw261-.jpg:large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9bOKlOX0Aw261-.jpg:large) ---
**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 26, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5629 "2023-08-26T20:26:39Z")
that S30 looks a sweet siluette ---
**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 26, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5630 "2023-08-26T20:26:57Z")
Love that Z poster! My uncle used to have a white 240Z. She was a beauty. I vividly remember him giving me a ride when I was a kid when he was in town. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5631 "2023-08-30T01:27:32Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Great car. Agreed, he has good taste. > [@commasense](#): > > 240/280/300 Z cars Lots of them vintage racing now. Even when they originally raced, the brakes were okay. Racers often swapped out the rear drums for discs. The suspension could be an issue and caused some expense for racers and road-rallyists. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5632 "2023-08-30T23:53:41Z")
I just passed a very nice and clean 1968 Ford Torino convertible. Classic. ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5633 "2023-08-31T00:40:19Z")
Spotted this beauty the other day. A 3rd generation (1965-70) Cadillac DeVille convertible [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc9HMjpJbwcLlgAIcPXGLXime-rskmmBLFC2VMzJd-CQsBOd7kqK-7OgkA_Xrt3D6DlaIHAEb3bs6PzEkInlYKN-ZxMKpnm2R9re0cvSMfcy1yHwdB1J=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/iqjPWVXdNynRTjXm8) ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5634 "2023-08-31T01:48:20Z")
That’s a fantastic car. Perfect for a cross-country trip! ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5635 "2023-08-31T12:23:25Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/pDOZJkt.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/pDOZJkt.jpg) . [![](https://i.imgur.com/An3im67.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/An3im67.jpg) . [![](https://i.imgur.com/sCReByJ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sCReByJ.jpg) With a little bit of editing, I probably could have sold this picture to the guy in it. It’s almost like he was posing. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5636 "2023-08-31T12:37:48Z")
After I got off the interstate on the way to work this morning, I was stopped behind a semi. It wasn’t a “regular” semi that pulls a standard trailer. It was a semi that pulls one of those frame trailers that are made to carry intermodal container cars. You know, a crane lifts the container car and sets it down on the frame trailer and then the semi drives away with it. Since this is the case, I’ve idly wondered on occasion how, exactly, these container cars are secured to the trailer. I always assumed they were bolted on at the four corners, which would make the attached container car pretty secure. Well, the rising sun lighting up the semi in front of me apparently proved me wrong. Since the container car sat on the trailer at what was for me eye level, I could clearly see from the back to the front, and there was NO CONNECTION at the corners. The only spot where there was no light and where, apparently, the car was connected to the trailer, was a relatively small place in the center of the trailer. This seems pretty iffy to me because those cars are extremely heavy and, according to the laws of motion, if the semi has to slam on its brakes or make a heavy turn, the momentum and weight of the container car is going to put a huge stress on the connection. If anyone here is a trucker or knows more about this, please tell me why I shouldn’t keep a healthy distance from those things. ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5637 "2023-08-31T13:19:52Z")
Is that first car a 1946 Ford Deluxe with a 226 Flathead? ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5638 "2023-08-31T13:51:10Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > If anyone here is a trucker or knows more about this, please tell me why I shouldn’t keep a healthy distance from those things. Not a trucker but…there’s quite a few different connectors that get used and about a bazillion youtube videos on how they work. Naturally, I can’t find the video I’ve seen that covered a bunch of them, but here’s a video that demonstrates how you can’t really see the connectors. Which makes sense, if they were projecting past the edge of the container, they’d effectively make each container that much wider/longer. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9V_85W6uPOE/maxresdefault.jpg "Fully Automatic Twistlock") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V_85W6uPOE) ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5639 "2023-08-31T13:52:17Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Is that first car a 1946 Ford Deluxe with a 226 Flathead? It’s a ford and the emblem says 226, but that’s all I got. ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5640 "2023-08-31T13:55:12Z")
Also @Jasmine, if you look up ‘container lashing’ on youtube, you’ll learn more than you wanted to know about a job you didn’t know existed. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5641 "2023-08-31T14:10:06Z")
Thanks! LoL ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5642 "2023-09-01T03:52:34Z")
Spotted a 73(?) Roadrunner with its stripe decals still intact. The paint was faded, but the car was moving along the road just fine. Locally, they all rusted out a long time ago so this one must have been hiding in New Mexico or Arizona for a long 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:** [September 1, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5643 "2023-09-01T16:55:47Z")
Chevy Nova, I think: [![](https://i.imgur.com/zxoNoYs.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/zxoNoYs.jpg) . [![](https://i.imgur.com/tprEI2y.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/tprEI2y.jpg) . [![](https://i.imgur.com/G5Ljfk3.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/G5Ljfk3.jpg) . According to Google, 1970 Cougar and an early 70’s Charger (Super Bee?) [![](https://i.imgur.com/oJHHeU0.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/oJHHeU0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5644 "2023-09-01T16:59:39Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Chevy Nova, I think: That’s a Buick Grand National, a limited-edition performance version of the Regal from the 1980s. > **[The Buick Grand National and GNX's History, Told by its Creators](https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a23739443/buick-regal-grand-national-gnx-history/)** > > The back story of how Buick's landmark 1980s muscle cars happened, straight from the horsepower makers' mouths. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5645 "2023-09-01T17:09:41Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > That’s a Buick Grand National, a limited-edition performance version of the Regal from the 1980s. And a relative of the Chevy Monte Carlo. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5646 "2023-09-01T19:16:18Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > Chevy Nova, I think: > > That’s a Buick Grand National, a limited-edition performance version of the Regal from the 1980s. > > [The Buick Grand National and GNX's History Told by its Creators](https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a23739443/buick-regal-grand-national-gnx-history/) And one of the few American cars from the 1980s worth having. The1980s was a crappy decade for American cars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=283)