# 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:** 332
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6627 "2024-08-04T16:45:55Z")
Saw a very clean 1979 Triumph TR7 Friday. I immediately assumed it was a Bertone or Giugiaro design but no, it was in-house. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6628 "2024-08-04T17:04:18Z")
Yesterday I saw a car painted up like Lightning McQueen, AND the big Weinermobile! The Weinermobile was celebrating the opening of a new Dollar General, and Mr McQueen was right next door getting breakfast at Ray and Charles deli (no relation). ---
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6629 "2024-08-04T19:31:09Z")
Before 9am, but it’s unlikely something I see later will be more interesting than the Ferrari 328 (probably, possibly a 308) I saw this morning. No picture, but you all know what it looks like. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6630 "2024-08-04T19:37:32Z")
I saw a Porsche at a charging station this morning in a Meijer parking lot. Nothing overly special or interesting about the car, I just didn’t realize they had an EV. Looking at their website, it would have been a Taycan I saw, which range in price from $90,000-$230,000. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6631 "2024-08-04T20:26:00Z")
I just saw a 1957 Chevrolet belair 2dr HT fuel injected 283, jet black. Gorgeous! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6632 "2024-08-04T20:33:22Z")
And I saw a 1957 T-bird last night! . [![](https://www.motorcarclassics.com/galleria_images/1243/1243_p8_l.jpg?random=1722803161) ](https://www.motorcarclassics.com/galleria_images/1243/1243_p8_l.jpg?random=1722803161) Like this, but with an elderly guy driving next to us, east on Bluemound Road near the Brewers stadium. We had a leisurely dinner, and as we drove home, there was the same '57 T-bird with the elderly guy driving next to us, west on Bluemound Road… “I wonder if he followed us to the restaurant. Did you see him eating near us?” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6633 "2024-08-04T20:38:35Z")
We down the beach to Beach Cat Brewing for a pint, and the Porsche 914 with the Chalon body kit that I saw yesterday was across the street. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Ke3L919.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/oQ3Q6sn) There’s a car show down the beach, so there were lots of nice cars. We didn’t go, but we saw a bunch of them as we slowly drove by each way. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6634 "2024-08-04T23:55:23Z")
“Sounds” like not far from Waukesha. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6635 "2024-08-06T21:47:46Z")
We saw a Rivian yesterday, along I-70 in PA or MD. No Cybertruck though. I feel robbed. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6636 "2024-08-06T22:36:12Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > We saw a Rivian yesterday, along I-70 in PA or MD. I just saw my first one a few days ago as well. And like someone upthread mentioned, it was the headlights that got my attention. [![](https://preview.redd.it/rivian-headlights-are-light-pollution-and-scare-people-on-v0-ovd3szbtpqwb1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a46254aa7a3ee606b771700874c4d947865593b8) ](https://preview.redd.it/rivian-headlights-are-light-pollution-and-scare-people-on-v0-ovd3szbtpqwb1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a46254aa7a3ee606b771700874c4d947865593b8) I’m curious if that center bar can be turned off. I haven’t driven with one behind me, but it looks like it’d be hella annoying in your rear view mirror. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6637 "2024-08-10T19:05:57Z")
Lotus Elise. Now, okay, I see them fairly regularly in summer but this one was parked in the Fleet Farm lot. That’s one well-to-do farmer. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6638 "2024-08-10T20:51:52Z")
Ya know when someone has a pickup truck with a trailer, but the trailer is just the bed of another pick up truck. That, but with a jeep. [![](https://i.imgur.com/m5dk7lQ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/m5dk7lQ.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/IObnrlr.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/IObnrlr.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/VaHdPq9.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/VaHdPq9.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/qwgKl1I.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qwgKl1I.jpg) I know it’s a lot of pictures, but I was too close to get a decent picture. With the matching colors/shapes, it took my brain a minute to figure out what I was looking at as I rolled past it. My gut said this thing was entirely fabricated, not purchased. The “Built Not Bought” plaque on the back confirms it. And a Pacer. [![](https://i.imgur.com/cdDXxiS.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/cdDXxiS.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6639 "2024-08-10T21:25:18Z")
(That’s some lens flare or a glare off my window. He doesn’t have a streetlight hanging out of this driver side door) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6640 "2024-08-10T22:02:17Z")
A long, long time ago I spotted a DeLorean group meeting with all their cars parked on a street where I used to live. One of the owners had a trailer made out of a wrecked DeLorean. This isn’t my photo but it looked very similar to this. Since my sighting was in Washington state, it very well could be this one. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNzZrpIiHVHsuVu42vAIH6OOftmsZ3oE5SwQ-c2N_vrybFRK5k1CJcrySYc7Td1YTN_huw0CnJPMLjF0_4QO8qypRojxBt2fNyah5iz_GO-CfQ6b7TC=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/AvALzXd4CDascK2z7) Notice the trailer license plate: **DE TAIL** ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6641 "2024-08-10T22:28:08Z")
I’m surprised they managed to find a second one. Aren’t those pretty rare? Though, I suppose, being in a DeLorean group probably makes it easier. ETA, I was curious about the plate on the ‘tractor’. It’s OBSESSD. That tracks. [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/5173/5521326569_b14c112744_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/5173/5521326569_b14c112744_b.jpg) Also, I found a yellow one. The plate is GULLWNG [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9b/1f/93/9b1f936b552fd5ae9a18061e932a2698.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9b/1f/93/9b1f936b552fd5ae9a18061e932a2698.jpg) And whatever this is: [![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d11d1_725f438c303c4006ac1f79c1c0a71f2b.jpg/v1/fill/w_720,h_913,al_c,q_85,enc_auto/3d11d1_725f438c303c4006ac1f79c1c0a71f2b.jpg) ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d11d1_725f438c303c4006ac1f79c1c0a71f2b.jpg/v1/fill/w_720,h_913,al_c,q_85,enc_auto/3d11d1_725f438c303c4006ac1f79c1c0a71f2b.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6642 "2024-08-11T13:55:00Z")
This one is [borrowed](https://www.solsticeforum.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.solsticeforum.com/attachments/03b873da-960b-414a-966a-f232e585d01c-jpeg.122140/), the owner’s car is in the matching blue I saw what I believe to be a Dusenberg bobtail yesterday, twice, driving around town ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6643 "2024-08-11T14:05:18Z")
They can use that when they go shopping, so they have space for a second grocery bag. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6644 "2024-08-11T15:18:58Z")
I’ve been informed that my dad just bought a 1933 Ford Coupe (the ZZ Top _Eliminator_ car). If so I’ll post pics here by and by. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6645 "2024-08-11T15:30:57Z")
Now he needs a keychain to go with it! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6646 "2024-08-11T15:40:01Z")
On my walk last night I finally got a really good look at the 1957 Chevy Bel Air that lives down the street. The blower appears to be a BDS; can anyone identify the motor? Spare but pleasing interior. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOxoXyAwqxOOQGoareqSdbL5n0DLQgK0AOUUT5YHw9YjrLQ-JGDdl_9vGKWFomNpMN6E_Cs-yzLcJXSPzkmeZbyZEqAxs7ltS5995UcPDvH9C4VDyq9=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/s1VVu56gzTksuNHN6) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPA7FDbsHfQYN7J_7WUwl71wLU289svxULwwPcwFy4HJfaTvmSM71jS2zDP9EpjPz46v3gXtPcSCclgT-XLhBqcjGGT2OS8_rJknwWhHtcvere6uR75=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/qz1mZLs79NSE6b2G8) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMoEpfWm7qyY8pGmu3Sc0S5I5KR-ledzo7LIUrosdCvhY9xKu-xX8HE_qCDqwX-7Jetidr4k_SFCQyaEntwR_3cmUTXjvW-exrTT5Zky-dcludjE99P=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/uoUriJMYZXbCQFfv5) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPtG7ResMMXRHi4swkSmwIKhCXbwKKF0r2jV5kYSCjytomwhhKEGYp0B3P0rPohWIXkYRohdiuEZnY1_zfK9xzmU_mnpc9uqxmIHeUAb0npwai9tZZe=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/AwLT5cNFZkRksghw7) Also in the driveway was a 1932 Ford Convertible hot rod, the Duke of Pearl. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOwGPcBH6j4uXeaZsfDlKPzy7fSykJ1iBzv9wsUaIJeptK89y1JwdcW5x3JWnmkqNU3cvSClSHxE7q0k1bJpfMMWsxa7-gryTWMQ53iBwi6fa9fXh16=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/KA6dim925qAMgb9E7) I found a listing for the car, looks like it was just purchased and brought here. > **[For Sale: 1932 Ford Roadster in Annandale, Minnesota](https://classiccars.com/listings/view/1760489/1932-ford-roadster-for-sale-in-annandale-minnesota-55302)** > > Find classic cars, collector cars and vintage muscle cars on ClassicCars.com. Search, sell or buy and Drive Your Dream today! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=333)