# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/782 "2015-10-08T17:56:27Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I saw a Fisker Karma this morning outside a Caribou Coffee along with a couple of classic older cars. There are a couple of those around this part of San Diego. I saw one on the freeway a few weeks back. Beautiful car. Such a sleek design. ---
**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 21, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/783 "2015-10-21T02:27:29Z")
Aston-Martin DB9 - lovely car ---
**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 24, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/784 "2015-10-24T10:19:56Z")
I’m not quite certain, as I only got a quick look at it - I was exiting the freeway while it was getting on the on-ramp - but in Cupertino, CA Friday afternoon I think it was a 1948 Ferrari 166 MM Zagato Panoramica. Whatever it was, it was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/785 "2015-10-24T14:51:57Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’m not quite certain, as I only got a quick look at it - I was exiting the freeway while it was getting on the on-ramp - but in Cupertino, CA Friday afternoon I think it was a 1948 Ferrari 166 MM Zagato Panoramica. If that’s what you saw, you should call Ferrari. They’ll probably give you a reward. 🙂 Every source i can find says that there was only a single Zagato-bodied 166 MM Panoramica produced, and that the original coupe body was removed and replaced with a spyder body before the car disappeared altogether. ---
**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 24, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/786 "2015-10-24T15:41:36Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > If that’s what you saw, you should call Ferrari. They’ll probably give you a reward. 🙂 > > Every source i can find says that there was only a single Zagato-bodied 166 MM Panoramica produced, and that the original coupe body was removed and replaced with a spyder body before the car disappeared altogether. Thanks, I had no idea how rare the Zagato 166 MM is. Then of course that’s probably not what it was. I was stopped at the light at the end of the off-ramp and saw it turn onto the on-ramp as I waited - I only saw its back side as it drove away from me. I’d never seen one before, and then later did an image search on what I thought it was, a late-1940s / early-1950s Ferrari coupe of some sort. The Pano image looked close to what I remember seeing. Like I said, man, whatever it was, it was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/787 "2015-10-24T16:02:25Z")
A few days ago I saw a Pontiac Solstice GXP coupe. I didn’t even know they made the Solstice in a hard top. I was behind it in the sun and had to keep trying to read the badges on the back, and when I finally figured out one was Pontiac and the other was Solstice I couldn’t believe it. It was a very pretty car. [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Solstice#/media/File:2009_Pontiac_Solstice_GXP_coupe_rear_--_11-13-2009.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Solstice#/media/File:2009_Pontiac_Solstice_GXP_coupe_rear_--_11-13-2009.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/788 "2015-10-25T05:11:17Z")
An early 70’s Ford Maverick in some sorry shape. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/789 "2015-10-25T06:08:56Z")
On the way home from the gym today, i saw my first on-the-road BMW i8. It came in from a side street, and i followed it for a few blocks. Nice-looking car. ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/790 "2015-10-25T07:27:53Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > An early 70’s Ford Maverick in some sorry shape. A Ford Maverick- I can’t remember the last time I saw one of those. Years ago I worked the midnight shift with a buddy who had an old Maverick. On the sides it was badged, in script, with “Turbo.” It wasn’t a turbo, and I thought that was funny. I liked it. > [@mhendo](#): > > On the way home from the gym today, i saw my first on-the-road BMW i8. It came in from a side street, and i followed it for a few blocks. Nice-looking car. They really are sleek. Sort of like a small Batmobile, but not dark. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/791 "2015-10-26T16:07:36Z")
Saw a grey Gallardo turning downtown which was interesting as this is primarily rig rocket country. Also, a very tricked out blue Nissan 300Z. People getting their last rides in before the snow hits, I expect. I’ve mentioned it before but here is a typical [rig rocket](http://vagabondexpedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/alberta-rig-rocket.png) for those of you who may not know the term… ---
**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 27, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/792 "2015-10-27T05:50:34Z")
A bright yellow Fiat X1/9, 1978 I think. I used to have one, a 1979. It was my very first car. Boy, those cars are tiny! ---
**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 28, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/793 "2015-10-28T04:15:40Z")
My college classroom overlooks a parking lot where Oscar Mayer often parks Wienermobiles. As I’m lecturing, I check on the day’s total: three, four, even seven Wienermobiles! Almost always with a [Mini Cooper Wienermobile](http://i.imgur.com/jVt7Y.jpg) (license plate “LIL LINK”). [Almost surreal.](http://i.imgur.com/2pe9EGH.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/794 "2015-10-29T08:29:54Z")
For me, it was a 2015.5 Volvo S60 T6 Drive-E Platinum (yes, that’s the full model name). I worked from home today and I saw it in my garage. 😛 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/795 "2015-10-29T15:46:05Z")
> [@digs](#): > > My college classroom overlooks a parking lot where Oscar Mayer often parks Wienermobiles. As I’m lecturing, I check on the day’s total: three, four, even seven Wienermobiles! Almost always with a [Mini Cooper Wienermobile](http://i.imgur.com/jVt7Y.jpg) (license plate “LIL LINK”). > > [Almost surreal.](http://i.imgur.com/2pe9EGH.jpg) I’ve seen the middle one lots of times; never knew they had the other two varieties, truck-based & Mini-based versions. Cool shots! ---
**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 29, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/796 "2015-10-29T16:25:23Z")
I saw the same Aston Martin DB9 with the license plate MI 6 on my commute. Why they make that car in brown I’ll never understand. ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/797 "2015-10-29T16:50:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > A bright yellow Fiat X1/9, 1978 I think. I used to have one, a 1979. It was my very first car. _ **Boy, those cars are tiny!** _ My first car, a 1985 Honda (Civic) CRX was even tinier. I had to double check before I posted this to be certain. But the CRX was only 145 inches long vs. 150.8 for the X1/9. It also weighed just 1819 pounds and the X1/9 was a hefty 2121 in comparison! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/798 "2015-10-29T21:16:43Z")
An early seventies [Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser](https://automotiveviews.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/vista1.jpg) station wagon. Looked to be in immaculate shape. It was dark brown with wood grain sides and 442 style rally wheels. Funny, because Vista Cruisers came up in a conversation about vehicles today at work. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/799 "2015-10-30T05:30:43Z")
> [@Beelzebubba](#): > > My first car, a 1985 Honda (Civic) CRX was even tinier. I had to double check before I posted this to be certain. But the CRX was only 145 inches long vs. 150.8 for the X1/9. It also weighed just 1819 pounds and the X1/9 was a hefty 2121 in comparison! Loved my '86 CRX. So small, but I could put my bicycle in there if needed. ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/800 "2015-10-30T05:49:33Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Loved my '86 CRX. So small, but I could put my bicycle in there if needed. The hatchback design (compared to 2-seaters like the X1/9, MR2 and Fiero) made it far more spacious and practical than them. It was tiny on the outside, big on the inside. Which '86 model did you have- the HF, ‘base’ or Si? I had a blast in mine…until I rolled it three times! I walked away without a scratch, which amazed me and everyone else. My theory is that it was like an egg, which you can’t crush in one palm because of the strength of the rounded design. The front and rear-end of the car were demolished and the engine was basically hanging out, but the roof was largely intact which was the lifesaver. ---
**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 30, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/801 "2015-10-30T06:18:26Z")
> [@Beelzebubba](#): > > My first car, a 1985 Honda (Civic) CRX was even tinier. I had to double check before I posted this to be certain. But the CRX was only 145 inches long vs. 150.8 for the X1/9. It also weighed just 1819 pounds and the X1/9 was a hefty 2121 in comparison! Wow that is significantly smaller! And definitely more practical, with that hatchback design. But my X1/9 had a removable roof, and its mid engine gave it good balance, it handled like a slot car. Also, in snow storms, the engine over the rear drive wheels gave it good traction - you could say that for the CRX too, front engine, and FWD. Today: a mid-1970s Datsun B210. It’s been years since I saw one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=41)