# 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:** 301
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6007 "2024-01-18T15:34:30Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Update: hey, this is the 6,000th post in this thread! My most successful thread by far. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6008 "2024-01-18T15:41:59Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Update: hey, this is the 6,000th post in this thread! Are you sure? I see your post as number 6006. Number 6000 is at > [@What's the most interesting car you saw today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6000): > > I didn’t see any Ferrari-looking vans. That’s not saying there weren’t any. I feel like the Petersen is definitely a must-see when I’m back in the LA area this year. But, still, this is a great thread! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6009 "2024-01-18T15:51:08Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > Update: hey, this is the 6,000th post in this thread! > > Are you sure? I see your post as number 6006. 6000 according to the slider. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6010 "2024-01-18T15:54:28Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > 6000 according to the slider.   That’s not reliable. My slider says your post that I’m replying to is 5905. The URL is always correct. Your post is #6009, as can be seen by clicking Reply and looking at the quote code. And also seen by clicking the time-date of the post. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6011 "2024-01-18T19:25:42Z")
Clicking on the timestamp will reveal the URL for that specific post, with it’s number, as well. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6012 "2024-01-18T20:01:57Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Update: hey, this is the 6,000th post in this thread! I know, I saw the other posts stating this isn’t the actual 6000th post, but still the fact that this thread hit 6000 posts deserves one of these: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Pontiac_6000.jpg/1280px-Pontiac_6000.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Pontiac_6000.jpg/1280px-Pontiac_6000.jpg) No, I didn’t actually see a Pontiac 6000, but it just seemed appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6013 "2024-01-18T20:04:13Z")
Anyone have a baby blue version of that? First car I owned! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6014 "2024-01-18T21:56:58Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > Update: hey, this is the 6,000th post in this thread! > > My most successful thread by far. Thanks, @Telemark ! Added: A great idea, and now we see that many of us like to notice interesting carts out there. And yes I was going by the slider to call that the 6,000th post. Interestingly the slider is not accurate, but I think it has to compensate for many different devices and OSs. Anyway, interesting to note that the URL and the post time have more accurate information about the post count. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6015 "2024-01-20T01:08:58Z")
I saw this (unexploded) Pinto: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/BmP1UFl.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/BmP1UFl) I thought that was easily going to be the most interesting car I saw today, until I came across this art piece: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/aLcSE79.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/aLcSE79) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/t3MACFN.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/t3MACFN) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/FRo944r.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/FRo944r) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/4Ejfp6c.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/4Ejfp6c) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6016 "2024-01-20T01:56:37Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I saw this (unexploded) Pinto: Not just any Pinto, but a Pinto Cruising Wagon! Ford’s attempt to capitalize on the 1970s custom van craze by offering a smaller, more fuel efficient alternative to a full sized van but with all the features of a 1970s van. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6017 "2024-01-20T14:57:37Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I thought that was easily going to be the most interesting car I saw today, until I came across this art piece: That’s called “Spacerider”; a slightly different version won the Grand Trophy at Houston last year: > **[2023 Houston Art Car Parade Winners](https://www.thehoustonartcarparade.com/2023-art-car-winners)** > > Over $16,000 was awarded to 2023 Houston Art Car Parade artists in various categories through a judging process. Find out who took the top prize! ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6018 "2024-01-20T15:29:48Z")
Scottsdale Zoom, a Scottsdale-specific delivery service akin to Door Dash, evidently is building a fleet of art cars. Here are their other two: [![](https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/1326714093-9bdb81654a258399a73337ea93427fb625e248d325c0a54edcc6174107c7099b-d?f=webp "Scottsdale Zoom Delivery Service Art Cars") ](https://vimeo.com/657188500) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6019 "2024-01-20T16:22:12Z")
was that Pontiac 6000 america’s answer to Volvo??? … [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/18697196460_7b91af2726_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/18697196460_7b91af2726_b.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:** [January 21, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6020 "2024-01-21T06:32:07Z")
Roof cargo boxes now come in designer colors. This one is from Inno. In case you might be interested. 😉 I spotted this one today. [![](https://i.imgur.com/0q7eQZ6.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/0q7eQZ6.jpg) Mine is from Inno, too. It’s a black one, not red. It’s on my Jeep but I’ll be transferring it to my new Outback in a couple of weeks. [![](https://i.imgur.com/q4eVUKU.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/q4eVUKU.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/NZs44BN.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/NZs44BN.jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6021 "2024-01-21T23:32:39Z")
A blue 1st-gen Ford Mustang in a parking lot for Safeway recently [[Album] The Ford Mustang: an American Automobile Icon ![](https://i.imgur.com/ENfTHzL.jpeg?fb "The Ford Mustang: an American Automobile Icon") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/whUjF3q) The Ford Mustang is an American Automobile Icon. The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured from March 1964 (as a 1965 model) until 1973. This nice, blue example was in a Safeway parking lot recently. (The other cars in this post are web pics) The 1965 Mustang was iconic. When first introduced, Ford’s original projections were for 100,000 Mustangs to be sold in its first year. Ford could not predict how wildly popular its new car would be, and Ford sold over 4x that amount. The first 100,000 Mustangs sold out in only 3 months. Ford sold over 680,000 Mustangs for the extended 1965 model year after being introduced midway through 1964. For the 1965 Mustang, Ford sold 559,451 of them. If you include the “1964½” Mustang, then 680,989 “first year” Mustangs were sold. By 1966, the one millionth Mustang had been produced. Where is Mustang #1? In 1964, Airline Captain Stanley Tucker of St. John’s, Newfoundland bought the very first Ford Mustang on 14 April 1964, 3 days BEFORE the Mustang’s official unveiling. For that unveiling Ford had shipped its first Mustangs to the farthest dealerships. Serial Number One, or 5F08F100001, wound up 2,180 miles from Dearborn MI in St. John’s NL. When Ford realized how popular the Mustang was and that Stanley Tucker had the very first one, they offered to buy it from him but Tucker said no thanks. Then in 1966 they offered to give him the 1 millionth Mustang in exchange for #1, and he finally agreed. [[Album] Where is Mustang #1? ![](https://i.imgur.com/qdZDB1p.jpeg?fb "Where is Mustang #1?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/46mpSEu) Today, Mustang #1 can be seen in The Henry Ford, or the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn MI. Through 7 generations Ford has sold over 10 million Mustangs (the “real” ones, not the Mach-E). Mustang #1’s serial number is 5F08F100001. [[Album] The Pony Car ![](https://i.imgur.com/8TQetth.jpeg?fb "The Pony Car") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/kIkDxuR) The Mustang created a new class of American car, the “Pony Car”. Pony Cars were sporty, compact, and affordable, and had only 2 doors (4-door cars were definitely NOT sporty). The Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird were designed specifically to compete with the popular Mustang. Pony Cars include, besides the cousins Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird (1st gens, 1967-1969): the Plymouth Barracuda (1st gen, 1964-1966), the Mercury Cougar (Mustang cousin; 1st gen, 1967-1970), and the AMC Javelin (1st gen, 1968-1969). [[Album] The Pony Car ![](https://i.imgur.com/8TQetth.jpeg?fb "The Pony Car") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/kIkDxuR) Today’s Pony Cars include the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and Dodge Challenger. Which one’s your favorite? [[Album] Today’s Pony Cars ![](https://i.imgur.com/we1LkHG.jpeg?fb "Today’s Pony Cars") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/YrCFWme) ---
**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:** [January 22, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6022 "2024-01-22T17:25:52Z")
911 Targa 4S. Not very common. [[Album] 911 Targa 4S ![](https://i.imgur.com/BLonSiF.jpeg?fb "911 Targa 4S") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/wCFbYIm) ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6023 "2024-01-23T18:18:34Z")
It’s a '72 or '73, if the bumpers are correct for a U.S. model. Only '72-'74 models had the round rear wheel wells, and '74s had big rubber blocks on the bumpers. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6024 "2024-01-24T06:05:40Z")
Cool, thank you. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6025 "2024-01-25T16:13:55Z")
A Toyota MR2 Spyder; gen 3, 2000-2007. [![](https://i.imgur.com/k5irmlN.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/k5irmlN.jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6026 "2024-01-27T16:52:40Z")
I like to practice my trail skills and capabilities from time to time. Yesterday I took my new Outback to Hollister Hills, an off-road park just south of San Francisco. It was its first time getting dirty. I installed a set of BFG KO2 all terrain tires on it, 1” larger than stock. I ran a set of KO2s on my recently deceased Grand Cherokee and they are a very strong trail tire. Yesterday there were 3 Tesla Cybertrucks there testing and practicing its trail capabilities. I had to stop and take some pictures. [![](https://i.imgur.com/ILDtUe2.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ILDtUe2.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/bIL5bhM.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/bIL5bhM.jpeg) Here are all my pictures and a couple of brief videos. You’ll have to bear with me as my video skills aren’t great. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/tnp7Nlm.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/r6Z3qHb) (I double posted this over in the Tesla Cybertruck thread.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=300) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=302)