# 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:** 312
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6227 "2024-04-17T19:22:42Z")
Some sports history today. I complimented a guy at the tire shop because of his nice truck. There was something else nice about it too… [![](https://i.imgur.com/lScdlKP.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lScdlKP.jpg) 😜 [![](https://i.imgur.com/uRcGq6p.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/uRcGq6p.jpeg) The guy was wearing a faded orange Tim Lincecum t-shirt. Truthfully, most people in LA could care less about the Giants-Dodgers rivalry. It’s more of a Northern California thing. Still, “BEAT LA” has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? The BEAT LA chant actually wasn’t created in San Francisco. It was not created for the Giants-Dodgers rivalry. It was created in Boston in 1982, as the Philadelphia 76ers were handily defeating the Boston Celtics in game 7 of the 1982 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Dejected Celtics fans were cheering on the 76ers to beat their hated rivals for the NBA Championship. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right? The Boston crowd was silenced at the end of the 3rd quarter as the 76ers’ Julius Erving (the famous “Dr. J”) hit a 15-foot jumper to give Philadelphia their then-biggest lead of the game, 83-71. Here is that Dr. J shot ➜ [https://youtu.be/RvVN1jIPNps&t=5m5s](https://youtu.be/RvVN1jIPNps&t=5m5s). And you can hear the silence from the Boston fans. The Celtics were heavily favored to win the game, but the 76ers were just too strong that day. With 5:08 left in the game the Sixers took an insurmountable 17 point lead. Here are more sounds of silence in Boston, and then the growing chants of BEAT LA! BEAT LA! ➜ [https://youtu.be/RvVN1jIPNps&t=6m6s](https://youtu.be/RvVN1jIPNps&t=6m6s). That scream of “Oh come on!” comes from Kevin McHale crying about being fouled. Philadelphia crushed the Celtics, but they would not beat LA in the finals that year. However in the next year they did beat LA. With a sweep of the Lakers. The BEAT LA chant is born ➜ [https://youtube.com/shorts/QO3FrynAeRM](https://youtube.com/shorts/QO3FrynAeRM) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6228 "2024-04-17T21:35:21Z")
Heh, I would’ve read that as a misspelling of “Beatle”. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6229 "2024-04-20T03:48:16Z")
A nice Lamborghini Urus. How is Urus pronounced? Does it rhyme with purist? Or tourist? I’ve spoken with owners who pronounced it both ways. This one has a nice stance and exhaust note. With a starting price around $240K, I don’t think I’ll be seeing many out on the trails. [![](https://i.imgur.com/bkNWRrm.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/bkNWRrm.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/rNuj6Dq.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/rNuj6Dq.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:** [April 20, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6230 "2024-04-20T04:03:29Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Heh, I would’ve read that as a misspelling of “Beatle”. Clearly, you’re not an SF Giants fan! 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 20, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6231 "2024-04-20T04:07:19Z")
I saw an old International Harvester pickup this evening, similar to this one, with the stepside style bed. The one I saw was in nicer shape, though. > **[1970 International Harvester 1200 4WD Shortbed Stepside FOR SALE | 406garage...](https://www.406garage.com/product-page/1970-international-harvester-1200-4wd-shortbed-stepside)** > > 1970 Interntaional Harvester 1200 3/4 ton 4WD short bed step side, very very rare! This is an all original harvest gold truck. Bought new here in bend oregon, still has original plates. It is a 345 v8 with a 4 speed transmission. It runs and... ---
**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:** [April 20, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6232 "2024-04-20T04:07:26Z")
Is he parked across two handicap spots and a fire lane? ---
**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:** [April 20, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6233 "2024-04-20T04:19:45Z")
He left the engine running, ran in quickly to get something, and left after letting me take the second picture. So he wasn’t really parked there. Just briefly stopped. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6234 "2024-04-20T13:41:51Z")
Spotted on the street in Nice, and Alpine A110. I know nothing about the brand other than it’s part of Renault. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOLp1DEHGMIRROFltygqlFrKWd1Oc13jIZSOVyDL8pRX9YwpJm082smNlqPEO-cbrUdXXpwTjxawCx77y42p08-oLrnoX_n6jr07kmOFJVPQQy8q03r=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/9MgRbMHm8Hui2B7c7) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6235 "2024-04-20T14:11:55Z")
I’m visiting Minneapolis for the next few days. I flew in yesterday, went to the rental car counter, filled out all the paperwork, and the Hertz guy said to take any car in the “gold” section. The keys would be in it. So I went up to the Hertz section of the garage, and found the gold section. It was the usual Camries and Escapes; the only thing with the least bit of character was a Jeep with blacked-out chrome and a trail package. As I was trying to decide what would bore me the least, one of the employees came driving up with an Acura and parked it in one of the spots. I figured it was probably a mistake, so I asked him if that was a “gold” car. He said yes, so I took it. Further investigation revealed it to be an Acura ILX, A-Spec. Not the most interesting car in this thread, but for the next few days it’s mine. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6236 "2024-04-22T04:03:29Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/oD9Ergl.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/oD9Ergl) ---
**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:** [April 22, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6237 "2024-04-22T04:38:47Z")
Looks like a 1960 Plymouth station wagon, but I can’t tell if it is a Fury or a Belvedere, or another. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6238 "2024-04-22T13:39:50Z")
All of Plymouth’s full-size wagons were called Suburbans at the time, with the trim level (Deluxe, Custom, or Sport) equating to the rest of their lineup. Those three bits on the fin make this a 1960 Custom Suburban and is the equivalent of the Belvedere. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6239 "2024-04-22T14:34:40Z")
Cool. Thanks for that. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6240 "2024-04-22T16:22:51Z")
I saw a red Cadillac Allanté on my way to the office this morning. > **[Cadillac Allanté](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Allant%C3%A9)** > > The Cadillac Allanté is a two-door, two-seater luxury roadster marketed by Cadillac from 1987 until 1993. It used a Cadillac chassis and running gear with a body built in Italy by coachbuilder Pininfarina. It was expensive to produce with the complete bodies flown to Detroit for final assembly. Over 21,000 were built during its seven-year production run. > To maintain luxury market position in the 1980s, Cadillac sought an aspirational model that would combine the prestige of a European design w... And also a Tesla Model S Plaid, which, as previously mentioned in this thread, is only distinguished by the emblem on the trunk lid. Given the state of traffic, the driver was unable to use Ludicrous Mode. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6241 "2024-04-22T19:55:04Z")
The headlights but especially the high … um, rump makes it look like the short lived Homer from Powell Motors. > **[The Homer](https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer)** > > "All my life, I have searched for a car that feels a certain way. Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball. Now, at last, I have found it." ―Homer Simpson "The Homer" (also known as "The Car Built for Homer") was an infamous... ---
**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:** [April 23, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6242 "2024-04-23T21:55:42Z")
Ferrari 458 in Pawtucket, RI. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczO-iKE2GRoHtDerrUiOlFlN6NpfMoOdxLbxL5o7j5rztzaqrWkl5vglsOTKlBe5Y_CfzKdLXIq7Jxs9XRMebotfJfXnTwfI9EstLMDvz8Migxz-zYh1=w600-h315-p-k "New item by James Hyder") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/A5pj2TR8GLDDksEg6) 1970 Chevy Belvedere in Lynn, MA. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMMWu53JkG5t08hSKwS1AyWUZgp9WaJqHhvePO3-KM4hMhBEcF9JTckqBayrGvgLCFyxs1TB5uiYXbySzLlEvPhWGZaBdeBvZqRDg3T8EdloMKDmXhA=w600-h315-p-k "New item by James Hyder") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/1RrKbaLB5hEQ62Tx6) Cars IDed by Google Lens. If I’m wrong, blame it. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6243 "2024-04-23T22:16:56Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > 1970 Chevy Belvedere There is no such car as a “Chevy Belvedere”. I think you probably meant a Chevy Biscayne, the least expencive full size car in Chevy’s lineup. > **[Chevrolet Biscayne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Biscayne)** > > The Chevrolet Biscayne was a series of full-size cars produced by the American manufacturer General Motors through its Chevrolet division between 1958 and 1975. Named after a show car displayed at the 1955 General Motors Motorama, the Biscayne was the least expensive model in the Chevrolet full-size car range (except the 1958-only Chevrolet Delray). The absence of most exterior and fancy interior trimmings remained through the life of the series, as the slightly costlier Chevrolet Bel Air offered... ---
**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:** [April 24, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6244 "2024-04-24T03:52:25Z")
D’oh! This is what I get for relying on my so-called memory for even an hour! And I can’t even blame Google Lens. I have no idea where I got Belvedere. What I wanted to to write was Impala, which is the other model Google Lens showed, in addition to Biscayne. But now, looking more closely at the Google Lens results, I see that it is actually a Biscayne, as @WildaBeast correctly said. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6245 "2024-04-24T05:32:48Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I have no idea where I got Belvedere. There was a Plymouth Belvedere. I assumed you must have conflated the two. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6246 "2024-04-24T12:41:54Z")
There was a Mister Belvedere as well, but the resemblance is tenuous at best. [![](https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mr.-Belvedere-Christopher-Hewett.jpg) ](https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mr.-Belvedere-Christopher-Hewett.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=311) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=313)