# 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:** 358
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7147 "2025-02-23T13:09:30Z")
Coolio @Bullitt . Looks like it had a defroster for the front windshield too. I like the turn signals, saw the switch for them, wonder what mechanics where used to activate them. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7148 "2025-02-23T14:10:40Z")
I didn’t ask him to operate it. Wish I did! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7149 "2025-02-26T20:15:21Z")
I’m currently in Amsterdam, so virtually every car I see is unfamiliar and interesting to me, but in context they mostly aren’t interesting enough for this thread. Except maybe this one: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNL7YkiRXmFMbBzhu00B4yiPVpjrlyRYsXgVN_Et-vn48rL2TfiVaUarl6sINt07D539DIltQ57sXG0E9kK722T8IRpjJLCvkNd1EjNJHj2aQ4_Yc36=w600-h315-p-k "New item by James Hyder") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Uu1G1zKSfMbHH1rm7) In trying to identify this Citroen’s year and model (1973 DS), I discovered pix of this exact car on the AutoWeek.nl website’s counterpart to this thread, translated by Google as "[Part 13: What special things did you see today?"](https://www.autoweek.nl/forum/threads/deel-13-wat-zag-jij-voor-bijzonders-vandaag.365/page-361) (Scroll down to Nov. 7, 2024.) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7150 "2025-03-03T00:23:32Z")
Saw the Batmobile on the way home today…sort of. Here is a news report about the vehicle we followed for a while today: [Batmobile among 100 stopped in Portland street racing mission](https://www.koin.com/news/portland/batmobile-driver-cited-11-arrested-in-ppb-street-takeover-mission/) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7151 "2025-03-03T21:20:08Z")
Yes there are: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/r7V61ai.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/hiDVpQn) ---
**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 3, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7152 "2025-03-03T21:28:49Z")
There’s a jeep that I see regularly that has that same style of trim, but in Tiffany blue. ---
**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 3, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7153 "2025-03-03T22:36:13Z")
Yes there are. • [![](https://i.imgur.com/yPo7gqL.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/yPo7gqL.jpeg) • [![](https://i.imgur.com/qbzY1AL.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qbzY1AL.jpeg) • [![](https://i.imgur.com/ojD9RQT.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ojD9RQT.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 3, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7154 "2025-03-03T23:58:46Z")
If you’re ugly, go full ugly… ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7155 "2025-03-04T02:03:51Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I discovered pix of this exact car on the AutoWeek.nl website’s counterpart to this thread, translated by Google as "[Part 13: What special things did you see today?"](https://www.autoweek.nl/forum/threads/deel-13-wat-zag-jij-voor-bijzonders-vandaag.365/page-361) This makes me so happy. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7156 "2025-03-04T12:02:33Z")
We’ve got a little catching up to do: that thread alone already has over 18,000 posts, most with multiple photos, and it’s #13 in the series. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7157 "2025-03-05T02:33:14Z")
I was browsing auctions and thought, know who would like to look at 653 license plates lots? The car folks at SDMB. > **[Online Only License Plate Auction on Mar 06, 2025 by Donley Auctions in IL](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/363456_online-only-license-plate-auction/?page=1)** > > 653 lots featured in Online Only License Plate Auction on Mar 06, 2025 by Donley Auctions in IL, featuring Indiana 1967 Indy 500 Pace Car No. 1 Plate, Illinois 1948 Tucker Manufacturer License Plate and more. ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7158 "2025-03-09T06:01:34Z")
Porsche 914 [![](https://i.imgur.com/EQZ3uGA.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/EQZ3uGA.jpeg) [[Album] Porsche 914 ![](https://i.imgur.com/R9Y93Rg.jpeg?fb "Porsche 914") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/FL0iSLi) Ford Bronco [![](https://i.imgur.com/8yW3AH5.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/8yW3AH5.jpg) [[Album] Bronco ![](https://i.imgur.com/Tik7ih0.jpeg?fb "Bronco") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/E4AIU3d) 1957 VW Beetle [![](https://i.imgur.com/okcs0zO.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/okcs0zO.jpeg) [[Album] 1957 VW Beetle — Keith ![](https://i.imgur.com/YlyCNdE.jpeg?fb "1957 VW Beetle — Keith") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/IkEB8pz) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7159 "2025-03-09T14:13:24Z")
On the opposite side of the highway this weekend I spotted a canary yellow Chevy Vega hatchback in excellent condition. No idea why it was driving on a wintery NH morning with snow squawls in the forecast; it’s not the ideal winter beater car. > [@Bullitt](#): > > Porsche 914 For a long time this was my dream car. Until I rode in one. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7160 "2025-03-10T00:04:24Z")
I think this is a Lincoln Continental Mark V (1977-79). You could play tennis on that hood. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/HpdnM6Z.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/HpdnM6Z) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7161 "2025-03-10T01:16:27Z")
I never saw the front but I think it’s an older bright red (2012-2017) Bentley Continental GT with a Montana license plate 666MPH. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/FLq8sUE.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/FLq8sUE) ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7162 "2025-03-10T12:04:42Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I think this is a Lincoln Continental Mark V (1977-79). You could play tennis on that hood. A friend of mind had a late 70’s Mark V as well. Also, I believe Alanis was in a Mark V in her video for Ironic: [![](https://tork.buzz/__export/1719976657348/sites/tork/img/2024/07/03/2629aaf9b01457854fad78591c0d5f89.jpg_434467597.jpg) ](https://tork.buzz/__export/1719976657348/sites/tork/img/2024/07/03/2629aaf9b01457854fad78591c0d5f89.jpg_434467597.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7163 "2025-03-10T12:33:59Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > On the opposite side of the highway this weekend I spotted a canary yellow Chevy Vega hatchback in excellent condition. A cousin had one. Green interior. Pretty sure it burnt itself up (literally). Aluminum block, cast iron head. Cute car, good for roasting marshmellos. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7164 "2025-03-10T15:28:50Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I think this is a Lincoln Continental Mark V (1977-79). You could play tennis on that hood. When I was in college someone on campus had one of those (this would have been late 1990s or early aughts). It was memorable because I would often see it parallel parked along one of the streets on campus. That car was so long it was bigger than the parking spaces; when parallel parked both the front and rear bumpers would be over the lines delineating the spaces. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7165 "2025-03-10T16:57:05Z")
heh. My first car was a 1962 Oldsmobile '98. Four door. I put a Yamaha DT250 dirt bike in the trunk and drove 1000 miles (there was some disassembly of the motorcycle). I later bought something smaller, a 1976 Chevy truck. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7166 "2025-03-11T16:57:30Z")
In college I knew a guy who had a late 70s vintage Grand Marquis. It was kind of a battleship gray color and he used to joke that he should paint big white numbers on the hood. 😅 He drove a bunch of us to a Zappa concert in Kansas City. The venue did not have a parking lot, you had to look for on-street parking in the area. He found an open spot, but everyone in the car was convinced the spot was too small for his land yacht. He pulled up next to the car in front, slowly angled back in, and stopped when he gently bumped the car behind. He cranked the wheel and slowly pulled forward until he gently bumped the car in front. He backed up slightly to center himself in the spot and threw it in Park. While we all sat there open-mouthed, he grinned and said “That’s what 5 mph bumpers are for!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=359)