# 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:** 374
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7467 "2025-06-24T05:19:01Z")
That’s a lucky guy who owns that Ferret. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7468 "2025-06-24T16:01:34Z")
I have a friend who bought a used unmarked cop Ford Explorer; it has the basic cop wheels & a push bumper, too. He says it’s great on highways because no one wants to be in front of a cop so they all move out of his way but it sucks on two-lane roads because there’s nowhere for him to pass & no one wants to be speeding in front of a cop so everyone does about 1-2 mph _under_ the speed limit. Think how _awesome_ his commute must be; if people get out of the way for guys they even think are cops; they are _certainly_ going to move out of the way of a (lightly armored…& armed) vehicle so he doesn’t get all road-ragey on your arse!!! 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7469 "2025-06-24T16:11:17Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I have a friend who bought a used unmarked cop Ford Explorer;… Cop suspension, cop shocks; were they practically giving them away? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7470 "2025-06-24T16:12:45Z")
How on earth do you see out of that to drive it on public roads? Everybody just gets out of your way I suppose 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7471 "2025-06-24T16:12:50Z")
He does smoke, & he does have sunglasses; not sure how much fuel is in his gas tank at the moment, though. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7472 "2025-06-24T16:33:49Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > How on earth do you see out of that to drive it on public roads? Presumably like this rather than the periscopes the one in the above Wikipedia image uses. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/89/84/73/89847355c4f1ec7e8a96d40d2ad47981.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/89/84/73/89847355c4f1ec7e8a96d40d2ad47981.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:** [June 24, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7473 "2025-06-24T21:21:51Z")
A very rare and special Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R spotted in San Carlos CA. MSRP is $735K. It is the most expensive factory-produced Corvette ever offered for sale. • [![](https://i.imgur.com/tsHsTTh.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/tsHsTTh.jpg) • [![](https://i.imgur.com/Nt2PpEy.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Nt2PpEy.jpeg) • [![](https://i.imgur.com/8RmXv6Q.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/8RmXv6Q.jpeg) ---
**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:** [June 25, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7474 "2025-06-25T17:35:46Z")
Alright, I have since learned that the real Z06 GT3.R is for the track only. It’s not street legal. So this one is a poser. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7475 "2025-06-25T21:21:56Z")
The blue looks a little too dark for the old John Wyer Gulf livery, too. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7476 "2025-06-26T00:12:43Z")
1975 C3 Chevy Corvette L82 - at the time it was highest power output engine offered in the Vette, with a fairly anemic 205 hp. If this model was a 1980, it would be increased to a massive 230 hp. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/P0U6FCm.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/KYM3SOI) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7477 "2025-06-26T09:55:36Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > 1975 C3 Chevy Corvette L82 - at the time it was highest power output engine offered in the Vette, with a fairly anemic 205 hp. If this model was a 1980, it would be increased to a massive 230 hp. Yeah, pretty sad power, but that design is sex on wheels. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7478 "2025-06-27T17:41:40Z")
I pulled up next to a lady with plates, WPT SILY, or Whippet Silly. I complimented her on the plates and asked if she had a whippet. She used to. Then the light turned green and we had to go. A few blocks later I saw her at the car wash and was able to take these pics. We exchanged pleasantries. She used to have a whippet but now she has a pit mix. Added: It’s a beautiful Volvo V90 T5R. Very sporty, for a wagon. Does anyone remember an old Volvo commercial for another sporty wagon, where they had a Lamborghini Countach pulling a trailer and they said that this is the concept? That was an effective commercial. And memorable. [![](https://i.imgur.com/tNAZGrH.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/tNAZGrH.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/3xbob8o.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/3xbob8o.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7479 "2025-06-27T18:32:12Z")
Didn’t get an opportunity to ask the owner for the year but I’m guessing late 60’s to early 70’s [MGB GT](https://imgur.com/a/nEjlWiG) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7480 "2025-06-27T19:27:09Z")
That’s pretty close. They change the rear badge around '70 or '71. The all-red tail lights are also probably late-'60s. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7481 "2025-06-27T22:20:24Z")
Today I saw a cybertruck with the license plate “DOORSTP”. So still silly, but at least self aware. Turned out that wasn’t the most interesting though, because they’re reasonably common here. Most interesting was a first generation RX7. Those were really common 30-40 years ago, but it’s been a long time since I’ve seen one on the road. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7482 "2025-06-28T14:21:54Z")
I think this is a mid 60s (66) “Morgan +4” or a 2020s “Morgan Plus Four”. I’ve never heard of Morgan, but they seem to have a “[+Four](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_%2B4?useskin=vector)” and then a similar looking but more recent “[Plus Four](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Plus_Four?useskin=vector)”. My gut says it’s from the 60s and google is turning the plus sign into the word plus. But I’m out of my league here. [![](https://i.imgur.com/TgMYLUY.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TgMYLUY.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/6bPgOMc.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/6bPgOMc.jpeg) And an '88 Celica GT, which appears to be in very good shape. [![](https://i.imgur.com/h4Dc7Z2.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/h4Dc7Z2.jpeg) ---
**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:** [June 28, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7483 "2025-06-28T19:31:01Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I think this is a mid 60s (66) “Morgan +4” or a 2020s “Morgan Plus Four”. Based on the bumper, I think it’s the older +4. I don’t think the newer Plus Four ever had the chrome bar bumper like the one in the photo. It could even be a Plus 8, the photos are bit grainy. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7484 "2025-06-28T22:59:37Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/fDnSpMd.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/fDnSpMd) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/rZbLDTf.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/rZbLDTf) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7485 "2025-06-29T01:43:18Z")
One of 14,163 made for the 1960 model year, according to Wikipedia. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7486 "2025-06-29T05:38:45Z")
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