# 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:** 73
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1442 "2017-01-26T20:24:03Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Red 2-dr Subie WRX. Rear spoiler almost as big as the rear window gasket, w/ extra ground clearance. Because raising your CoG does _soooo_ much to improve handling. :rolleyes: I recently saw a Camaro lifted at least 9 inches to fit giant wheels on it. I just don’t understand people these days. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1443 "2017-01-26T21:23:23Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Red 2-dr Subie WRX. Rear spoiler almost as big as the rear window gasket, w/ extra ground clearance. Because raising your CoG does _soooo_ much to improve handling. :rolleyes: Just by being red, it was interesting. I thought everyone bought that blue they use on the rally cars, then painted the wheels gold. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1444 "2017-01-26T21:29:28Z")
Saw a new Acura NSX which is interesting in and of itself but even moreso because I saw it in the parking lot of a Costco. If you’re not familiar with Costco, they’re a big box store where even panko crumbs come in 10 gallon size boxes. The NSX has a 3.9 cu. ft. trunk which _might_ hold a single Costco size package of oatmeal. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1445 "2017-01-26T21:41:55Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > I recently saw a Camaro lifted at least 9 inches to fit giant wheels on it. I just don’t understand people these days. I’ve seen those before; it’s a look, a unique (usually ghetto look). A look I don’t want.\* The weird thing is he didn’t have big tires, they seemed normal sized but clearly didn’t fit “right” into the wheel wells. - IF/When I hit the mega-jackpot lottery something like my 7th or 8th car will have hydraulic suspension so I can make it go hippity-hoppity. That car _might_ get oversized rims with ultra low profile tires. The purchase of this car would mean I’ve run out of remotely useful stuff to buy. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1446 "2017-01-31T21:19:17Z")
A 7th generation (1971-78) Cadillac Eldorado coupe. My god those doors are huge! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1447 "2017-01-31T21:40:34Z")
[QUOTE=Spiderman;19953374\* IF/When I hit the mega-jackpot lottery something like my 7th or 8th car will have hydraulic suspension so I can make it go hippity-hoppity. That car _might_ get oversized rims with ultra low profile tires. The purchase of this car would mean I’ve run out of remotely useful stuff to buy. 😃 [/QUOTE] I was in Las Vegas last weekend and saw a parade of low riders going down Las Vegas Blvd, working all their hydraulics. It was fun to watch. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1448 "2017-02-16T21:04:01Z")
Who drives a Maserati in a snowstorm?! ---
**Author:** ![CerebrAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@CerebrAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CerebrAl)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1449 "2017-02-17T01:53:45Z")
This evening I saw an Audi R8. Looked to be a 2014, flat black…first one I have seen. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1450 "2017-02-17T12:21:06Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Who drives a Maserati in a snowstorm?! Someone who just barely was able to afford a Maserati and has nothing left for a second vehicle. In my youth I drove an MG Midget. I loved that car, but driving it to work in snowstorms was awful. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1451 "2017-02-17T23:44:55Z")
It was an ordinary make of car, I didn’t have time to ID the make and model. But I did notice the license plate, American Samoa. I’m smack dab in the middle of the continental US. I can see loving your car, but wouldn’t renting or leasing be easier if you were going to be on the mainland for a good period of time? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1452 "2017-02-18T03:13:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It was an ordinary make of car, I didn’t have time to ID the make and model. But I did notice the license plate, American Samoa. > > I’m smack dab in the middle of the continental US. I can see loving your car, but wouldn’t renting or leasing be easier if you were going to be on the mainland for a good period of time? Perhaps it was a soldier who shipped his car home when his retired from the military. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1453 "2017-02-18T03:15:20Z")
I didn’t get out and drive around today but with the warmer temps this week, I’ve seen plenty of Corvettes, a few Porsches, and an Audi TT out and about. Today though, with a high of 60, out came the motorcycles. Spring is in the air. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1454 "2017-02-18T19:39:26Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Perhaps it was a soldier who shipped his car home when his retired from the military. Likely, but from what I’ve heard that DOT can be a hassle about safety, even if the car is a model sold in the US. It’s usually simpler to sell it and buy another when you get home if it’s not a classic (over 25 years old). I saw a 70s Dodge Colt with Puerto Rico plates on it in Chicago once. The exception is if you buy the US version where you are then bring it home with you, but I think there’s a time limit to that. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1455 "2017-02-18T20:37:29Z")
AmSamoa and Puerto Rico would have no problems with moving the car to the 50 states, both being US Territory where the cars sold are US standards-compliant. Military people and other federal personnel posted long-term to another state/territory may ship their car to their new post without having to change their registration as usually required, keeping the plates of their official domicile jurisdiction (but must comply with the local insurance requirements). ---
**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:** [February 24, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1456 "2017-02-24T02:36:35Z")
1948 Lincoln cabriolet - sitting in front of the detailers ---
**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:** [February 24, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1457 "2017-02-24T05:20:41Z")
First-gen Acura NSX. Don’t see too many of them around, and this one was more unusual because it was exiting the student parking lot at the university where i teach. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1458 "2017-02-26T04:50:11Z")
Yesterday I saw two (two!) JGC CRDs (my shorthand for the Diesel Grand Cherokee - Jeep Grand Cherokee, Common-Rail Diesel). I am surprised I do not see more out there, and yes I am very biased. I own one and love it - essentially you get V-8 gas engine performance with better than V-6 gas engine fuel economy and range. I go weeks and months without seeing another JGC CRD on the road. America is averse to Diesel, for many reasons. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1459 "2017-02-27T00:32:43Z")
I got you beat. Yesterday I _parked_ a 60s era Jeep CJ-6 with a rare factory option Perkins Diesel. > **[A Factory Diesel CJ-6 Reborn](https://jpfreek.com/2015/07/07/a-factory-diesel-cj-6-reborn/)** > > by Marc Bowers The story of finding this Jeep goes back to my ARB days when Mitch Carter, the owner, and I worked together. Jeeps are a popular topic at ARB and one afternoon Mitch mentioned to a c… (Mine wasn’t green, but sand colored) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1460 "2017-02-27T23:07:48Z")
Cool, you sure do. That sounds pretty rare for a non-military surplus M-151. Today, a silver BMW 2002, CA-558LLN in fair shape with a good sounding engine, but well loved as a daily driver. The interior had a ‘patina’ and a baseball was used to hold up each front seat headrest - a unique and artful solution. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1461 "2017-02-28T09:35:32Z")
Yesterday, after the silver 2002 I saw a red Lamborghini Huracán. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=74)