# 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:** 80
**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 17, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1582 "2017-05-17T02:52:21Z")
Porsche 911 Carrerra 4 GTS. I swear the wind was lining up to flow over that pretty car. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1583 "2017-05-17T15:08:13Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Who would have a lot that they have to pay property tax on, that they have to mow and otherwise keep up, with cars they could potentially sell, but nobody’s home and the cars are left to rot? It makes no sense. It’s amazing to me just how often people don’t see time getting away from them. Someone at work rides a vintage Harley he just restored. He bought a new bike back in the 80s and sold the Harley to his BIL, who rode it one season and set it aside because he planned to customize it. Twenty years later his gives it back for free, having never ridden it again, and the guy restored it and has started riding it. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1584 "2017-05-19T06:09:19Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Nice! > > My sighting for the day was a quick glimpse of a sky-blue DeTomaso Pantera, crawling north on the 15 in rush-hour traffic. A couple weeks ago I was behind a yellow Pantera at a stoplight. It was gorgeous, but the exhaust - I presume having a lead substitute or just zero emissions controls, gave me a headache after thirty seconds. Today I saw two Ferraris - a shiny black brand new California T that was nice, but nowhere near as kickass as the 308 GTS that looked like it had just finished filming an episode of Magnum P.I. It was either lovingly restored or extremely well cared for. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1585 "2017-05-19T15:07:12Z")
Not a car, but what appeared to be a WW2 era US Army motorcycle with sidecar. ---
**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 19, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1586 "2017-05-19T15:14:23Z")
Two BWM i8s, one in white and one in gold, on the exact same stretch of road on consecutive commutes. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1587 "2017-05-19T17:41:10Z")
1959 El Camino. Looked to be original paint, or at least, an old repaint. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1588 "2017-05-19T20:57:55Z")
A beautifully restored 1960 Corvette convertible. Red, of course. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1589 "2017-05-20T03:48:42Z")
**Mullet:** \*/ˈmʌlɪt/ \* A hairstyle in which the hair is short at the top & long at the back; also known as “ **business in the front, party in the back** ”. You know what’s the opposite of a mullet - something that’s party in the front & work in the back. (Notice I didn’t say “hairstyle”, I said “something”.) I’m guessing you’d call this a [vaump truck](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/34381051850/)??? Which part do you think is original, the front or the back? ---
**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 20, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1590 "2017-05-20T03:52:24Z")
1968 Corvette convertable, white. I had forgotten about all those curves. ---
**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 20, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1591 "2017-05-20T17:14:24Z")
A 1956 or 1957 Chevy Bel Air, in wonderfully restored shape, out for a drive on a sunny Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1592 "2017-05-21T04:39:35Z")
I saw an Opel GT, 3 Austin-Healeys, a Triumph Spitfire, and a Sunbeam Tiger. Just another day in the car show capital of the United States. ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1593 "2017-05-21T06:14:31Z")
A Porsche 914, and whenever I see one on the road (like today) I am amazed at how small they are. And I keep saying that. Also today, a Pontiac Fiero 2M4. ---
**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 28, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1594 "2017-05-28T17:44:54Z")
Who’s got two thumbs and drives an Alfa Romeo Giulia Q4 Sport? [This guy!](http://imgur.com/a/o8CLB) ---
**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 28, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1595 "2017-05-28T17:48:19Z")
But of course no sooner did I pull out of the dealership, an [AM DB11](https://www.google.com/search?q=aston+martin+db11&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjeoLirkpPUAhUKxYMKHabnA-IQsAQIVA&biw=1536&bih=735#tbm=isch&q=aston+martin+db11+2017&imgrc=UZtDza9uvAsAMM:) pulls up next to me. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1596 "2017-05-28T22:18:23Z")
Not so unusual, but when I saw [this](https://cars.usnews.com/static/images/Auto/izmo/i9122170/2017_toyota_4runner_frontview.jpg) in my rear-view, I thought of a huge bulldog snarling at me. Like someone had a novelty vehicle like the Oscar Mayer Wiener-mobile. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1597 "2017-05-28T22:27:10Z")
^ [Compare](http://www.bulldogbeerandwine.com/themes/bulldog/images/logo.png). 😉 ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1598 "2017-05-30T02:33:40Z")
I saw a car I had forgotten about when at a club race this weekend. It is called an [SSZ Stradale](http://www.racingsportscars.com/wm/m440/photo/1999/WM_Lime_Rock-1999-05-31-004.jpg?dir=photo/1999&img=Lime_Rock-1999-05-31-004.jpg&txt=&wi=&mode=Car440) and was built in Wisconsin. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1599 "2017-05-31T03:17:13Z")
An orange smart Car with “[01](https://www.google.com/search?q=general+lee&rlz=1C1SAVI_enUS598US598&source=lnms&tbm=isch)” painted on the doors & a personalized license plate - **DAISY D** ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1600 "2017-06-05T06:21:24Z")
Two 1st-gen RX-7s today, 1 parked, and 1 running. (Hard to believe that those cars are almost 40 years old!) ---
**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 5, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1601 "2017-06-05T10:19:03Z")
A 1959 Ford Fairlane convertible in bright green, on the highway at 70 mph. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=81)