# 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:** 308
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6147 "2024-03-14T00:26:01Z")
If you want your own, I saw this one last week on the street in Boulder. I didn’t take a picture, but the ad was easy to find. (If it gets taken down, it is a very rough 1970 El Camino for “$5,00” firm.) [![](https://images.craigslist.org/00Y0Y_j5Ck3b61oqr_0CI0t2_1200x900.jpg) ](https://images.craigslist.org/00Y0Y_j5Ck3b61oqr_0CI0t2_1200x900.jpg) > **[1970 El Camino - auto parts - by owner - vehicle automotive sale - craigslist](https://boulder.craigslist.org/pts/d/boulder-1970-el-camino/7722400521.html)** > > 1970 Chevrolet El Camino Custom · Custom · Truck · Driven 157,000 miles $5,00 firm 1970 El Camino Custom \_ All original drivetrain. New holly 2bl 350 th350. Not sure actual mileage. This thing takes... ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6148 "2024-03-14T01:57:51Z")
And a Nova, I think, behind it. Someone in my city used to have an El Camino with a cap. Looked like a hearse. ---
**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 14, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6149 "2024-03-14T04:06:26Z")
After dinner with my wife’s sister tonight we found 2 green Outbacks parked… out back. Mine is on the left, and some other guy’s is on the right. [![](https://i.imgur.com/iOjySRL.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/iOjySRL.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6150 "2024-03-15T23:50:40Z")
I saw a Saturn Sky convertible roadster on the commute. I didn’t know Saturn made these. Apparently only a few model years. > **[Saturn Sky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Sky)** > > The Saturn Sky is a roadster that was produced by Saturn, and was initially released in the first quarter of 2006 as a 2007 model. It uses the Kappa automobile platform shared with the Pontiac Solstice. The Sky concept was shown at the 2005 North American International Auto Show, with the production version following at the 2006 show. It was built at GM's Wilmington Assembly plant in Wilmington, Delaware, alongside the Solstice. The Sky featured 18-inch (457 mm) wheels and a 2.4 L Ecotec LE5 in... ---
**Author:** ![brasstacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@brasstacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brasstacks)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6151 "2024-03-15T23:57:10Z")
I didn’t see this today but within a week ago I saw a classic trans am. I really need to keep myself from wanting to race people sometimes. [This link is a picture of the car in question.](https://journal.classiccars.com/media/2018/10/13752018-1977-pontiac-firebird-trans-am-srcset-retina-md.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:** [March 17, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6152 "2024-03-17T04:30:48Z")
A nice red 2024 Tesla S Plaid. [[Album] 2024 Tesla S Plaid ![](https://i.imgur.com/iIVEVyC.jpeg?fb "2024 Tesla S Plaid") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/RiBAnqK) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6153 "2024-03-17T09:36:44Z")
> [@brasstacks](#): > > I didn’t see this today but within a week ago I saw a classic trans am. Oh yeah, those where the dream car of your 1970’s teenager. You could get a 455 cu in engine. Of course the Road Runner with a Hemi was right up there too. > [@Bullitt](#): > > A nice red 2024 Tesla S Plaid. Plaid is an interesting model name, but I think I’m missing some reference. Plaid? OK. ---
**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 17, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6154 "2024-03-17T10:44:22Z")
Deleted. The YouTube bug is affecting this post. ---
**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 17, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6155 "2024-03-17T10:55:29Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Plaid is an interesting model name, but I think I’m missing some reference. Plaid? OK. It’s from the movie _Spaceballs_, which apparently is one of Elon Musk’s favorites. There’s ludicrous speed which is crazy fast, and then there is plaid speed which is even faster. The plaid icon resembles how it was depicted in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6156 "2024-03-17T11:04:36Z")
Ahh. Thanks. I’ve seen parts of the movie. I should watch it. ---
**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 17, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6157 "2024-03-17T11:09:05Z")
I keep trying to include a video link to the scene, but the bug keeps preventing it. Here are the search results. Any of the top hits should suffice for a quick video of it ➜ [YouTube ludicrous speed plaid speed - Google Search](https://is.gd/k3Euq6) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6158 "2024-03-17T14:03:26Z")
> [@brasstacks](#): > > I didn’t see this today but within a week ago I saw a classic trans am. I really need to keep myself from wanting to race people sometimes. A friend of mine had a Trans Am like that. Apparently it was a Smokey and the Bandit replica. I’m not sure how that’s different than the stock version, but he ended up selling it to someone in a different part of the country, so I assume there was something special about it. My parents, just before I was born, had a Firebird (dad didn’t want a Trans Am because he didn’t want the decal on the hood). He’s since maintained that it’s the only time he’s ever seen a white Firebird with a white interior (and a t-top)(and a baby seat). They’ve gone to plaid. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NAWL8ejf2nM/maxresdefault.jpg "Spaceballs (4/11) Movie CLIP - Ludicrous Speed (1987) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAWL8ejf2nM) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6159 "2024-03-18T22:53:44Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/P75na9Q.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/P75na9Q.jpg) ---
**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 19, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6160 "2024-03-19T05:58:35Z")
Second generation, only made for three years ('72 - 74). ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6161 "2024-03-19T17:52:14Z")
I saw a '79 silver one this weekend; T-tops, too. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6162 "2024-03-20T11:30:56Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > ([Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/P75na9Q.jpg)) I’d like to get the story on how that tank-filling outlet came to happen (both from a design as well as a engineering POV) … I can visualize a phone-call in FORD HQ in the 1970ies … (get yourself into a Gary Larson state of mind) _John, you never gonna guess what Jim completely forgot in the design of the new 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:** [March 20, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6163 "2024-03-20T14:08:31Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > I’d like to get the story on how that tank-filling outlet came to happen (both from a design as well as a engineering POV) … That chrome cap has got to be for an auxiliary fuel tank; the main filler is on the rear corner by the taillight. The filler was in that same general area on the corner until the third generation. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6164 "2024-03-23T19:38:16Z")
F150 Tonka edition: [![](https://i.imgur.com/XWjsNeW.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/XWjsNeW.jpg) . [![](https://i.imgur.com/YdexQUb.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YdexQUb.jpg) . [![](https://i.imgur.com/B4635fQ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/B4635fQ.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:** [March 23, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6165 "2024-03-23T21:04:46Z")
Love it! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6166 "2024-03-23T21:15:00Z")
It is a nice truck. But I still can’t believe F150s are that big. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=309)