# 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:** 5
**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:** [May 26, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/81 "2014-05-26T22:54:36Z")
I saw [Bella](http://fernscountrystore.com/fun/ferns-fotos/bella-the-ferns-wondertruck/), a nicely restored '56 Chevy Panel truck out in Carlisle where I was mountain biking. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/82 "2014-05-26T23:31:28Z")
The Aston-Martin Vantage at the gas station was only the 3rd most interesting vehicle I saw today. #2 was a 50’s (or maybe 60’s) era ice cream truck, kinda like [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=1960s+ice+cream+truck+images&client=firefox-a&hs=L15&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=B7PKGFF-aVr0jM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTXnVljMeN7f3KaqkAnW-Kfml51ES_Rlpc5rWw243Beqpc-Qpt4UA%253B450%253B503%253BA27wCFo0mKgw-M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.timepassagesnostalgia.com%25252F%25252526searchkeywords%2525253Dpied%2525252Bpiper%2525252Bice%2525252Bcream%2525252Bnew%2525252Bjersey%25252526sis%2525253D-1%25252526rdir%2525253D1&source=iu&usg=__U1pOMwLzJ_120wlKkprYTz-NHSs%3D&sa=X&ei=ss2DU4_cJe3QsQTlxYDABQ&ved=0CCwQ9QEwAQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=B7PKGFF-aVr0jM%253A%3BA27wCFo0mKgw-M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimage.timepassagesnostalgia.com%252Fwatermarked%252Fimages86%252F8662icecreamx4.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.timepassagesnostalgia.com%252F%2526searchkeywords%253Dpied%252Bpiper%252Bice%252Bcream%252Bnew%252Bjersey%2526sis%253D-1%2526rdir%253D1%3B450%3B503) . The most interesting _vehicle_ was a [Ural with a patrol sidecar](https://www.google.com/search?q=ural+patrol+sidecar+motorcycle+images&client=firefox-a&hs=j25&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=IslGVdaZyQN6BM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcSPTQYXFR6YP-HH3pfv8GWVW_-9mSLuBRPNH9EPt2Aa_nNJxAM4%253B575%253B390%253Bz1A0z0fYlkwrCM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.blessthisstuff.com%25252Fstuff%25252Fvehicles%25252Fmotorcycles%25252Fural-patrol-t-sidecar-motorcycle%25252F&source=iu&usg=__syHKH0a0D51PPdXJ6qa-AyKggjI%3D&sa=X&ei=CM6DU6qNLMvesAS544KwAQ&ved=0CC4Q9QEwAg#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=h5E-vVq-7xcNhM%253A%3BPHP5F1FOJ02yZM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.blogcdn.com%252Fwww.autoblog.com%252Fmedia%252F2009%252F08%252Fural-patrol-t.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.autoblog.com%252F2009%252F08%252F22%252Fural-introduces-patrol-t-and-red-october-sidecar-motorcycles%252F%3B630%3B400) (Painted just like this, but w/o the cover.) Way cool! ---
**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:** [May 26, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/83 "2014-05-26T23:38:23Z")
> [@epbrown](#): > > I once saw a 70s Dodge Colt on Michigan Avenue with Puerto Rican plates. That was a head-scratcher. The most headscratching plates I’ve ever seen were the Hawaiian plates on a rental truck… in Toronto. These were far more puzzling that the Guanajuato (sp?) Mexican plates I saw on a car parked outside a convenience store in Mississauga (a suburban city near Toronto). At least you can actually drive to Canada from Mexico… ---
**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:** [May 27, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/84 "2014-05-27T00:38:13Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > The most interesting _vehicle_ was a [Ural with a patrol sidecar](https://www.google.com/search?q=ural+patrol+sidecar+motorcycle+images&client=firefox-a&hs=j25&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=IslGVdaZyQN6BM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcSPTQYXFR6YP-HH3pfv8GWVW_-9mSLuBRPNH9EPt2Aa_nNJxAM4%253B575%253B390%253Bz1A0z0fYlkwrCM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.blessthisstuff.com%25252Fstuff%25252Fvehicles%25252Fmotorcycles%25252Fural-patrol-t-sidecar-motorcycle%25252F&source=iu&usg=__syHKH0a0D51PPdXJ6qa-AyKggjI%3D&sa=X&ei=CM6DU6qNLMvesAS544KwAQ&ved=0CC4Q9QEwAg#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=h5E-vVq-7xcNhM%253A%3BPHP5F1FOJ02yZM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.blogcdn.com%252Fwww.autoblog.com%252Fmedia%252F2009%252F08%252Fural-patrol-t.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.autoblog.com%252F2009%252F08%252F22%252Fural-introduces-patrol-t-and-red-october-sidecar-motorcycles%252F%3B630%3B400) (Painted just like this, but w/o the cover.) Way cool! There used to be a Ural with sidecar on my commute. I wonder if he’ll be back with the warmer weather. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/85 "2014-05-27T01:21:56Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > There used to be a Ural with sidecar on my commute. I wonder if he’ll be back with the warmer weather. I’ve long been intrigued by the Ural SoloT (well, since it came out) but it really seems to be a masochist’s bike. Owners love them dearly, but even they concede they aren’t good bikes without a ton of work. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/86 "2014-05-27T01:31:31Z")
Chevy El Camino. Owner had obviously done all the bondo, but still… I came up behind him, gave a small toot on the horn, when he looked in his mirror, gave him a big thumbs up. Pulled up next to him at the light, rolled down the window and asked where his surf board was. Not much surfin’ in Austin, he replied. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/87 "2014-05-27T02:53:53Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > I have several British cars, but my oldest is a 1935 MG PB. I used to collect Matchbox cars when I was a kid. Glad to see that you still kept some of yours. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/88 "2014-05-27T03:14:26Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/89 "2014-05-27T03:16:54Z")
In all seriousness, a Bentley Flying Spur. Graduation weekend is the one time of year in this town when high end luxury cars and exotics outnumber outnumber battered Volvo 240 wagons. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/90 "2014-05-27T17:57:18Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > He’s got a 10/20? Awesome! That’s from 1923 for the uninitiated. This snark is unnecessary. This is the Dope. We are the seekers of truth and lifelong learners so of course we got the reference. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/91 "2014-05-28T00:31:05Z")
The bus I am on was just passed by a Maserati. With Ontario plates, even, so it’s not a visitor. We caught up with it at the lights. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/92 "2014-05-28T02:34:09Z")
On my way home I saw a lovely Jaguar XK convertible in grey, and I thought that would be it, but I saw another (in black) later so that couldn’t be it. Then, coming through Harvard Square I saw a late 80’s Mitsubishi [Delica van](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Mitsubishi_Delica_Van_003.JPG) that stood out from all the other cars around it. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/93 "2014-05-28T03:10:40Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > The most interesting _vehicle_ was a [Ural with a patrol sidecar](https://www.google.com/search?q=ural+patrol+sidecar+motorcycle+images&client=firefox-a&hs=j25&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=IslGVdaZyQN6BM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcSPTQYXFR6YP-HH3pfv8GWVW_-9mSLuBRPNH9EPt2Aa_nNJxAM4%253B575%253B390%253Bz1A0z0fYlkwrCM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.blessthisstuff.com%25252Fstuff%25252Fvehicles%25252Fmotorcycles%25252Fural-patrol-t-sidecar-motorcycle%25252F&source=iu&usg=__syHKH0a0D51PPdXJ6qa-AyKggjI%3D&sa=X&ei=CM6DU6qNLMvesAS544KwAQ&ved=0CC4Q9QEwAg#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=h5E-vVq-7xcNhM%253A%3BPHP5F1FOJ02yZM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.blogcdn.com%252Fwww.autoblog.com%252Fmedia%252F2009%252F08%252Fural-patrol-t.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.autoblog.com%252F2009%252F08%252F22%252Fural-introduces-patrol-t-and-red-october-sidecar-motorcycles%252F%3B630%3B400) (Painted just like this, but w/o the cover.) Way cool! [I have a Deco Classic,](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/bikepair_zpsf6ef9434.jpg) but I’m thinking about changing to a Patrol paint scheme. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > This snark is unnecessary. This is the Dope. We are the seekers of truth and lifelong learners so of course we got the reference. There is no snark intended. I know a great number of British car collectors who wouldn’t necessarily know Triumph’s first car. I would wager a bag of tacos that the vast majority of Dopers under the age of, say, 40 have never even seen or heard of a Triumph, MG, Sunbeam, or Morris. I would submit that a Triumph 10/20 is not a well-known vehicle, even around these parts. I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/94 "2014-05-28T04:06:25Z")
Today? Nothing that caught my eye except a Cadillac Allanté. Really stood out from the usual Ferraris and Maseratis around Oak Brook. Really, around here owners of highend Acuras and BMWs can’t buy any attention. Yesterday I saw a nice Benz 560SL I would kill for, but nothing much today. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/95 "2014-05-28T04:10:48Z")
Saw a new BMW i3 down the street. It was quite a bit bigger than I expected from pictures. I thought they were small city cars like a Fiat Panda but they’re actually the size of a CUV. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/96 "2014-05-28T06:48:17Z")
Readers of this thread may find this site of interest: > **[Curbside Classic](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/)** (disclosure: I’m a former contributor) ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/97 "2014-05-29T13:36:40Z")
A mid-70’s [Land Rover](http://www.magnetmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Landrover550.jpg), complete with tire on the bonnet. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/98 "2014-05-29T14:34:56Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > He’s got a 10/20? Awesome! That’s from 1923 for the uninitiated. That is a seriously nice acquisition. I have several British cars, but my oldest is a 1935 MG PB. > > Please snap a picture for us; that thing is history! Here’s a picture of it with the last owner (my boss bought it from him in 2011). [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3097/2833942907_f3c565aa57_b.jpg "TR2 (TS1) first production TR2") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/63299653@N00/2833942907/sizes/l) ---
**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 1, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/99 "2014-06-01T23:48:38Z")
Yesterday I saw two old MGs, I think one was an MGB coupe in British racing green and the other was an MGC. Lots of older cars were on the road this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/100 "2014-06-02T01:22:12Z")
This wasn’t today, but sometime last week I saw a parked [Red Bull car](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_-_Red_Bull_cars_01.JPG). I’m assuming it’s some kind of official advertisement thing, or one very, very dedicated fan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=6)