# 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:** 341
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6807 "2024-10-11T03:09:44Z")
I saw red and green Volkswagen Beetle from the mid 60’s today. Red on the right side, green on the left side. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6808 "2024-10-11T03:20:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Red on the right side, green on the left side. Well, _that’s_ wrong, unless it was going backward. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6809 "2024-10-11T21:09:37Z")
**NSFW** **NSFW** art work on motorcycle for sale ➜ [NSFW art work motorcycle for sale - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/F7HuUtS) ⇦ **NSFW** This bike caught my eye, and when I stopped to take some pictures the art work on the rear fender was a surprise. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6810 "2024-10-13T14:39:18Z")
Not a car I saw, but a car I didn’t see. In the 3 years we’ve lived here, there’s been a MB with 4 flat tires parked in a driveway up the street. People lived there, other cars came and went, but the Merc just sat there. [![](https://i.imgur.com/pASEz7g.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/pASEz7g.jpg) Yesterday, it was gone. There appeared to be drag marks on the driveway bricks. [![](https://i.imgur.com/SXdc8C7.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/SXdc8C7.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:** [October 13, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6811 "2024-10-13T16:06:29Z")
Stolen, perhaps? Do you think? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6812 "2024-10-13T16:09:49Z")
If it was stolen, the thieves did them a favor. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6813 "2024-10-13T16:11:47Z")
When I see the original VW Beetles these days, they look so light and thin and, frankly, without adequate crash crumple zones and without substantive rollover protection (well, especially for this one, a convertible). From the license plate sequence, I’m guessing this one is about a 1979. Maybe 1978. Classic VW Beetle convertible, perhaps 1979? [[Album] Classic VW Beetle convertible, perhaps 1979? ![](https://i.imgur.com/HOQOodj.jpeg?fb "Classic VW Beetle convertible, perhaps 1979?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/O8NvfOf) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6814 "2024-10-13T16:27:49Z")
Not today, but a couple days ago saw two interesting vehicles. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/bUKJQBF.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Oq2cx2H) [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Va6bxT8.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/NrL9l4B) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6815 "2024-10-13T18:51:42Z")
DIY wrap job? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6816 "2024-10-13T19:20:12Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > When I see the original VW Beetles these days, they look so light and thin and, frankly, without adequate crash crumple zones and without substantive rollover protection There’s also the gas tank that’s basically right in front of your face. I just bought this one about a month ago. It’s a 1968. [![](https://i.imgur.com/13rbDzh.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/13rbDzh.jpg) I had a 1974 Super Beetle that my son has been trying to buy off of me for years. I gave it to him when I got the new one. It needs some work but it’s his project now. [![](https://i.imgur.com/iv19mdj.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/iv19mdj.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:** [October 13, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6817 "2024-10-13T22:25:11Z")
@Guest-starring_Id , I really like those Polaris Slingshots. They must be fun to drive! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6818 "2024-10-14T00:49:58Z")
White Tesla, but instead of the logo on the back, there was bold black type that said: **HATE** **ELON** ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6819 "2024-10-14T23:26:00Z")
Took my Suburban to the mechanic for some maintenance. When I dropped it off they had a second generation RX7, similar to the one my mom had in the late 80s. That was a fun car, and really slow unless you were way high in the rev range. At pickup they had the RX7 and a DeLorean. The DeLorean was there to get some fuel lines replaced, and apparently the owner has more than one. It was “normal”, not a _Back to the Future_ homage version. The most striking thing to me was just how small both cars were. I know they’re only two seaters, but even a small two seater today is several inches longer and wider than those cars. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6820 "2024-10-15T09:56:53Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > When I dropped it off they had a second generation RX7, similar to the one my mom had in the late 80s. That was a fun car, and really slow unless you were way high in the rev range. Isn’t that part of the design of the wankel motor?.. No power in low rev. regime. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6821 "2024-10-15T16:12:31Z")
On my morning commute today I saw a bright red [MG TD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_T-type#TD_Midget). Then a few blocks later I passed a pale yellow MG TD. Then maybe a block after that I saw an earlier MG, like a TC or TB (it had the skinnier wheels with wire spokes in them). There had to have been a meeting of some sort of MG club going on. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6822 "2024-10-15T17:47:43Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > Isn’t that part of the design of the wankel motor?.. No power in low rev I don’t know if it’s a deliberate design choice or just a byproduct of the design. The redline was 8000 RPM, and it was really gutless below 4 or 5000 RPM. It was fun to wind out, and as long as you kept the revs up was pretty fast for the time. We also had a van with a 351 Windsor, and it was exactly the opposite. Good low end torque, but nothing in the top end. Both probably had about 140-150 horsepower, just got there very differently. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6823 "2024-10-15T20:06:46Z")
something rather atypical for you 'murricans (and europeans as well, I assume) A HAVAL SUV … part of the Chines Great Wall Group of cars - quite popular down here in Chile [![](https://i.postimg.cc/3w5mkrQF/image.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/3w5mkrQF/image.png) [![](https://i.postimg.cc/kGzDLwnv/image.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/kGzDLwnv/image.png) (the color was somewhat of eye-cancer inducing hi-viz greenish-yellowish) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6824 "2024-10-15T20:31:52Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > There had to have been a meeting of some sort of MG club going on. I own a TD. It’s a bit of a rust bucket so I don’t take it to shows, but I do drive it around town. It’s a lot of fun and it gets a lot of looks. They definitely aren’t common. I think you’re right about there being some sort of meeting or show. The TD has bumpers and the TF has those goofy aerodynamic headlights (that I hate). I don’t think I would be able to tell a TA from a TB from a TC at a quick glance though. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6825 "2024-10-16T22:23:15Z")
It was only in my line of sight 2-3 seconds, but it took maybe 3-4 seconds to process what I saw. Making a speedy no traffic right turn onto my street was an entirely pink camouflage pick-up truck with a cab. Mounted as the hood ornament was a full sized plastic skull. I was in the left turn lane. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6826 "2024-10-17T02:05:18Z")
In traffic tonight I spotted a [Kia K900](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_K9), a car I’ve never heard of before. Nice looking, but rather generic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=340) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=342)