# 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:** 305
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6087 "2024-02-24T15:31:35Z")
I didn’t see it today, but I see it in the parking lot at work frequently: it’s a weatherbeaten yellow Toyota pickup with only the YO still visible on the tailgate. It has no camper shell, as one might hope, but it DOES have Pizza Planet labels on the driver and passenger doors. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6088 "2024-02-25T04:45:35Z")
My gym trainer got a new car, a Mercedes AMG GLE 43. AMG, or Aufrecht, Melcher, and Großaspach, is the high-performance subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz. Initially they were independent, but Mercedes-Benz bought them in 2005. [![](https://i.imgur.com/iStCp7O.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/iStCp7O.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/mSPiVPd.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/mSPiVPd.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:** [February 25, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6089 "2024-02-25T20:27:05Z")
For the color challenged, what’s its color? [![](https://i.imgur.com/35xKeB6.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/35xKeB6.jpeg) The owner is also apostrophe challenged. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6090 "2024-02-25T20:36:06Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > what’s its color Says right on the plate, “Tits Pink”, though I’m not sure that’s the actual Pantone name. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6091 "2024-02-25T20:49:25Z")
I like them pink. Other colors work well too. On the freeway today I passed a 2000 Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG. That car is nearing 25 years old and it was very clean and straight. It looked great. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6092 "2024-02-26T00:20:53Z")
Most “interesting” was a Microcar™. From head on, later in the evening, I thought it was an old Audi A1 that had seen better days, but it’s a little French car made up of bits from other European hardbacks. [I’m not sure which model, they all seem to be variations on the same stumpy design.](https://www.parkers.co.uk/microcar/virgo/specs/) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6093 "2024-02-27T17:29:55Z")
The Land Rover Defender 110 Trophy Edition starts at $103,000 MSRP. Some manufacturers’ special editions have subtle markings, and others not so much. [[Album] Land Rover Defender 110 Trophy Edition ![](https://i.imgur.com/o9yBnr2.jpeg?fb "Land Rover Defender 110 Trophy Edition") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/nny9mR7) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6094 "2024-02-27T19:37:32Z")
I don’t have pictures, but I’ve been seeing a lot of the new LR Defenders. They look like a caricature of a 4wd vehicle. I find them extremely silly looking. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6095 "2024-02-27T20:08:32Z")
Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster (2013-18). Signs of spring. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNXAwGX5HioDwaBAhWFWb4pxt4itOyJDbDkaSjvrPbyfEhWYl5kBhdgQyswstXJaVG02GsWN-cUG8U9WWtxvPUZOQcnFOlw6n0dAyeijRKz_P69BW3V=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/jKzdizUL4J2So2pv9) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMLAOSc18B9liFwWdC2fcE4WRvZcqrH6DdYKTNjRx1r192_1Ls6FJ2kb40uIubhJY7WNa8vJcgVMUDfoMhpoViKU07JC1DWkaHaycTiNIyncM4xzJsI=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/RwAznssXmBJfWtrc7) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6096 "2024-02-27T23:23:07Z")
That’s ashame. Marketing for and by morons. And I see ‘SUVs’ that are nothing but some sort of cross over. Many cars have AWD now, don’t call it an SUV, it’s not. It’s an AWD hatch back. Fine for many purposes, but call it what it is. ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6097 "2024-02-29T04:32:45Z")
Sweet! ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6098 "2024-02-29T04:32:53Z")
A nice green Datsun 280Z 2+2, maybe a 1975 or 1976. Datsun manufactured the 280Z from 1975-1978 to replace the beautiful 240Z, and its brief successor the 260Z. For the US market Datsun manufactured the 240Z 1969-1973, and then the 260Z for only 1974. My uncle had a white 1970 240Z with 5-speed manual and a manual choke lever. My parents drove Buicks, and my uncle’s Z was a beauty. Elegantly styled, with simple but effective lines. It’s probably the first car I ever loved. I’m the oldest of 5 siblings all close in age and our house was a little crowded, so going for a ride with my uncle in his small 2 seater was a treat of exclusive attention in a beautiful car. And I had no idea why there would be a lever next to the stick shift labeled CHOKE. I know I asked him and he told me, but I was 9 and clueless. It wasn’t until 16 years later when I was riding my first motorcycle that I learned what the choke lever did. I get it now. Today with EFI, we don’t even think about it. The other 2 pics are off of the web and are beautiful 240Zs. Over the years as the Z got bigger and longer, it lost its crisp lines. C’mon people, it’s not a family car. It’s a SPORTS car! You want a family car? Drive a Buick. Don’t change my Z. [![](https://i.imgur.com/347hiVo.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/347hiVo.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/qiZaPGv.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qiZaPGv.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/pY6rImO.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/pY6rImO.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/1qFQ27c.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/1qFQ27c.jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6099 "2024-02-29T20:02:56Z")
Hummer EV in a pebbly paint: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/U1PVdwc.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Fq8ndTq) [![](https://i.imgur.com/RB3cMGB.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RB3cMGB.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:** [March 1, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6100 "2024-03-01T23:40:22Z")
That’s pretty cool. Today… A Dodge Coronet Woody Wagon (1st gen, 1949-1952), but… [![](https://i.imgur.com/jrM822u.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/jrM822u.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/206MYUg.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/206MYUg.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZyF0ISD.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZyF0ISD.jpg) … but No. See next pics… From this web pic (and others), this is apparently what they’re supposed to be if real. [![](https://i.imgur.com/y3gJIdk.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/y3gJIdk.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/eQpe9f8.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eQpe9f8.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:** [March 2, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6101 "2024-03-02T02:02:13Z")
Well, it has it’s own unique style. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6102 "2024-03-02T15:14:03Z")
So did the real thing have molded wood, or was it some kind of faux wood? The person who modded the car you saw only used flat, two-dimensional pieces. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6103 "2024-03-02T20:03:39Z")
1950 was the last model year for real wood in Chrysler, Dodge & Plymouth. Here’s a barn-find '50 Dodge, before: [![](https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1-14-630x390.jpg) ](https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1-14-630x390.jpg) and after: [![](https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Hemmings-630x390.jpg) ](https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Hemmings-630x390.jpg) The vehicle in question is one from the final year for real wood: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3143/2996393560_7db29e3599_b.jpg "1950 Dodge Coronet Woodie Station Wagon 5") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/2996393560) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2324/2996392452_7222774b8c_b.jpg "1950 Dodge Coronet Woodie Station Wagon 3") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/2996392452) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6104 "2024-03-03T13:02:54Z")
What was the reason for using wood? Aesthetics? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6105 "2024-03-03T15:42:09Z")
No idea but that’s a good guess. In the driveway of a house I was visiting yesterday was a nice red Tesla 3. As I approached the house’s front door I saw light marks on its right rear tire. The concentric marks looked like exposed, visible tire threads. I pivoted towards the car and approached. Sure enough, they were tire threads. Clearly, this car is driven spiritedly. And I know that it is. When I got into the house I told my brother he’d better get new tires. He said this set of tires has only lasted a year, and that he’s enjoying just a touch of drifting on his commute to work. He’s looking for a less expensive set of tires. Grippy tires? Who needs so much grip? This is the same 3 I’ve borrowed before, and did that 0-100 MPH run on video that I’ve shared here. I didn’t get sideways, though. It’s not my car. [![](https://i.imgur.com/Es8shBT.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Es8shBT.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/b4hHkb7.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/b4hHkb7.jpeg) ---
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