# 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:** 42
**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:** [November 24, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/822 "2015-11-24T20:41:26Z")
Jaguar XF on the way to work. Metallic red; pretty 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:** [November 24, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/823 "2015-11-24T21:32:17Z")
A neighbor has a new Jaguar F Type convertible, in black. Its easily the nicest car parked on the streets and driveways around here. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/824 "2015-11-24T21:59:50Z")
A hard driven BWM 2002 in British racing green. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/825 "2015-11-24T22:02:51Z")
Saw a 60s VW Beetle in the lot at work, not rusty but unrestored, black with red vinyl interior. Surprising, because I remember how sucky the heat was on aircooled Porsches. I’ve seen an old VW Bus here as well, it’s gotta be the same guy, I’m thinking. ---
**Author:** ![botsgotme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/826 "2015-11-24T22:05:32Z")
I saw a Vespa motor scooter with a sidecar! (Does that count as a 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:** [November 24, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/827 "2015-11-24T23:00:59Z")
> [@botsgotme](#): > > I saw a Vespa motor scooter with a sidecar! (Does that count as a car?) Sure, why not? We’ve mentioned some motorcycles here before! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/828 "2015-11-25T02:02:59Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A hard driven BWM 2002 in British racing green. They probably didn’t call it BRG. Porsche called theirs Irish Green. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/829 "2015-11-25T03:59:21Z")
A battered and faded old [Reliant Scimitar](http://images.honestjohn.co.uk/imagecache/file/fit/730x700/media/5713753/Reliant%20Scimitar%20GTE%20%284%29.jpg) with surfing stickers on the back window. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/830 "2015-11-28T12:52:15Z")
Yesterday, SWMBO & I went to the San Francisco Auto Show. Lots of eye candy there, and all it takes is garage space and $$$. But until then, we can dream, can’t we? Like the **2015 Pagani Huayra**. The San Francisco Academy of Art University had some of their collection there, including: - [A 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Berlinetta Aerodinamica, a beauty, like the maroon samples shown here](https://www.google.com/search?q=1939+Alfa+Romeo+6C+2500+SS+Berlinetta+Aerodinamica&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyqu7RjbPJAhWCSYgKHdCgCN8Q_AUIBygB) - A 1961 Daimler SP 250 - A Tucker 48 - A Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing rumored to have been once owned by Clark Gable, and was definitely owned by Jenny Craig They have their own museum. We’ll have to go! [http://www.academyautomuseum.org/](http://www.academyautomuseum.org/) Here is their collection: [http://www.academyautomuseum.org/index.php/nggallery/page/3?page\_id=13](http://www.academyautomuseum.org/index.php/nggallery/page/3?page_id=13) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/831 "2015-11-28T18:32:12Z")
On Thursday I saw the McDonald’s Red Shoe mobile up close & also saw the Planter’s Peanut mobile drive by. Today I, sadly, thought it was going to be the Mercedes S430 that was lowered; you don’t ghetto out a beautiful car like that! :mad: ☹ Then I saw this exact _badass_-looking [1987 Land Rover Defender 130 Camper](http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/listing/1987/land--rover/defender/1250714). It is still for sale, but it’s dropped to an asking price of upper $60’s. Will you guys chip in if I start a gofundme page? 😃 ---
**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:** [November 28, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/832 "2015-11-28T19:28:59Z")
Saw a Porsche 924S in my neighborhood today. Not much of an exotic, but you don’t see too many of those old front-engined Porsches around anymore. I can hardly remember the last time i saw a 944 or a 928 either. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/833 "2015-11-29T04:17:53Z")
A Ford Falcon Futura, 4-door, in blue, parked in front of my favorite neighborhood diner. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/834 "2015-11-29T05:37:11Z")
A Buick Regal Grand National. Not a GNX, though. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/835 "2015-11-29T11:55:25Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Saw a Porsche 924S in my neighborhood today. Not much of an exotic, but you don’t see too many of those old front-engined Porsches around anymore. I can hardly remember the last time i saw a 944 or a 928 either. I occasionally see a ratty 944 some kid bought for a few grand thinking he’ll restore it only to wind up beating on it instead. But 928s? Yeah, I haven’t seen one since I saw the new owner drive off in mine. I’d love to get another 928… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/836 "2015-11-29T12:38:48Z")
A 1958 Chevy Impala, mint condition, with the original red interior. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/837 "2015-11-29T20:35:54Z")
I saw a red Acura NSX today. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/838 "2015-11-29T22:35:43Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > (snip) > Your memory is good. There were some great cars back then. But I remember the 1980s mostly for bad American cars. With few exceptions like the Buick Regal Grand National GNX, and the Corvette, American cars were largely awful Chrysler K-cars and Chevy Citations and the Chevette. I’m glad the 80s are in my rear view mirror. But you mention some good examples from back then, yes. And the X1/9 too. My first car was a 1984 Chevette. It _literally_ went “putt-putt-putt”. One Saturday, I drove completely around I-285, the bypass highway that surrounds Atlanta, to see if I could get the Chevette up to 60 mph. It took about three or four minutes of my foot to the floor, but it got there. Then the engine caught fire. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/839 "2015-11-30T02:49:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > My first car was a 1984 Chevette. It _literally_ went “putt-putt-putt”. One Saturday, I drove completely around I-285, the bypass highway that surrounds Atlanta, to see if I could get the Chevette up to 60 mph. It took about three or four minutes of my foot to the floor, but it got there. > > Then the engine caught fire. That’s even more legendary than my old Gremlin. With that flat back, I could reach 70 mph on a flat road with a very strong tailwind. All the weight was up front and the drive wheels were in the rear. What a silly car. Still the thing lasted me several years but I don’t want to talk about all the $$ that I had to sink into it. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/840 "2015-11-30T03:33:40Z")
A [Polaris Slingshot](http://www.polaris.com/en-us/slingshot), on Boston roads in 42 degree weather. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/841 "2015-11-30T06:12:18Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A [Polaris Slingshot](http://www.polaris.com/en-us/slingshot), on Boston roads in 42 degree weather. At last! a Corvette for those who hit their mid-life crises without being rich enough to afford a Corvette. I bet the thing is a real chick magnet - esp. in the dead of winter. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=43)