# 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:** 50
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/982 "2016-03-16T03:05:16Z")
It was a license plate on a car, from American Samoa. This was seen in Kansas! Why would anyone take the trouble to ship their own car over here? Wouldn’t it be less hassle, and probably no more expense, to rent a car? Or, if you were moving permanently, to sell the car in AS and buy another here. It wasn’t an exotic sports car, or a classic, as best I could tell, it was just a car. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/983 "2016-03-16T03:30:33Z")
GuanoLad, I believe that is a 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline. Totally gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/984 "2016-03-16T04:23:51Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > GuanoLad, I believe that is a 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline. Totally gorgeous. Brilliant, thanks. I was wondering if it was actually 40s, because of the sloping back. Like it bridges the design aesthetics of each decade. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/985 "2016-03-16T17:16:48Z")
The most interesting thing I saw on the road today was not exactly a car, but I refuse to call it a motorcycle. It was a Polaris Slingshot. It looks pretty cool and [I’m sure it’s a ton of fun](http://bestride.com/blog/what-if-the-coolest-performance-cars-were-not-really-cars-polaris-slingshot-x-may-be-the-answer/31369/), but it has been (ironically enough considering the maker) a rather polarizing vehicle. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/986 "2016-03-16T22:17:21Z")
I saw a harbinger of Spring here yesterday; a glossy black 87 Mustang 5.0 with dual exhaust, induction hood, a nice throaty burble and a really nice set of aftermarket wheels and tinted windows. Today, 25 cm of snow… ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/987 "2016-03-17T00:29:39Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > The most interesting thing I saw on the road today was not exactly a car, but I refuse to call it a motorcycle. It was a Polaris Slingshot. It looks pretty cool and [I’m sure it’s a ton of fun](http://bestride.com/blog/what-if-the-coolest-performance-cars-were-not-really-cars-polaris-slingshot-x-may-be-the-answer/31369/), but it has been (ironically enough considering the maker) a rather polarizing vehicle. The last time it was really nice out we had 5 of them at a bar along with few (900) motorcycles. Looking forward to official bike weather. ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/988 "2016-03-17T00:36:52Z")
In Durango CO today, parked downtown, a 1979 (ish) Fiat 2000 Spider. ---
**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 19, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/989 "2016-03-19T08:18:25Z")
Last week in Big Bend Nat’l Park, on the 50-mile dirt and rock Jeep trail running east-west across the park from Boquillas Canyon in the east to the Santa Elena Canyon Overlook in the west, a strange, large expedition rig towered over us in my Grand Cherokee. It was a _ **Volkswagen LT 40** _, built to explore off the beaten path, like the one in this picture: [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ce/05/24/ce05241a70c68383da914a443d96fa46.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ce/05/24/ce05241a70c68383da914a443d96fa46.jpg) But that picture doesn’t give a sense of scale, and that looks like it could be a lifted Vanagon. This was quite a bit bigger than a Vanagon! ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/990 "2016-03-19T11:06:36Z")
A Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham in wonderful shape, parked on the street in Cambridge and taking up lots of curb space. ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/991 "2016-03-19T17:26:06Z")
A blue Mazda RX-8. RX-8s are rare enough. This one had a cool license plate: **Z8M Z8M** (for Mazda’s catch phrase at that time, _ **ZOOM ZOOM** _) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/992 "2016-03-19T19:48:47Z")
There’s a car dealer nearby that has eight mustangs out front, all parallel parked in a row; seven softtops in white, yellow, & orange, & one black hardtop GT at the front of them. Not sure why the Toyota/Scion dealer has so many 'stangs, though as they’re pretty much the opposite of what Toyota sells. ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/993 "2016-03-19T22:04:05Z")
Some rims on a new camero that were so huge the driver could not turn the wheel very much to make his turn. It looked utterly ridiculous and I can’t imagine how off his speedometer is, how much it screws up the gear ratio’s causing his transmission to not shift right relative to speed nor his gas mileage, it was like looking at a beetle with monster truck tires. But the bro thought he was cool though, that’s all that matters. ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/994 "2016-03-20T01:30:43Z")
Two VW Microbuses, looked like early 70’s era. Made me feel like a damn hippy. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/995 "2016-03-21T15:15:23Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Two VW Microbuses, looked like early 70’s era. Made me feel like a damn hippy. Convoy! ---
**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 24, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/996 "2016-03-24T18:30:08Z")
Two today Parked next to a Maserati Ghibli in black, looked much nicer than the one in white I see around here. A 1955-56 Chevy 4-door, in matte black like it was being prepped for a paint job. There was a large canister of some sort sitting atop the front bumper, in front of the grill, not sure what it was for. Looked like the car was being hot-rodded. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/997 "2016-03-27T02:40:26Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Convoy! [obligatory picture.](http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/ac1394dbdcca6a36cbf486633b129cd813095ac3/r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/USATODAY/test/2013/08/04/1375604744000-exterior-1308040429_4_3.JPG) I saw a Volt today. The second one I’ve ever seen. ---
**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 28, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/998 "2016-03-28T21:17:45Z")
Late 70’s Olds Custom Cruiser wagon with those classy wire wheel hubcaps. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/999 "2016-03-28T21:28:11Z")
A white Porsche 911 pulled in front of me today. I initially thought it was a late 1980s model, because it was clearly not a Turbo, with the wider body, but it did have a fixed whaletail spoiler, which were replaced in the early 1990s by the smaller, retractable spoilers. As i pulled up behind it, though, i saw that on the back it said RS America. I didn’t live in the US in the 1990s, and had never heard of this model, so i had to look it up. Turns out that this was a 1993-94 model of the 964, made specifically for the US market, with significant trim and weight reductions, in order to produce a cheaper and lighter car for track enthusiasts. They put the fixed whaletail on it, instead of the retractable spoiler that was standard on the regular 964-model 911. ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1000 "2016-03-30T02:10:47Z")
I got passed by a Ferrari 458 (red, of course) in traffic on Rt 128 during the evening commute. A Porsche 911 was chasing after it, trying to keep up. And I saw a Mazda with Hawaii license plates. ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1001 "2016-03-30T03:07:22Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > A 1st-generation Honda Civic, maybe a 1972 or 1973. Boy, those cars were small. I reported that last year in June. I saw one today, definitely 1st-gen. Not sure if it was the same car. The one I saw today was a bright lime green and I saw it around town where I live. And boy, those things are small. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=51)