# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1242 "2016-08-28T02:36:12Z")
['47 Chevy Woody](https://goo.gl/photos/KWnXYLQdav1dn8kv8) on my way up to SF today. ---
**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 29, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1243 "2016-08-29T01:15:04Z")
3rd generation (1968-74) Chevy Nova SS ---
**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 29, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1244 "2016-08-29T16:32:33Z")
A stretch Mercedes van. Not classy, but interesting. ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1245 "2016-08-29T17:25:54Z")
A 1960’s panel van, I couldn’t tell from the opposite side of the highway what manufacturer it was from. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1246 "2016-08-30T15:26:33Z")
The other day a supplier came to visit our office driving a brand new white 911 convertible. Thought to myself, “probably not the best car to be visiting _customers_ in…” ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1247 "2016-08-31T00:23:23Z")
A 1963 red Dodge Dart 4-door sedan. ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1248 "2016-08-31T00:46:14Z")
I think it was a kit car based on a VW bug, convertible with roll bars and mostly open wheels, bright yellow. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1249 "2016-08-31T01:23:18Z")
Just now, a nice and also rare sighting - a Porsche 914, black. The driver had the targa top off. Porsche 914s aren’t common around here. I see maybe 2-3 a year. They are small! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1250 "2016-09-01T03:15:07Z")
A white Datsun 510, lowered and with what looked like racing slicks. Too bad he was being a road boulder on the freeway for today’s afternoon commute. Butthead. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1251 "2016-09-01T10:15:04Z")
A Datsun 280ZX, in boring brown ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1252 "2016-09-01T21:53:56Z")
A 1986 Honda CRX in really rough shape. Had to stop and have a closer look as an 87 was my first car. This one’s been painted with a spray bomb and roller. Still ran though. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1253 "2016-09-02T00:52:16Z")
A 3rd generation (1985-89) Honda Accord hatchback, just like the first car I ever bought new except it was in white instead of red. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1254 "2016-09-02T02:31:54Z")
[A Plymouth Fury Black-and-White, with lightbar and everything.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/29361631916/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1255 "2016-09-02T11:17:34Z")
A Buick Rendezvous, on I-5 northbound in Gerber CA, at about 6pm PDT last night. Buick Rendezvous. I won’t say anything more about that. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1256 "2016-09-05T12:35:44Z")
NM ---
**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:** [September 5, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1257 "2016-09-05T13:00:15Z")
A 2d-gen RX-7 convertible. RX-7s aren’t common. I can’t recall when last I saw a 3d-gen, when Mazda foolishly thought the RX-7 should encroach into the [del]exotic[/del] luxury sports car market. I needed to look this up - from Wikipedia: 1978-1985: 1st gen - 471,018 produced 1985-1991: 2d gen - 272,027 produced 1991-2002: 3d gen - 68,589 produced I guess those rotary engines and their apex seals aren’t great for long-lived cars. My interest in the RX-7? My brother’s first new car was a 2d-gen. His current ride is an RX-8 that he bought when they first came out in 2003. It still runs, and there are a few out there. But not many. 2003-2012: RX-8 - 192,094 produced The 2019 Mazda RX-9 - one of [Car and Driver’s 25 Cars Worth Waiting For](http://www.caranddriver.com/features/25-cars-worth-waiting-for-20162020-feature). ---
**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:** [September 5, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1258 "2016-09-05T13:49:49Z")
I’m down on Cape Cod this weekend so there are many. A VW Thing at a highway rest area, a C3 Corvette Stingray in orange, a '64 Mustang in White, and a '56 Chevy Bel Aire called Irene’s Dream. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1259 "2016-09-08T13:40:33Z")
Finally, in the wild (the true wild, not parked in front of a specialty car store, for sale), I finally saw one - a Porsche 911 Targa. The new one. It was a red Targa 4S, driving southbound on US-97 near Klamath Falls, OR. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1260 "2016-09-08T15:50:04Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Finally, in the wild (the true wild, not parked in front of a specialty car store, for sale), I finally saw one - a Porsche 911 Targa. The new one. It was a red Targa 4S, driving southbound on US-97 near Klamath Falls, OR. I saw one of those in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. I don’t really like the looks very much; the targa design doesn’t seem to work as well on the newer body as it did on the older 911s. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1261 "2016-09-08T16:19:22Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I saw one of those in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. I don’t really like the looks very much; the targa design doesn’t seem to work as well on the newer body as it did on the older 911s. Beauty must be in the eye of the beholder - to me the 70s targa ruined the 911’s lines, but for some reason the new targa really works. I must be in the very extreme minority, because I hardly see them here in the SF Bay Area. Hey, maybe that means they’d sell me one for cheap! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=64)