# 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:** 33
**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:** [July 7, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/642 "2015-07-07T19:21:07Z")
Nice. Our PCA chapter (LPR, Loma Prieta Region, and 356CAR, California Alta Region) gathered last Wednesday to celebrate the life of Ralph E. Maines who passed away last month. Most of us didn’t bring our cars because parking was tight, but there were a few 356s there. A year ago in May, we gathered for Ralph’s 88th birthday. My wife and I, and her parents, can be seen in the video. 20 years ago Ralph helped us inspect a nice 1963 356 Cabriolet my wife wanted, and 20 years later our 356 is still running strong. R.I.P., Ralph, and thank you for all you’ve done. _ **And that’s what she said!** _ Ralph E. Maines, 17 May 1926 - 12 June 2015 [https://www.google.com/search?q=Ralph+Maines+356&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari](https://www.google.com/search?q=Ralph+Maines+356&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari) Ralph Maines Farewell June 30, 2015 on Vimeo [https://vimeo.com/132271736](https://vimeo.com/132271736) Ralph’s Birthday Party and 356CAR Recognition [https://vimeo.com/93068971](https://vimeo.com/93068971) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/643 "2015-07-08T03:01:14Z")
Don’t know if this qualifies, but I saw some [Polaris Reverse Trikes](http://www.indianmotorcyclesanjose.com/default.asp?page=xInventoryDetail&id=1048315&p=1&vc=trike&s=Year&d=D&fr=xAllInventory) on my way to the grocery store today. (I walk past this place all the time–they have some neat machines in their parking lot!) ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/644 "2015-07-08T04:48:27Z")
My vote is that it counts. I’ve noted a motorcycle here before. And those Polaris machines look like sports cars. And at $20K each they cost about as much as a car. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/645 "2015-07-08T11:53:39Z")
Just got back from a trip to Italy, lots of very interesting cars on this trip. But I love the tiny micro cars that are available, didn’t get all their names but some are adorable. Plus lots of Alfas, Citroens, and Renaults that I never get to see here. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/646 "2015-07-09T04:39:34Z")
There were two Lotus Elises at the race event I attended over the weekend. Also visible, though not competing, was a restored AMX. Don’t see many of those around. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/647 "2015-07-09T04:47:03Z")
Yesterday I saw a Bentley on George St in downtown Peterborough. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/648 "2015-07-11T01:52:14Z")
72° & sunny early this morning, I was behind a clean & shiny classic Mata with the top down that you could just tell was garage-kept & only came out on days like this; bet that top hasn’t been up in years. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/649 "2015-07-11T03:45:24Z")
Something called a Leonhardt Special built in 1966. It’s a vintage CanAm race car. There may have only been one made. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/650 "2015-07-12T14:32:14Z")
Not strictly a “car,” but . . . Euclid Beach Amusement Park hasn’t existed in almost 50 years. One of the big rides there consisted of a high tower, with 3 big chrome “rocket” cars spinning around it, each holding at least a dozen passengers. Yesterday, I saw one of the rocket cars, filled with waving people, driving down a major avenue. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/651 "2015-07-12T20:13:54Z")
Another Shelby Cobra replica today, this time in orange. Also a Ford Model A cruising down a NH road headed for Old Homes day. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/652 "2015-07-15T19:53:22Z")
Two yesterday, the cars weren’t remarkable the I liked the accessories. Bright orange Audi TT convertible with the license plate CLKWRK A pale blue VW Beetle convertible (not the current model, the one introduced a few years ago) with eyelashes on the headlights and a windup key on the back that spun in the wind. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/653 "2015-07-16T20:07:36Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A pale blue VW Beetle convertible (not the current model, the one introduced a few years ago) with eyelashes on the headlights and _a windup key on the back that spun in the wind_. 😃 At a stoplight in the middle of the city I saw a Ural motorcycle, with a sidecar, surprisingly driven by a woman. Urals are rare, sidecars are rare, I don’t think I’ve seen a female driving either one before. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/654 "2015-07-16T22:21:43Z")
It’s cool and rainy today. I have seen nothing interesting out here in suburbia. Sigh. Tomorrow will be better. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/655 "2015-07-17T20:55:48Z")
And Aston Martin DB9 (License Plate MI 6) cut me off exiting the highway today but I ended up passing him in traffic. It was a boring gray color. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/656 "2015-07-17T21:40:31Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > And Aston Martin DB9 (License Plate MI 6) cut me off exiting the highway today but I ended up passing him in traffic. It was a boring gray color. Sometimes you might wish you had forward-facing missiles on your car. I see more and more of those BMW i3 electric cars. It’s almost a daily occurrence now. Their wheels are large-diameter, and narrow - 155/70-19s. For lower rolling resistance, I guess. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/657 "2015-07-19T03:36:22Z")
I saw a clapped out TR-7 today. Strangely, the paint job was fantastic and shiny, but the money should have been spent on the suspension. It’s amazing the the thing could turn a corner. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/658 "2015-07-19T05:59:52Z")
TR-7: The Shape of Things to Come. Today, a convertible Corvair. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/659 "2015-07-19T17:40:16Z")
A 1978 AMC Spirit in showroom condition-nice. AMC cars are rare-not many liked them. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/660 "2015-07-19T18:05:49Z")
I saw a green Geo Tracker LSI today. It’s a 2-door with convertible top. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/661 "2015-07-26T06:02:50Z")
A BMW i8! Very nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=34)