# 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:** 359
**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 11, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7167 "2025-03-11T21:40:41Z")
A tractor-car: [![](https://i.imgur.com/uZF8RG2.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/uZF8RG2.jpeg) ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7168 "2025-03-12T16:08:51Z")
On my commute this morning I saw a big old 1970s era Ford Country Squire station wagon. Light brown, with loads of fake wood paneling, and still wearing the blue California license plate from that era. This one below is a lot like to the car I saw. I’m not 100% sure the one I saw was a '73, but it’s pretty close. Same shade of brown, same paneling, same overall style, similar grille if not exactly the same. The one I saw was not nearly as nice as that one, though. It was faded and pretty much and old beater, but still cool to see a car from that era on the road. > **[1973 Ford Country Squire](https://www.worldwidevintageautos.com/vehicles/15663/1973-ford-country-squire)** > > Worldwide Vintage Autos is one of the largest classic automobile consignment dealerships in the world. With over 200 vehicles in stock spanning over 80,000... ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7169 "2025-03-12T16:41:59Z")
I forgot the generic minivan (Nissan, maybe) that passed me on the highway Saturday. Nothing out of the ordinary about the vehicle, but the roof box was wide open and we were just waiting for skis to fly out and impale our windshield in true _Final Destination_ fashion. Other cars eventually got the driver to pull over and deal with it before I ended up running over another pair of skis at highway speed. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7170 "2025-03-13T10:13:42Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Light brown, with loads of fake wood paneling, Otherwise known as a cleverly disguised log. ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7171 "2025-03-13T13:42:26Z")
Not an interesting car, so much as an interesting tire cover. (Click to see the full image.) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNXQLHgoQcfXXpv2ZxU3RnI2GhmpwNEkrh_8DQ79Pwkyjn4VRR6NSYkeOIjwkNCHe36rRGbwDf00HIBwKsVizWfxfjFIvxWoi8_5heDXJpf3ngyDJsy=w600-h315-p-k "New item by James Hyder") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/XPpGNU8FbX6rnem69) ---
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7172 "2025-03-13T16:32:17Z")
if you ever need a reason for why US-cars went to the crapper, just look at the outside dimensions of this car and compare it to the cramped interior space. It seems 60-70% of that space are not available to “transporting people” (the main goal of driving, right?). why would you have 3meters of space in front of you with NO practical use at all? that is the automobilistic equivalent of “running the heating in your house on max. settings while having all windows open in full winter” ---
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7173 "2025-03-13T16:36:56Z")
barbie’ish pink (early morning, hence pale colors) [![](https://i.postimg.cc/CM6YXpXg/image.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/CM6YXpXg/image.png) [https://i.postimg.cc/dtkvKScT/image.png](https://i.postimg.cc/dtkvKScT/image.png) ---
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7174 "2025-03-13T19:20:32Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > if you ever need a reason for why US-cars went to the crapper, just look at the outside dimensions of this car and compare it to the cramped interior space. Or watch this pair from Ed’s Auto Reviews. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hnMh5rTe-KY/maxresdefault.jpg "Ep. 20 The Malaise Era Part I: The Downfall of the American Automotive Industry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnMh5rTe-KY) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EknXY19gwMI/maxresdefault.jpg "Ep. 20 The Malaise Era Part II: The Darkest Hour of the American Automotive Industry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EknXY19gwMI) ---
**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 13, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7175 "2025-03-13T20:11:45Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > why would you have 3meters of space in front of you with NO practical use at all? It is indeed pretty much all style, no substance. It was before my time, but I have heard that there was a general association at that time that “long hood = luxury”. And the hypothesis as to why that was is that it dates back to when straight-8 engines were commonplace. Picture something like a 1920s limo with a straight-8 under the hood versus a 4-cylinder Model A. The limo would have needed a really long hood to contain the really long engine, and that created an association that luxurious cars have long hoods. In the 1970s there still would have been people alive who remembered that era, and still had that mental association, even though the V8s that were in use by then didn’t actually require all that length. ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7176 "2025-03-14T11:31:22Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > why would you have 3meters of space in front of you with NO practical use at all? As an Italian, I appreciate being able to gesticulate without smacking my knuckles against the windshield. Thank you very much. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7177 "2025-03-14T11:55:22Z")
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Diego_Luna_and_Michael_Pe%C3%B1a_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2018_04.jpg/220px-Diego_Luna_and_Michael_Pe%C3%B1a_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2018_04.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Diego_Luna_and_Michael_Pe%C3%B1a_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2018_04.jpg/220px-Diego_Luna_and_Michael_Pe%C3%B1a_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2018_04.jpg) problem is - the 3 meters are in front of the windshield … (which was my main line - huge car with little space for people in the car, and lotsa space for metal in the car) ;o) ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7178 "2025-03-14T11:59:14Z")
But clearly they needed all that space [![](https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1979-Linciln-Mark-V-Givenchy-Edition-3.jpg) ](https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1979-Linciln-Mark-V-Givenchy-Edition-3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7179 "2025-03-14T13:24:56Z")
To make it extra fun, those cars needed frequent tune ups. Toolboxes needed band-aids for your knuckles. A tune up on something like that can’t be done with out bleeding. The sad thing (well maybe good thing) my wifes 4 cylinder car would leave that in the dust. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7180 "2025-03-14T13:30:45Z")
Yesterday I saw a cherry red El Camino. It was cherry. So do Teslas fold out into robots, or something? ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7181 "2025-03-14T14:20:48Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > To make it extra fun, those cars needed frequent tune ups. Toolboxes needed band-aids for your knuckles. A tune up on something like that can’t be done with out bleeding. Pro tip: When you’re cracking that bolt loose, push the wrench with an open palm. Then you don’t bash your knuckles into something when it finally moves. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7182 "2025-03-14T23:20:16Z")
for “weird” reasons, I once owned a 76 Chrysler Cordoba … with a 3 meter hood. For me as a european, it was really ridiculous … especially the **1 meter of space in front of the radiator** to let the horn/clackson “breath” better, acoustically speaking. [![](https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cordoba-engine.jpg) ](https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cordoba-engine.jpg) ohh … and lets not forget the 2 spears they put into the engine bay, so that a sideswipe would not only be a financial problem, but also take out your liver. ;o) ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7183 "2025-03-14T23:56:59Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The sad thing (well maybe good thing) my wifes 4 cylinder car would leave that in the dust. When I was a teen I had a '64 Galaxie 500 XL with a magnificent V8 390 engine in it, bright red. Way too much power for a kid to play with…but the little black 2024 Kia Soul I picked up a couple days ago can run rings around it on about a third of the gas. ---
**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 15, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7184 "2025-03-15T08:42:10Z")
Hello from SoCal. I’m in South Pasadena where the police cars are all Teslas. “ **South Pasadena Launches Nation’s First All-Electric Police Fleet** ” — July 2024 [![](https://i.imgur.com/TfXeT1h.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TfXeT1h.jpeg) ➜ [South Pasadena Launches Nation's First All-Electric Police Fleet - City of South Pasadena](https://www.southpasadenaca.gov/News-articles/South-Pasadena-Launches-Nations-First-All-Electric-Police-Fleet) ■ This looks like a Tesla Model 3. Or possibly a Model X. [![](https://i.imgur.com/YYGEHlH.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YYGEHlH.jpeg) I know that the Belmont, CA police use electric motorcycles. Those are pretty cool. I once borrowed a friend’s electric motorcycle and commuted to work on it for about a month. At the end of that month I was impressed. An electric motorcycle might be in my future! ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7185 "2025-03-15T12:17:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > When I was a teen I had a '64 Galaxie 500 XL with a magnificent V8 390 engine in it, bright red. One of the vehicles I played with a lot while learning how to work on cars was my dad’s 72 LTD. First thing I learned how to do was replace the fuel filter, which screwed directly into the carburetor. Second thing I learned how to do was removed the fuel filter’s threads that snapped off inside the carburetor after I over tightened it. ---
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A 1977 Toyota Celica Liftback Very clean, very straight. These are nicely-designed cars. [![](https://i.imgur.com/xLgdVAN.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/xLgdVAN.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/cTPNa9j.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/cTPNa9j.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=358) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=360)