# 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:** 291
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5807 "2023-10-26T20:25:15Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > But still, the new Corvettes don’t look like the Corvettes I grew up seeing. Yeah, there was definitely that element, too. To me, the distinguishing feature has always been that long hood, and without that, it just kind of becomes “generic supercar.” It was a distinct and instantly recognizable design before. Now it’s “What is that thing?” ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5808 "2023-10-26T21:10:54Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > This is the body style I’ll forever associate with Corvettes (keeping in mind, I was born in 1980) ( Chuckles ) That 4th Gen ( 1984-1996 ) I still consider “the later model” Corvettes. ( Born in '62 ) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5809 "2023-10-26T21:37:49Z")
I much prefer the older Vettes. Was talking to my BIL once. He had I think an '84. He was driving a couple of times a year from PA to TX. He took his truck. I asked him why he didn’t take the Vette. Then he gave me a ride in it. Oh. I thought it would be more comfortable than a pick-up. It certainly was not. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5810 "2023-10-27T00:02:13Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Yeah, there was definitely that element, too. To me, the distinguishing feature has always been that long hood, and without that, it just kind of becomes “generic supercar.” It was a distinct and instantly recognizable design before. Now it’s “What is that thing?” and the generic supercar is igually hard on the eye as is the generic SUV … ---
**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:** [October 28, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5811 "2023-10-28T19:44:30Z")
Today I saw a Toyota HiAce Super Custom parked in a local parking lot. Looks like basically the Japanese take on the luxury conversion van. It was right hand drive, so obviously a JDM import. I am 99% certain this is the exact van I saw, since it was listed for sale in this area a few years ago, and how many of them could there be around here? > **[No Reserve: 1994 Toyota HiAce Super Custom Turbodiesel](https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1994-toyota-hiace-super-custom-limited/)** > > Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1994 Toyota HiAce Super Custom Turbodiesel at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #30,684. On a different note, Thursday night I saw one of the new Nissan Z cars. I’m pretty sure that was the first one I’ve seen in the wild. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5812 "2023-10-28T19:47:48Z")
That was my first car, a red '63 powered by a 390. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5813 "2023-10-28T19:52:30Z")
Another Rivian R1S sighting. People with too much money. I overtook a 1960 Buick LeSabre on I-94 last weekend. He was sandwiched in between a 1960 Buick station wagon and a 1960 Chevy Impala. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5814 "2023-10-28T21:08:49Z")
A purple Lamborghini, a Hurrican, I think, but it went by too fast for me to get a good look. But it looked kinda like this. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/COapWT40bco/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/COapWT40bco/maxresdefault.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:** [October 29, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5815 "2023-10-29T21:28:08Z")
The new Tesla Cybertruck! I really really did not think they were going to release it with that design. But shows what I know. I’ll share pics when I can upload them. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5816 "2023-10-29T23:25:25Z")
how did it appeal to you “in the flesh” (vs. pics)? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5817 "2023-10-29T23:34:48Z")
Down in a FL supermarket parking lot a new Nissan Ariya EV; first one I’ve seen in the wild. Honestly, nothing about the car stood out to me. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHeZ8LqkyWCgb0CvcMgAER22ByKqjd-rwgx176DbDQEmjqWrvErLKPYfmS7h43QxcAqTFTup4fAoYqbTBt0AaGx4leEPGH1AVNXyORN195qtnxWSqFie=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/KW6jJjUH68pCyo6K6) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5818 "2023-10-30T00:19:47Z")
![](https://media.tenor.com/M3zBwO9KvqEAAAAC/firefly-serenity.gif) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5819 "2023-10-30T04:03:54Z")
Here are the 5 pics I took of the Cybertruck today. [[Album] The Tesla Cybertruck is BIG. ![](https://i.imgur.com/d3Bcih0.jpeg?fb "The Tesla Cybertruck is BIG.") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/VYQQVAD) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5820 "2023-10-30T04:05:23Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > how did it appeal to you “in the flesh” (vs. pics)? It looks gawky, awkward, ungainly, and BIG. But it might eventually grow on 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:** [October 31, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5821 "2023-10-31T15:05:47Z")
This gave made me a chuckle. At the Grand Canyon North Rim: I AM THE BLACK JEEP OF THE FAMILY [![](https://i.imgur.com/V9Jjb6I.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/V9Jjb6I.jpg) . [![](https://i.imgur.com/YDsxUHf.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YDsxUHf.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5822 "2023-10-31T15:47:00Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I AM THE BLACK JEEP OF THE FAMILY A few years ago I saw a black Jeep with a vanity plate that read “BAH BAH”. It took me a minute to get it. (I think I posted that in this thread back then, too). ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5823 "2023-10-31T15:49:16Z")
A few days ago I saw a car that, from the front, had a similar shape as an older Porshe, with the long humps coming off the headlights across the hood. Turns out it was a 75ish Camero. [![](https://i.imgur.com/aR7ADai.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/aR7ADai.png) Not the car, but here’s the front of another 75ish Camero. I wasn’t completely off base thinking it resembled a Porshe. [![](https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1975_chevrolet_camaro_img_e6985-1-23502.jpg) ](https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1975_chevrolet_camaro_img_e6985-1-23502.jpg) I don’t remember seeing Cameros like this. Maybe I haven’t looked closely enough or maybe they’re not that common. I wish I learned that little bit of trivia when I was a kid. As it stands, other than the badge, the brake lights are what I use to know if I’m looking at a Firebird or a Camero. And those don’t even look like the Camero brake lights I’d expect. In other news, we were talking about Corvettes a few days ago in this thread, and I ended up seeing an old Sting Ray later that day. [![](https://i.imgur.com/QbOSBhr.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/QbOSBhr.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5824 "2023-10-31T19:51:07Z")
Nitpick: Camaro. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5825 "2023-11-01T13:51:06Z")
another try to post a pic of chinese GAC vehicles (couldn’t get the photo to post a couple of days ago) [![](https://i.postimg.cc/nrb9BtfP/image.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/nrb9BtfP/image.png) those seem to all hover around de $15 - $20k range [https://gacmotor.cl/modelos/emkoo/](https://gacmotor.cl/modelos/emkoo/) fwiw - we get tons of chinese cars from all kinds of brands (the Chilean car market is the one with most brands operating on the whole planet) - as it’s a very open economy and little entrance barreers) ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5826 "2023-11-01T14:48:22Z")
Wow, thanks for sharing. Looks like something from a cheap, 80s, s-f book cover. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=290) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=292)