# 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:** 57
**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 23, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1122 "2016-05-23T21:07:07Z")
One of my personal all-time favorites, a [1964 Buick Riviera](http://www.sunsetclassics.com/1964-buick-riviera/images/1964-buick-riviera.jpg); same color as the photo. ---
**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 24, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1123 "2016-05-24T00:56:26Z")
Two pickups - the first was an early 50s Ford, lovingly restored. The second was an early 60s Chevy that looks like it has been driven through its share of New England winters. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1124 "2016-05-24T01:39:21Z")
A really beat up TR7. I expect them to look really beat up at this age. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1125 "2016-05-27T23:17:20Z")
Most interesting car I’ve heard of today: a [Footmobile]([http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/key-west-police-find-owner-of-illegally-parked-flintstones-car-and-we-have-so-many-questions-a](http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/key-west-police-find-owner-of-illegally-parked-flintstones-car-and-we-have-so-many-questions-a) 8482494) found illegally parked. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1126 "2016-05-28T06:53:34Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > A really beat up TR7. I expect them to look really beat up at this age. [TR7: The Shape of Things to Come](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fb/58/99/fb58999f781bd4e767ec8cbd483db17e.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1127 "2016-05-28T15:01:49Z")
I saw another Chevy Volt. That brings the number to 3 since it was introduced. Sadly this one would have been illegal in California. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1128 "2016-05-28T15:05:18Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I saw another Chevy Volt. That brings the number to 3 since it was introduced. Sadly this one would have been illegal in California. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1129 "2016-05-28T15:19:59Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Why is that? I was making fun of their proposed standards for light reflective paint. I don’t think they’ve passed any yet. This was a black Volt. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1130 "2016-05-28T15:30:04Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I was making fun of their proposed standards for light reflective paint. I don’t think they’ve passed any yet. > > This was a black Volt. Thanks. I hadn’t heard of that. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1131 "2016-05-28T16:00:41Z")
A four wheel BMW Isetta. [http://images.classiccars.com/classifieds/247262\_12136726\_1957\_BMW\_Isetta.jpg](http://images.classiccars.com/classifieds/247262_12136726_1957_BMW_Isetta.jpg) ---
**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, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1132 "2016-05-28T23:00:21Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Can’t recall if I shared this already, but last summer at a local sports car tuning and restoration shop I saw something I’ve never seen before: [Auto Union 1000SP](https://www.google.com/search?q=auto+union+1000+sp&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=947&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOjtyt7uHMAhXK1x4KHQhrBmgQsAQIKA) (a.k.a. Audi). It was a red coupe with white roof, awaiting restoration. I’ve mentioned before how bored I am with “interesting” cars around here, but that would be a first, and my life in th burbs of Chicago leaves me blah-blah-blah. 😉 > [@Bullitt](#): > > The wheels and tires made a big difference in the appearance. In 1996 the Impala SS looks nice compared to the Caprice. Fully-inflated tires give my '93 Road Monster wagon a better stance, but it still handles like a whale, though it really wants to go 75, regardless of conditions, to my dismay. Saw a '69.5 Trans Am, stupid big spoiler and all, in gray primer. Keep you posted. And a 1967 Alfa Giulia. Unbearably pretty. ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1133 "2016-05-29T02:40:27Z")
Two Plymouth Super Birds, east-bound out of Vancouver, B. C. today. There were also some other Mopar muscle cars with them, including a '68 or '69 Road Runner. These Super Birds are rare enough that you seldom see one, but two of them? Wow. ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1134 "2016-05-29T03:29:38Z")
A Ford Fairmont! First one I’ve seen on the road in a few years. Obvious rust-through in various spots but still soldiering on. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1135 "2016-05-31T09:06:00Z")
A Fisker Karma. Rare around here, these days. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1136 "2016-05-31T14:29:41Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > A Fisker Karma. Rare around here, these days. I’ve always preferred the Fisker Karma over the narcolepsy inducing Tesla. ---
**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 31, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1137 "2016-05-31T15:07:27Z")
One this weekend - 1972 Ford Grand Torino wagon with the 3-way Magic Doorgate. Today was a Chevy 4-door with tailfins, but I haven’t identified it yet. It resembled a Bel Air, but not so tall. I’m thinking late 50’s or early 60’s. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1138 "2016-06-01T00:30:34Z")
[The Chevy Nomad?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Nomad) ---
**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, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1139 "2016-06-01T00:40:13Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [The Chevy Nomad?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Nomad) No, too muscular. This car was more pedestrian, looked more like a normal family car. On the way home today - a Bentley Continental GT ---
**Author:** ![Commodore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Commodore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commodore)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1140 "2016-06-01T04:41:09Z")
1970 VG Valiant Pacer hardtop 245 Hemi 6 cyl red and black with lake pipes. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1141 "2016-06-02T03:25:42Z")
Ooh, forgot to report. One of our local vintage races brought is 1949 Cadillac that he drives as prepared for La Carrera Panamerica. The car is a total hoot and he drives it like he owns it (hey, he owns it). It goes gangbusters down the straights and it bends and bobs and creaks in the turns and then it is off like a rocket again. The car is just a blast to watch on the racetrack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=58)