# 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:** 75
**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 16, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1482 "2017-03-16T16:35:16Z")
Another new 911 Targa yesterday! My 4th in the wild. While I’m stopped at a stop light in Palo Alto CA yesterday, one crossed the intersection directly in front of me. And then at that same intersection and not 10 seconds later a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta immediately to my left and going the same direction as I was, he got his green left turn arrow and I gawked as he drove away with the V-12 snarling nicely. The new 911 targa goes for maybe about $150,000, nicely equipped. The Ferrari F12 Berlinetta? Maybe $375,000, nicely equipped. Palo Alto is a rough neighborhood. The new 911 targas aren’t for everyone but I really like them. Here are my posts for every one that I’ve ever seen, they’ve all been reported in this thread: 2014-Aug (approximate): [at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the first time I’d ever seen one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19268747#post19268747) 2016-05-12: [black one, in Redwood City at a specialty car sales place](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19329847#post19329847) 2016-09-05: [red one, near Klamath Falls OR – my 1st in ‘the wild’!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19614216#post19614216) 2016-09-18: [black one, in San Jose CA – 2nd in the wild](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19636134#post19636134) 2016-10-01: [light tan one, in San Jose CA – 3rd in the wild](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19671499#post19671499) 2017-03-15: light blue, in Palo Alto CA – 4th in the wild (this post) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1483 "2017-03-16T18:32:14Z")
Last week, I spotted a Dodge Stealth AND a Mitsubishi 3000GT out in the wild on the same day. They weren’t the turbo R/T or VR4 versions but were pretty uncommon around here when new twenty years ago and scarce 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:** [March 17, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1484 "2017-03-17T18:20:19Z")
Not exactly a car, but a tiny house on a trailer being pulled by a pickup. I wonder if it was intended to stay on the trailer and move around from place to place or if it was just on there for transportation. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1485 "2017-03-17T20:56:05Z")
**Telemark** , you likely saw a [tiny house](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_house_movement) that was meant to be mobile. ---
**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 18, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1486 "2017-03-18T07:27:27Z")
The new SUV from Maserati, the Maserati Levante, a new blue one, no CA plates yet, up in Marin County this afternoon. ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1487 "2017-03-20T04:55:12Z")
An Audi R8 convertible with its top down. Pretty car. ---
**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 26, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1488 "2017-03-26T00:37:02Z")
Took a drive up to Solana Beach for lunch today, and in addition to the usual array of Boxsters and M3s that prowl the beachside neighborhoods, i saw a Mercedes AMG GT, a Lamborghini Aventador, and a bright yellow Porsche Carrera GT. ---
**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 26, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1489 "2017-03-26T02:52:29Z")
Maclaren F1 in Delray ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1490 "2017-03-26T05:37:40Z")
An Audi R8 coupe, in Sunnyvale CA. ---
**Author:** ![zwede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zwede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwede)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1491 "2017-03-27T19:34:35Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I also saw a Tesla S, **in metallic purple(!)**. That was odd. That may well have been George RR Martin! > **[GOT's George R. R. Martin Takes Purple Tesla Model S To Club Meeting | Carscoops](https://www.carscoops.com/2016/03/gots-george-r-r-martin-takes-purple/)** > > He may have created a new fantasy world transformed into a famous TV series by HBO, called Game of Thrones, but George RR Martin doesn’t fly around on ---
**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 27, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1492 "2017-03-27T20:59:52Z")
I finally tracked down a vehicle I’ve seen a bit recently. It’s a [MV-1](http://www.mv-1.us/) built by AM General, and I’ve seen them in taxi guise and used as mobility vehicles for transportation companies. Took me a while to track it down. ---
**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 28, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1493 "2017-03-28T19:10:48Z")
An Alfa Romeo 4C Spider – [it sure looks sweet](https://www.google.com/search?q=Alfa+Romeo+4C+Spider&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD1pKJ8_nSAhVBC2MKHYglAgoQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=20zOGAgl04LP8M:). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1494 "2017-03-28T22:26:19Z")
The most interesting car I saw today was a [brand new Jaguar XJ.](http://www.jaguarusa.com/Images/XJ_SWB_SC_SHD_0001_640x318_tcm97-305823_desktop_640x318.jpg?v=7) By “interesting” I mean it started a conversation. “What the hell is that?” “Why do they call that a Jaguar?” “It looks like a Dodge Challenger!” “Why is it black? What happened to British Racing Green?” “Where’s the hood ornament?” “What did they do to the front end?” (Followed two seconds later by) “What did they do to the rear end?” “WTF were they thinking?” ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1495 "2017-03-29T01:55:05Z")
A generic dark gray Honda Odyssey minivan, except that it had hot pink hubcaps and was driven by a middle-aged Asian woman with pink hair. I was so busy staring at it that I nearly missed my turn arrow. ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1496 "2017-03-29T20:40:32Z")
Not a car, but the first tractor trailer I’ve seen with LED headlights. Didn’t figure out what manufacturer made it (or whether it was an aftermarket modification), though. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1497 "2017-03-29T20:48:26Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > The most interesting car I saw today was a [brand new Jaguar XJ.](http://www.jaguarusa.com/Images/XJ_SWB_SC_SHD_0001_640x318_tcm97-305823_desktop_640x318.jpg?v=7) > “Where’s the hood ornament?” That one’s easy. Safety regulations. The nose of cars now has to be smoothly rounded with no protuberances for a pedestrian to be hooked on, but rather let him/her smoothly roll over the bonnet and windscreen and drop back onto the road to be run over by a passing lorry. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1498 "2017-03-29T21:04:23Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > That one’s easy. Safety regulations. The nose of cars now has to be smoothly rounded with no protuberances for a pedestrian to be hooked on, but rather let him/her smoothly roll over the bonnet and windscreen and drop back onto the road to be run over by a passing lorry. Is that what I read about in the papers lately - a crackdown on hookers? ---
**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, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1499 "2017-03-30T05:16:45Z")
A Maserati GranTurismo convertible(!). [Those](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maserati+GranTurismo+convertible&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA6tOQuv3SAhXIh1QKHbE1DJcQ_AUIBSgB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=UX73wbWghoKUnM:) [cars](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maserati+GranTurismo+convertible&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA6tOQuv3SAhXIh1QKHbE1DJcQ_AUIBSgB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=uqSpHPLej-ZvgM:) [are](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maserati+GranTurismo+convertible&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA6tOQuv3SAhXIh1QKHbE1DJcQ_AUIBSgB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=uyh7NkwtcoT_tM:) [_ **beautiful!** _](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maserati+GranTurismo+convertible&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA6tOQuv3SAhXIh1QKHbE1DJcQ_AUIBSgB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=nuwU06-cFZwxPM:) (various web images) They’ve apparently been out since 2007, but I don’t recall ever seeing one before. That was six hours ago and my dick is still hard. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 30, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1500 "2017-03-30T12:42:04Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > A Maserati GranTurismo convertible(!). [Those](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maserati+GranTurismo+convertible&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA6tOQuv3SAhXIh1QKHbE1DJcQ_AUIBSgB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=UX73wbWghoKUnM:) [cars](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maserati+GranTurismo+convertible&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA6tOQuv3SAhXIh1QKHbE1DJcQ_AUIBSgB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=uqSpHPLej-ZvgM:) [are](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maserati+GranTurismo+convertible&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA6tOQuv3SAhXIh1QKHbE1DJcQ_AUIBSgB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=uyh7NkwtcoT_tM:) [_ **beautiful!** _](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maserati+GranTurismo+convertible&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA6tOQuv3SAhXIh1QKHbE1DJcQ_AUIBSgB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=nuwU06-cFZwxPM:) (various web images) They’ve apparently been out since 2007, but I don’t recall ever seeing one before. > > That was six hours ago and my dick is still hard. 😃 They really are lovely cars. I prefer the hard top coupe myself. But what I really love is the exhaust noise when you give it the beans. Angry motherfuckers. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 30, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1501 "2017-03-30T12:46:54Z")
While we’re on the subject of sexy Italian cars: [Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio](https://www.alfaromeousa.com/cars/alfa-romeo-giulia-quadrifoglio). Have not seen one in person yet but there’s a dealer a couple of miles away so I’m going to pay a visit this weekend to see if it’s in their showroom. Perhaps a test drive. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=76)