# 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:** 62
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1222 "2016-08-07T01:26:18Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I was at the Automotive Museum in Balboa Park today and got to see [Louis Mattar’s Fabulous 1947 Cadillac](http://sdautomuseum.org/exhibit/louis-mattars-fabulous-car). There was also an exhibit of “Star Cars” such as KITT, the Green Hornetmobile, Starsky and Hutch’s Gran Torino, Christine and The Mystery Machine. My favorite ‘car’ in that collection is the 1908 International Harvester Autobuggy. A guy near me brings his 1907 to local car shows every summer. He restored it in his high school shop class - in 1947! ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1223 "2016-08-07T01:37:41Z")
Tomorrow is Caffeine and Octane here in Atlanta. I’ll see some neato cars tomorrow AM. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1224 "2016-08-08T03:03:35Z")
1949 [Crosley](http://clunkbucket.com/wp-content/uploads/crosley_lead.jpg), black, on a trailer. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1225 "2016-08-16T03:14:06Z")
A Bradley GT [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/95/270125047_ca639b9d9e_z.jpg "1972 Bradley GT") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/benteen/270125047/?ytcheck=1) ---
**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:** [August 16, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1226 "2016-08-16T05:16:37Z")
The other day on the highway in Cupertino was a red Ferrari 308 GTS targa, just like _Magnum P.I._ ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1227 "2016-08-17T02:13:40Z")
I’m sitting in the left turn lane at a red light when a white sedan pulls up next to me in the go-straight lane, driven by a black male, bald with a beard that was partially grey. Seamed appropriate since I’d put him in his 50’s; he was the only one in the car. At the top of his door, I see “Boop-Oop-A-Doop”. 😕 I sit up a little straighter in my seat & see an image of Betty Boop covering most of the door. The car also has pink headlight/eyelashes, a “Team Boop” on the front quarterpanel, & when it pulls away, the rear bumper has a pink trim stripe…except for the middle where it has the word “D I V A”. It was driven by a eunuch because, clearly, your old lady has removed 'em for you to be seen solo in that! ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1228 "2016-08-17T03:08:18Z")
Canary Yellow Dodge Viper convertible ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1229 "2016-08-17T03:14:01Z")
A white Volvo 1800 E [![](https://bridgetownblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/1972-volvo-1800e.jpg) ](https://bridgetownblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/1972-volvo-1800e.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1230 "2016-08-17T03:41:10Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > A Bradley GT > > [1972 Bradley GT | A kit car. basically you bolted this snazz… | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/benteen/270125047/?ytcheck=1) I completely forgot about those. I could not have hated a car more as a teenager. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1231 "2016-08-18T02:46:00Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > A Bradley GT > > [1972 Bradley GT | A kit car. basically you bolted this snazz… | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/benteen/270125047/?ytcheck=1) Ha. Looking unusually pristine too. Those were not quality kit cars. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1232 "2016-08-18T02:49:56Z")
I was at Road America for the IMSA race a couple of weeks ago. Lots of fantastic cars. The one that was most memorable though was a Ford GT40. Not just because it was a GT40 but because I first spotted it in the parking lot of my Microtel hotel over 1/2 hour away from the track. Imagine a guy who can afford a GT40 having to stay at a Microtel. That’s how crowded the local accomodations get when there’s a big event at R.A. ---
**Author:** ![SHARKBITEATTACK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1233 "2016-08-19T03:25:30Z")
nothing special, white Bentley continental ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1234 "2016-08-20T01:38:46Z")
Well, it was interesting all right. But not glamorous. I landed behind a recycling garbage truck that had been bent, folded, spindled and then pounded back into shape. Every time it went over a bump, bits of broken glass slipped out the gaps between the sides and the bottom to litter the highway. Grrrrr. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1235 "2016-08-20T20:46:22Z")
Yesterday, two Maseratis, a Quattroporte and a GranTourismo. Today, a Jaguar E-type Convertible, in BRG. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1236 "2016-08-23T15:53:08Z")
3rd Generation (1961-1964) Chevy Impala convertible in bright red ---
**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:** [August 23, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1237 "2016-08-23T16:07:22Z")
Nothing fancy or exotic, and not even a classic… instead, a throwback to what life looked like about 35 years ago… … a nondescript, humble, and yet clean and straight… 1982 (approx) Ford Fairmont station wagon. (sample images: [https://www.google.com/search?q=ford+fairmont+station+wagon+1980&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyyPbH9NfOAhXHwiYKHfswClIQ\_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=ford+fairmont+station+wagon+1982&imgrc=KLwfWMdbH0Xu-M%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=ford+fairmont+station+wagon+1980&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyyPbH9NfOAhXHwiYKHfswClIQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=ford+fairmont+station+wagon+1982&imgrc=KLwfWMdbH0Xu-M%3A)). :shudder: - when I think that’s how most or many American cars looked like in the 1980s, I do shudder. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1238 "2016-08-25T03:51:52Z")
A Willys Jeep Station Wagon. [![](http://www.stationwagonfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/willys_1.jpg) ](http://www.stationwagonfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/willys_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1239 "2016-08-25T04:01:53Z")
an early 90’s Ferrari Testerossa. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1240 "2016-08-25T20:53:50Z")
1st generation (1967-69) Chevy Camaro convertible ---
**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:** [August 26, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1241 "2016-08-26T04:35:39Z")
Today was a Maserati day - I saw a Quattroporte, and two Ghiblis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=63)